Walkaround contests, where salespeople show off their deep knowledge of the vehicles on the showroom floor, are anachronisms and should go away.
Known as the man who almost single-handedly turned the Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen from a scuttled military experiment into the celebrity staple it is today, Heinz Neunzig is highly revered by those in the know -- a living legend with unshakeable...
Next in our Hands-On-Tech reporting series, we take a look at Ford's SYNC 3 system. Taking you through the top-spec connectivity features offered by manufacturers in detail, this HOT report series looks to benchmark the connectivity functionality of each manufacturer based on various test criteria. Onto the third iteration of the SYNC system, Ford is going from strength to strength.
VW Group has signed preliminary deals with China's FAW and the China Intelligent and Connected Vehicles Research Institute to cooperate on technologies including e-mobility, connectivity and autonomous driving.
VW Group has signed preliminary deals with China's FAW and the China Intelligent and Connected Vehicles Research Institute to cooperate on technologies including e-mobility, connectivity and autonomous driving.
New vehicle sales in Vietnam declined by 3.7% to 21,913 units in June from already weak year-earlier sales of 22,750 units, according to member data released by the Vietnam Automotive Manufacturers Association (VAMA).
Continental signed an agreement with Didi Chuxing to cooperate on developing Internet-connected EVs that will be tailor-made for Didi's ride-hailing service in China.
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10 Jul, 2018
Motorsport-inspired R8 special based on the V10 Plus limited to just five units in the UK, priced from £176,560
VW has named Thomas Sedran to lead its commercial vehicles division. Currently VW's head of strategy, Sedran will assume his new post on Sept. 1. He replaces Eckhard Scholz.
The BMW Group and Chinese OEM Great Wall Motor have signed an agreement to produce Mini electric vehicles through a new 50:50 joint venture based in China.
Tesla reached a preliminary agreement with the Shanghai government to build a factory that'll rival production from its lone U.S. assembly plant, as Elon Musk takes his biggest step yet to expand overseas. Planned capacity is 500,000 vehicles a year.
Siemens CEO Joe Kaeser has issued a stark warning of the importance for German companies of successfully managing the industry's transition to electrified and automated vehicles. In remarks reported by Bloomberg, Kaeser appeared to warn that Germany's automotive giants need to get the transition right, or risk mass unemployment and violent social unrest in Germany.
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10 Jul, 2018
The new 2020 Skoda Vision E-based SUV to wear hot eRS badge
Lada says it sold 16,592 cars in overseas markets in the first half of 2018, a 64% increase compared to the results for the same period last year.
Valmet Automotive has started production of the new generation Mercedes-Benz A-Class at its Uusikaupunki plant in Finland.
Hyundai Cradle, Hyundai Motor Company's corporate venturing and open innovation business, is investing in Ionic Materials, a privately held battery developer based in Massachusetts, to advance the development of battery technology and improve EV performance with solid-state battery innovatio
Honeywell has named TorstenPilz as senior vice president and chief supply chain officer reporting to chairman and CEO, Darius Adamczyk and will also serve as company officer.
PSA and Inria are creating OpenLab dedicated to artificial intelligence with areas studied including autonomous and intelligent vehicles, mobility services, manufacturing, design development tools, design and digital marketing as well as quality and finance.
The BMW Group is expanding its footprint in China and adding capacity.
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