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Sep
20th

Ford Europe launches connected services for business customers

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Ford has launched a new connected vehicle smartphone app that it says will help small business customers maximise efficiency, security and productivit
Sep
20th

GM Korea union restarts strike action after wage talks fail

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Now General Motors is dealing with strike action in South Korea as well as in the US.
Sep
20th

What Amazon and Ford see in future Rivian EVs

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Not even at the frothiest heights of the dot com bubble two decades ago would speculators have taken the plans of any start-up car company seriously. Now, even though the suds are bursting all over China, in the USA, extraordinary amounts of money continue to be poured into certain would-be electric vehicle makers. Leading the charge, so to speak, is Rivian Automotive, a company which appears to have the products and backers to make it big. Possibly.
Sep
20th

Why Greta shouldn’t hate the BMW X7

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We all have an opinion on the front end of the next 4 Series coupe which a concept at the recent Frankfurt motor show heralded. Or gave warning of, depending on your point of view. The 7 Series has a different kind of like it or loathe it grille and so too, the newish X7, BMW's largest vehicle yet. Know this though: more than 20,000 examples have already been sold. Approving the X7 was a smart move by former CEO Harald Krüger and the board of BMW AG.
Sep
19th

Amazon to buy 100,000 electric vans

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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' sweeping new plan to tackle climate change, announced at an event on Thursday at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, includes a deal to purchase 100,000 electric delivery vans from vehicle manufacturer Rivian, cnbc.com reported.
Sep
19th

Analysts see more auto M&A potential, slowing global output – report

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Morgan Stanley sees the potential for more auto industry M&A amid the slowing down of global vehicle production, margin compression and heavy capital expenditure burdens.
Sep
19th

Volkswagen Golf gains three plush run-out editions

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Volkswagen Golf - front
News 19 Sep, 2019

VW has launched Match Edition, GT Edition and R-Line Edition versions of the current Golf, ahead of the Mk8 model’s arrival next year

Sep
19th

Seat to trial landfill methane in vehicles

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Volkswagen Group Spanish subsidiary Seat said it would participate, until 2023 in the Life Landfill Biofuel project, which was recently approved by the European Commission (EC). The goal is to obtain renewable gas from municipal landfills and achieve more efficient management by obtaining biomethane from an indigenous, abundant energy source.
Sep
19th

UK fleets plan restructuring due to WLTP

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Almost one in six business car fleets in the UK is planning some sort of restructuring due to the new WLTP vehicle testing regime, according to leasing company Arval.
Sep
19th

AAM sells US iron casting operations

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American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. (AAM), has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its US iron casting operations - Grede - to funds managed by Gamut Capital Management for an aggregate purchase price of USD245m.
Sep
19th

Kobe Steel unit officially opens US alloy extrusion plant

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Kobe Steel said US subsidiary, Kobelco Aluminum Products & Extrusions (KPEX) held an opening ceremony for a new automotive extrusion plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Sep
19th

Falken secures Audi tyre OEM deal

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Falken Tyre Europe said it had secured a contract to supply VW Group premium brand Audi with OEM fit tyres for a new compact SUV.
Sep
19th

Vision Mercedes Simplex concept is a retro go-kart of the future

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Mercedes Simplex Concept - front
News 19 Sep, 2019

Mercedes has unwrapped its latest design exercise – a two-seat, open wheel concept, which blends yesteryear styling with modern technology

Sep
19th

Vision Mercedes Simplex concept is a retro go-kart of the future – pictures

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Sep
19th

33 new drivers a day have their licences revoked

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Police pulling over Ford Ka
News 19 Sep, 2019

Nearly 12,000 motorists with under two years of experience had their licences revoked under the New Drivers Act in 2018

Sep
19th

Toyota Brazil adding third car line at Sorocaba

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Toyota Motor said its Brazilian sales and manufacturing subsidiary, Toyota do Brasil (TDB), would spend BRL1bn (US$243m) at its Sorocaba plant in Sao Paulo.
Sep
19th

UAW strike shuts down GM Canada Oshawa truck plant

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The United Auto Workers (UAW) strike against General Motors in the US from Sunday night led to hundreds of workers at the the Oshawa plant in Ontario, Canada, being told to stay home on Wednesday due to parts shortages shutting down the truck assembly line.
Sep
19th

Malaysia sales down sharply again in August

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Malaysia's new vehicle market continued to plunge in August, by 22% to 51,148 units compared with strong year-earlier sales of 65,550 units, according to registration data released by the Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA).
Sep
19th

Akebono Brake to close six plants worldwide in turnaround plan

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Struggling Japanese components maker Akebono Brake Industry said it would end operations at six manufacturing plants in Japan and overseas as part of a restructuring plan designed to rebuild the ailing business.
Sep
18th

Q&A with Delphi Technologies CEO Richard F. Dauch

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After the break-up of supplier giant Delphi Automotive into Aptiv and Delphi Technologies, Delphi Technologies is in transition as a specialist Tier 1 supplier of propulsion technologies to OEMs. Meeting changing fuel mix and e-mobility market needs are at the top of CEO Richard (Rick) F. Dauch's agenda. Dave Leggett caught up with him in Frankfurt to hear a progress report.
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