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US President Donald Trump has said his administration will enter into an initial trade accord with Japan in the coming weeks.

SK Innovation has been picked to supply a battery pack for Ferrari's first plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV), according to a Korean media report.

As the e-mobility industry grows in scale and importance, CATL says its new electric vehicle EV battery factory in Erfurt, Germany - which will produce both battery cells and modules - will enable it to collaborate closely with more European automotive companies.

Veoneer said it had been awarded a production contract to manufacture the world's first thermal camera for a Level 4 autonomous vehicle.

Japanese automotive components manufacturer Marelli Corporation announced a reorganisation of its production bases in Japan, including the closure of four manufacturing facilities, mainly in response to weak demand from its key vehicle manufacturing affiliate Nissan Motor.

So in-demand are several of its models that MG has overtaken Skoda (161,210, -28%) in China, selling 163,053 (+5%) vehicles during the year to the end of August. SAIC's reinvention of the brand as a maker of multiple SUVs (as well as a few cars too) has delivered the results it was after. Sales are also accelerating in many other countries. That includes the UK, Australia, Thailand and markets in the Middle East, while the range continues to expand and even now includes a pick-up.

It took TMC and Honda many generations plus decades of nurturing and promotion to eventually make the RAV4 and CR-V two of the world's three top selling SUVs. The other one, which didn't exist twelve years ago, is only in its second generation. So what makes the Volkswagen Tiguan so sought after in China, Europe and North America?

News 16 Sep, 2019

The facelifted Renault Koleos is here with refreshed styling, a reworked interior, a pair of new diesel engines and a base-price of £28,195

News 17 Sep, 2019

The V8-engined rear-wheel-drive Wiesmann Project Gecko has been teased ahead of its arrival in 2020

News 16 Sep, 2019

Updated Jaguar's XF saloon has already been spied before its unveiling next year

News 16 Sep, 2019

Fresh research uncovers only three in 10 new cars have a manual handbrake, with JLR, Lexus, Mercedes and Porsche going electric-only

OmniVision Technologies has announced that it has combined OmniVision's OX03A1Y image sensor with the Arm Mali-C71 image signal processor (ISP) for a 'dual-mode automotive camera module'.

News 16 Sep, 2019

Researchers suggest dash cams that let parents to see how their children drive could reduce young driver crash rates

German flying taxi start-up Volocopter has flown its air taxi at an event in Stuttgart. It is the first time the air taxi prototype has flown in an urban area in Europe, but it has flown in a number of demonstration flights around the world. The unmanned flight lasted a few minutes.

News 16 Sep, 2019

Fiat’s performance sub-brand introduces a new mid-range version of the Abarth 595, named the Pista

Valmet Automotive says it is increasingly focusing on the fuel cell as part of the drive towards long-term e-mobility. The company now under the lead of its Business Line Engineering business unit has established a 'Centre of Competence Fuel Cell'.