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SMMT chief Mike Hawes has told just-auto that he would like to see a clear statement from the UK government that diesel engines have a future in the automotive powertrain mix. He also favours a 'technology neutral approach' that would allow the industry to further refine technologies - such as diesel - in line with market demands and affordability.

Although autonomous vehicles (AVs) are on the horizon, steering wheels will be fitted as standard to new cars for a while yet. Continuing just-auto/QUBE's series of interviews with global automotive component suppliers, we spoke to Thilo Bitzer, Senior Vice President, Steering Engineering, ZF Active and Passive Safety Division, about steering systems for AVs as well as active front steering and dual-pinion electric power steering systems.

Elon Musk may need to tap capital markets for more than $10 billion by 2020 to fund Tesla's operations, new products and an expected expansion into China, according to Goldman Sachs Group.

News 17 May, 2018

Refreshed Audi A4 rival arriving in showrooms next month, with new special edition trim rounding off pre-facelift production

PSA has appointed executives to accelerate growth in Russia, boost sales at Opel, and improve purchasing efficiencies and synergies within the company.

BMW offered a glimpse of its futuristic self-driving iNext car as the automaker seeks to gain momentum in the race to overtake rival Mercedes in luxury car sales.

BMW offered a glimpse of its futuristic self-driving iNext car as the automaker seeks to gain momentum in the race to overtake rival Mercedes in luxury car sales.

Denso Corporation has taken a stake in Metawave Corporation, a US startup company that develops millimetre-wave radar sensing technologies to detect vehicles and pedestrians.

The European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA), representing the seven major EU producers of heavy-duty vehicles, has said new EU proposals for freight truck CO2 reduction levels by 2025 and 2030 - 15% and 30% respectively - are 'far too aggressive'.

Data released by European vehicle manufacturers' trade association ACEA shows that sales of cars in the EU area were up by 9.6% in the first four months of the year versus the same period of last year.

Mobileye, Intel's Israel-based autonomous driving unit, has signed a contract to supply 8m cars at a European automaker with its self-driving technologies, Reuters reported exclusively.

Waze users around the world can now use the app's real-time traffic and navigation service via the touch screen in Ford vehicles via SYNC AppLink and control it by voice command.

Toyota Motor Europe's London representative, Tony Walker, has told just-auto that the UK government is listening and understands the concerns of the UK's auto industry over future trade arrangements with the EU when the UK exits from the EU.

Hyundai Motor's automotive components manufacturing subsidiary Hyundai Mobis unveiled a new R&D centre for autonomous vehicles and related auto parts in Seosan in South Korea's Chungcheong Province.

BMW has opened a China R&D Centre in Beijing's Shunyi District.

VW, Toyota and Dacia all saw their European sales rise sharply in April, outpacing a market that grew 9.6 percent on increased demand in the region's five biggest markets.

VW, Toyota and Dacia all saw their European sales rise sharply in April, outpacing a market that grew 9.6 percent on increased demand in the region's five biggest markets.

The UK minister responsible for Business and Industrial Strategy, Greg Clark, has told an industry conference that the government appreciates the importance of UK-EU automotive supply chains and wants to retain frictionless trade to deepen cross-border trade relationships further. His remarks come amid mounting political tensions inside the government over the terms of the UK's separation from the European Union and pressure from Brussels to speed up negotiations ahead of the UK's exit from the EU in March of next year.

China's Beijing Automotive Group Company this week signed an agreement with Beijing Shunyi district authorities for the construction of new facilities for the production of Mercedes-Benz new energy vehicles from next year.

News 17 May, 2018

EU Commission says autonomous emergency braking, lane-keep assistance and fatigue detection must feature on all new cars in three years