Renault and the CEA (French alternative energies and atomic energy commission) have signed a research and development agreement to work jointly developing electric vehicles, new energies, and cleaner combustion engines.
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Kia expects the launch of its new Sportage SUV to help boost output at its Slovak factory to pre-crisis levels, a top executive said. "We plan to produce more than 35,000 units of this SUV model this year," Kia Motors Slovakia CEO In-Kyu Bae said.
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Kia Motors Corp. expects the launch of its new Sportage SUV to help boost output at its plant in Zilina, Slovakia, to pre-crisis levels, the company said in a release today.
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Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Audi are adding staff and cutting summer factory breaks to boost production as demand for luxury cars returns quicker than they had planned.
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Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Audi are adding staff and cutting summer factory breaks to boost production as demand for luxury cars returns quicker than they had planned.
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"I am working in the best design shop in the world," Mini's chief designer Gert Hildebrand said in a recent interview as he paced around the models which will make up the brand's six-pack line-up.
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Russia is ready for a sustainable rebound in new-car sales that will push volume to 3.2 million units by 2015, says the head of the country's largest importer and retailer of foreign-made cars.
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Industry sources have told just-auto that Stefan Jacoby, Volkswagen's US operations' chief executive, is to become CEO of Volvo Cars.
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Saab could build cars in China if its annual volume in the market hits 10,000 units, Victor Muller, chairman of the Swedish brand, said. "We hope to be selling 10,000 cars in China in the next three years," Muller said.
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Europe's carmakers moved a step closer creating an infrastructure for electric cars after agreeing on plug and socket standards for slow or overnight charging of the battery-driven vehicles due to hit roads from next year.
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Volkswagen plans to shake up its management at Porsche SE , as it looks to strengthen its hold on the automaker, the Financial Times reported on Friday.
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Volkswagen of America said it is in talks with CEO Stefan Jacoby over his employment contract after a German newspaper reported he will become chief executive of Volvo Car Corp.
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Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, which is buying Ford Motor Co.'s Volvo car unit, aims to sell 150,000 Volvo cars in China annually by 2015, a Chinese newspaper said.
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Volkswagen plans to shake up its management at Porsche SE , as it looks to strengthen its hold on the automaker, the Financial Times reported on Friday.
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Volkswagen plans to shake up its management at Porsche SE as it looks to strengthen its hold on the automaker, the Financial Times reported today.
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It's small, stylish and undeniably sporty. Yet, the all-new 2011 Mazda2 is by no means a racing machine, let alone a high-performance car. Rather, it wonderfully fills the role of a dynamic commuter.
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Entering formula one will not cause Pirelli to increase its budget, chairman Marco Tronchetti Provera said on Thursday.
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Defunct USF1 has been fined EUR 309,000 and barred from ever competing in formula one.
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After focusing on the speed of the RB6 early this season, Red Bull is now turning more of its attention to boosting reliability.
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With the current economy the last thing you need is for your vehicle to break down. Whether your driving a reliable car or a busted up