Baidu and the BMW Group have announced they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) under which the BMW Group will join Apollo, the open autonomous driving platform by Baidu, as a board member.
China's Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd (CATL) has announced plans to invest EUR240m (US$282m) in a lithium-ion electric vehicle (EV) battery plant in Germany, as it looks to strengthen its presence in the European auto sector.
Audi has signed a memorandum of understanding for a strategic cooperation with the Chinese information and telecommunications corporation Huawei in Berlin.
Analog Device has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Baidu to jointly advance autonomous driving.
Cabin comfort is a given for motorists nowadays. The trend for multizone air-conditioning systems enables automakers to offer more comfort features. Continuing just-auto/QUBE's series of interviews with tier one component suppliers, we spoke to executives of Valeo's Thermal Systems division to learn more about such trends, regulatory drivers and its recent climate control system innovations.
Dutch provinces, Gelderland and Overijssel have awarded EV charging operators, Ecotap and Allego the concession for installing and operating 4,500 public charging sockets in 43 participating cities.
Apple has kept tight wraps on its ambitions for self-driving cars, declining to acknowledge them at all publicly until it wrote a letter to U.S. transportation regulators in late 2016 urging them not to restrict testing of the vehicles.
Tata has said that the Nano, the world's cheapest car that was aimed at luring India's masses away from motorbikes, will be phased out by the end of the year.
US electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer Tesla Inc plans to build a 500,000 unit/year car plant in Shanghai, according to a memorandum of cooperation signed with Shanghai's government.
China's internet platform DiDi Chuxing has signed an agreement with German automotive components manufacturer Continental AG to collaborate in exploring and developing opportunities in the area of intelligent connected car technology.
The US has said it plans another round of new import tariffs on Chinese goods, in retaliation for Beijing's response to new US tariffs that came into effect earlier this month.
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Renault is preparing to double production of the full-electric Zoe at its Flins factory outside Paris. The increase in output is part of a billion-euro investment by the French automaker in EVs.
Newly appointed Subaru President Tomomi Nakamura has unveiled a five-year business plan that aims to boost U.S.
Renault is preparing to double production of the full-electric Zoe at its Flins factory outside Paris. The increase in output is part of a billion-euro investment in by the French automaker in EVs.
The Goodwood Festival of Speed has an edge that traditional auto shows in Paris, Detroit and Geneva struggle to match.
Daimler and Robert Bosch plan to deploy self-driving taxis in California's Silicon Valley region next year as part of a test program of vehicles designed for city driving, the two companies said.
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