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Technology company Baraja claims it has developed a new class of LiDAR that solves scalability and performance issues plaguing existing systems that help driverless cars see.

Automakers with domestic plants will seek to minimize the impact of potential U.S. tariffs on imported vehicles and auto parts by spreading the extra costs across their entire U.S. fleets, not just vehicles shipped from overseas.

News 16 Jul, 2018

A glut of new carbon-fibre parts will be available on the BMW M2 Competition very shortly

News 16 Jul, 2018

Further updates for flagship Maserati Levante SUV include a new 3.0-litre V6 petrol engine

UK registrations fell 3.5 percent in June as demand for diesels plunged. VW Group's Seat had the biggest rise among brands, followed by BMW. Losers included Nissan, Dacia, Fiat, Renault, Ford and Vauxhall.

Canadian government customs provisions are expected to soften the blow on the country's powerful automotive industry from retaliatory tariffs on U.S. steel, according to trade lawyers.

News 16 Jul, 2018

Polestar’s Tesla Model X rivaling SUV is called the 3 and, like the 1 and 2, will be sold in an innovative way.

Porsche says it has hit a record with 130,598 vehicles delivered worldwide in just the first six months of 2018, up 3% on the same period last year. 

VW-owned Automobili Lamborghini has reported another increase in worldwide deliveries.

Due to the overflow of a river near Honda's auto plant in Celaya, Mexico, all auto and component production was suspended on 28 June. 

Geely has said it has now developed a modular engineering architecture for B-segment cars.

From 2021 Daimler Trucks is bringing together the corporate units based in the Stuttgart region to work at a single location.

A strike called by a small Fiat union to protest the $117 million purchase of soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo by Juventus FC, which is controlled by the Agnelli family, has fallen flat after only five workers participated in the action.

As part of its contribution to a recently completed major European research initiative to achieve more efficient and cost-effective hybrid powertrains for both passenger cars and commercial vehicles, Ricardo has developed a new 48V e-motor offering up to a 50% increase in power density compared with current production machines.

Renault increased vehicle sales by nearly 10 percent in the first half, helped by rebounding markets in Russia and South America, and solid demand in Europe.

Moody's Investors Service has downgraded to Ba2 from Ba1 the corporate family rating (CFR) for Jaguar Land Rover parent company Tata Motors (TML). It also downgraded the company's senior unsecured instrument ratings to Ba2 from Ba1 but said "the rating outlook is stable".

Webasto's core competencies include development, production and sales of sunroofs, panoramic roofs, convertible roofs and parking heaters. With electric heating systems, charging solutions and battery systems, the supplier is also addressing the growth market of electromobility. Continuing just-auto/QUBE's series of interviews with tier one suppliers, we spoke to Dr. Holger Engelmann, Chairman of the Management Board, Webasto SE about the company's roof systems business.