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Sep
11th

‘Does JLR really need the new Defender in its line-up?’

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OPINION Land Rover Defender
Opinion 11 Sep, 2019

With so many other SUVs in their model line-up, Steve Fowler asks whether JLR really needed to build the new Defender

Sep
10th

New Volkswagen ID.3 R electric hot hatch considered

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Volkswagen ID.3 R exclusive image
News 10 Sep, 2019

Volkswagen could expand on the new ID.3 electric car with a high performance R version, according to boss.

Sep
10th

FRANKFURT – Will tighter CO2 rules send some automakers bankrupt?

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Tightened European carbon dioxide emission rules could send some automakers into bankruptcy, a top PSA executive said.
Sep
10th

Watch a film in your self-driving car within two years, insurers say

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autonomous car
News 11 Sep, 2019

ABI and Thatcham claim limited automated driving could be here in two years, but governments, carmakers and drivers must act responsibly

Sep
10th

UK and South Korea to work together on electric cars and autonomous tech

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Hyundai Ioniq autonomous - Graham Hope inside
News 10 Sep, 2019

Memorandum of understanding “will open a new era” between two countries; takes advantage of pre-Brexit trade agreement with Korea

Sep
10th

FRANKFURT – ZF unveils 100km electric range PHEV

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ZF is showing at Frankfurt its BMW-bodied EVplus concept PHEV which is claimed to run 100km (60 miles) under real-life conditions.
Sep
10th

BMW i Hydrogen NEXT launched at Frankfurt – pictures

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Sep
10th

FRANKFURT – Ford rolls out electrified range

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Ford at the Frankfurt show has unveiled a new electrified European range - Puma (reviving an old badge) EcoBoost Hybrid, redesigned Explorer (returning the US nameplate to Europe) and [Transit based] Tourneo Custom plug-in hybrids plus the redesigned Kuga SUV - the first blue oval model to offer mild-, full- and plug-in hybrid powertrains.
Sep
10th

FRANKFURT – Land Rover shows new Defender

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Land Rover has shown its new Defender model at the Frankfurt Motor Show.
Sep
10th

Steering system acquisitions open AD truck opportunities for Knorr-Bremse

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Braking system supplier, Knorr-Bremse entered the commercial vehicle steering market in 2016 when it acquired tedrive Steering Systems GmbH. Adding steering systems to its portfolio has given the supplier new opportunities to supply highly integrated systems for autonomous trucks. Earlier this year, Knorr-Bremse completed its acquisition of the commercial vehicle steering business of Hitachi Automotive Systems thereby creating a solid global basis for the subsequent introduction of torque overlay systems for automated driving (AD) functions. To learn more, we caught up with Dr Peter Laier, Member of the Executive Board of Knorr-Bremse AG, responsible for the commercial vehicle steering division.
Sep
10th

FRANKFURT – Byton reveals M-Byte SUV with 48-inch cockpit display

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Byton has unveiled in Frankfurt its M-Byte SUV with an innovative cockpit centred around a 48-inch curved display claimed to be the largest in the industry.
Sep
10th

FRANKFURT – First deliveries of Honda e set for mid-2020

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Honda has shown the production version of its electric 'e' compact car at Frankfurt and says that deliveries will start in the summer of 2020.
Sep
10th

FRANKFURT – VW ID.3 will be priced at under EUR30,000

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Volkswagen has presented its ID.3 at the Frankfurt Motor Show and revealed that purchase prices for the series production model will start at under EUR30,000.
Sep
10th

Daimler begins testing automated trucks on public roads in Virginia

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Daimler Trucks and Torc Robotics are actively developing and testing automated trucks with SAE Level 4 intent technology on public roads in the US.
Sep
10th

Calsonic Kansei and Magneti Marelli are now Marelli

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Automotive supplier Marelli has announced that Calsonic Kansei and Magneti Marelli will officially change their respective legal company names to "Marelli" from next month.
Sep
10th

Allison Transmission acquires Walker Die Casting

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Allison Transmission Holdings, the largest global manufacturer of medium- and heavy-duty fully automatic transmissions, announced today that it has acquired the assets and certain liabilities of Walker Die Casting located in Lewisburg, Tennessee and C&R Tool and Engineering located in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.
Sep
10th

How do you forecast component failure across brands and models?

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A technology and software company - We Predict - claims it can forecast component failures across brands and models out to three years via a database and algorithms that utilise machine learning.
Sep
10th

Moody’s downgrades Ford credit rating to junk

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Moody's Investors Service has cut Ford's credit rating to junk due to the company's weak earnings and cash generation outlook.
Sep
10th

BMW i Hydrogen NEXT launched at Frankfurt

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BMW i Hydrogen NEXT - Frankfurt front
News 10 Sep, 2019

The i Hydrogen NEXT prototype previews the German brand’s plans for hydrogen-electric propulsion from 2022

Sep
10th

China passenger car sales fall in August; more stimulus to come

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Sales of new passenger vehicles in China fell by 9.9% year-on-year to 1.564m units in August, according to retail data released by the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA).
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