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GKN Automotive says Igor Skornik has joined the Niche, Customer, Motorsport & Aftermarket (NMA) management team as vice president.

Plastic Omnium has reorganised its senior leadership structure with Laurent Favre becoming CEO, while Felicie Burelle is appointed managing director from 1 January, 2020.

Features 25 Sep, 2019

We spend a day with the Highways England Traffic Officers to get some first-hand experience of managing the UK’s motorway network

Charging of electrified vehicles in the UK should be easier now a group of European smart charging providers have signed a letter of intent pledging to open their networks in the UK through a roaming agreement set to be in place by the end of 2019.

News 25 Sep, 2019

The new Audi RS Q3 is joined the sleek RS Q3 Sportback, with both boasting the same 2.5-litre five-cylinder engine lifted from the RS 3

News 25 Sep, 2019

The Volvo will launch its first pure-electric car next month, claiming the electric XC40 will be “one of the safest cars on the road”

Opinion 26 Sep, 2019

Having just celebrated its 60th birthday, Editor-in-Chief Steve Fowler says MINI is looking good for the next 60 too

General Motors told over 1,200 workers in the US and Canada they were being temporarily laid off due to the United Auto Workers' ongoing strike.

General Motors told over 1,200 workers in the US and Canada they were being temporarily laid off due to the United Auto Workers' ongoing strike.

Daimler will a EUR870m (US$957m) for breaking diesel emissions regulations, German prosecutors told reporters on Tuesday.

German prosecutors plan to file criminal charges against the current Volkswagen AG CEO, chairman, and a former CEO, alleging they intentionally delayed telling investors about the carmaker's cheating of US diesel emissions tests. However, VW late on Thursday denied the allegation, claiming the share price fell because US authorities published their allegations "completely unexpectedly during ongoing discussions with Volkswagen".

German prosecutors reportedly plan to file criminal charges against the current Volkswagen AG CEO, chairman, and a former CEO, alleging they intentionally delayed telling investors about the carmaker's cheating of US diesel emissions tests.

Hyundai Motor Group followed up its announcement it had agreed a US$4bn tie-up with Ireland-based components supplier Aptiv by revealing, at a separate news conference with South Korean journalists in New York, plans to begin production of autonomous vehicles by 2024, as it looked to take an early lead in bringing self-driving technologies to global markets.

Tyre maker Hankook Tire has announced that the company will be an original equipment supplier for tyres on the new Audi Q8.

BYD has delivered 50 T3 pure electric vans to Nassau, capital of the Bahamas, partnering with car dealership, Easy Car Sales.

California-based EV start-up Faraday Future has announced its latest equity financing, IPO, and FF 91 delivery strategy at its annual '919 Futurist Day'.

Cummins has unveiled a four-month pilot project in Indiana to evaluate an on-demand transit solution in partnership with Purdue University and Energy Systems Network (ESN) starting 30 September

BYD has secured an order to deliver 22 fully-electric 12-metre eBuses in Germany.