Auto News 5

Renault has co-developed fabric made from 100% recycled materials for the new Zoe.

The Philippine new vehicle market continued to expand in October 2019, by 3.8% year-on-year to 34,397 units from 33,150 units in the same month of last year, according to member wholesale data released jointly by the Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers…

Chinese electric vehicle start-up Xpeng Motors has raised US$400m from investors for New Product Development (NPD) and is planning to bring to market a number of new models in its pipeline. Among Xpeng’s investors are smartphone maker Xiaomi, Alibaba a…

New vehicle sales in China declined by 4% year-on-year to 2.3m units in October from 2.4m units a year earlier, the sixteenth consecutive monthly decline, according to data released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM).

A new test centre dedicated to autonomous and connected vehicles was opened this week in Xiangyang in China’s Hubei province.

ZF says it is the first major automotive supplier to participate in the Mobility as a Service (MaaS) Alliance.

Hyundai Mobis has announced it has developed a rear-autonomous emergency braking system (R-AEB) which prevents collisions when vehicles are reversing.

Rheinmetall subsidiary Pierburg says it has developed an air-conditioning (AC) compressor specifically for use in electric vehicles.

BMW has provided an update on its e-mobility strategy and its dedicated facility for developing battery technologies.

Kolbenschmidt Huayu Piston (KSHP), a subsidiary of Rheinmetall Automotive, is to produce lightweight pistons for an unnamed automaker in China.

Tata Communications, a leading global digital infrastructure provider, is working together with Microsoft to help speed up the development of new innovative connected car applications.

Location technology specialist, TomTom, and the University of Amsterdam (UvA), have announced the launch of a new public-private research lab.

PSA says its greenhouse gas emission reduction targets have been approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) Steering Committee.

British luxury supercar maker McLaren is looking in diverse places for recruits for its new GBP50m ‘innovation and manufacturing facility’ in Yorkshire in the north of England.

Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama (HMMA) has announced the Santa Cruz compact utility vehicle will join the Santa Fe SUV and the Sonata and Elantra sedans at Hyundai’s US automotive assembly plant in Montgomery, starting in 2021.

ZF and Danfoss Silicon Power have increased their existing cooperation with a new partnership for silicon and silicon-carbide power modules.