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Hankook has signed a second memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Arlanxeo to co-develop synthetic rubber technologies for high-performance tyres.

Local media reports in Romania say that Bosch is in talks with local authorities to get permission for testing autonomous cars on the streets of the Romanian city of Cluj-Napoca, near an engineering base it has set up.

Eaton has joined the Research and Innovation Group of the European Association of Automotive Suppliers (CLEPA) to further its research into energy innovation, including electrified and traditional internal combustion vehicles.

Some of the EPA's science advisers say the agency is ignoring its own research in moving to relax vehicle emission requirements, a signature element of the Trump administration's campaign to roll back environmental regulations.

BMW i is claiming a world first in the form of a factory-fitted, fully integrated inductive charging facility for the high-voltage battery in a plug-in hybrid vehicle.

Seven months after opening its battery factory in China, the BMW Brilliance Automotive (BBA) joint venture laid the foundation for a comprehensive expansion of the plant. At the "High-Voltage Battery Centre Phase II", BBA will produce the new, more powerful batteries of the fifth-generation BMW eDrive technology for the fully-electric BMW iX3. Starting in 2020, the BMW iX3 will be built at the neighbouring BBA plant Dadong.

BMW Brilliance Automotive's (BBA) joint venture is expanding its Chinese battery factory.

Toyota and Suzuki have agreed today to start discussing new joint projects - emanating from cooperation in India - in the fields of technological development, vehicle production and market development.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he would seek to convince President Donald Trump of the crucial role his country's automakers play in boosting the U.S. economy.

VW brand expects to beat its target of selling 1 million electric vehicles by 2025, said EV chief Christian Senger, citing demand in China and Europe, as well as untapped potential in the southern hemisphere.

Canada's Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland will go to Washington on Tuesday to meet with the United States' trade chief as officials press for a deal on reworking NAFTA.

Nokian Tyres has started construction of a new testing and technology centre in Santa Cruz de la Zarza in Spain.

Nissan is slashing vehicle production by as much as 20 percent in North America to cope with falling profitability in the United States, Japan's Nikkei business daily reported on Monday.

Nissan is slashing vehicle production by as much as 20 percent in North America to cope with falling profitability in the United States, Japan's Nikkei business daily reported.

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VW has started production of the Sol-badged E20X full-electric crossover at a new China plant with partner JAC.

Mercedes-Benz city is to provide 56 Citaro and 30 Citaro hybrid buses to Poland's second-largest public transport authority in Krakow.

Volkswagen Group China is planning to open three new factories to strengthen its SUV and e-mobility offerings in the world's largest car market.

Grammer is in talks over a deal that would allow its takeover by Jifeng Auto, a former "white knight" that helped to defend the German seat maker against aggressive intervention by the Hastor family.