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Tesla has completed the establishment of a wholly-owned subsidiary in China, as the US electric vehicle manufacturer looks to expand its presence in the world's largest electric vehicle market.

Nissan is the eighth brand to be looked at as part of a series which examines the major current and future models of Groupe Renault and Nissan Motor divisions. The first two were Alpine and Renault, followed by Dacia, Lada, Samsung, Datsun and Venucia. Features on the remaining two makes - Infiniti and Mitsubishi - will be published soon.

The UK will release more details in the weeks ahead on its planned ban of the sale of new gasoline and diesel cars starting in 2040, business minister Greg Clark said.

JLR's decision to put a 2.0-litre Ingenium into the Jaguar F-Type shows that not even sports cars are now immune from a worldwide tide turning against big-capacity combustion engines.

The new Volvo S60 saloon - to be launched in 2019 and made in the US - will be the first Volvo to be produced without a diesel engine variant.

Dongfeng Motor and Nissan Motor's Venucia, a brand which concentrates on low-price vehicles for the Chinese market, is having a cracker of a 2018. And this after high levels of year-on-year expansion since its inception in 2010. Time to look at what the partners have planned for this increasingly important division.

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Auto Express reader Ian Bryant has taken delivery of a brand new Nissan Leaf after winning our competition

Six new videos joined our viral list this week, and it was Mitsubishi that won the top spot.

Automotive News Europe honors the winners of the 2018 Rising Stars awards. The Rising Star for General Management is Cristiano Musi, who is CEO of Landi Renzo.

The Trump administration is moving ahead with plans to submit a series of options for easing fuel efficiency standards to the White House for approval in the coming week, two officials briefed on the matter say.

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Hyundai won’t be holding back if the Hyundai Kona N gets the green light with the 247bhp 2.0 turbo engine from the i30 N likely to feature

Tesla will pause production at its California factory for six days at the end of May to work on fixes to its assembly line for its new Model 3 sedan, sources inside the company told Reuters.

Tesla will pause production at its California factory for six days at the end of the May to work on fixes to its assembly line for its new Model 3 sedan, sources inside the company told Reuters.

Elon Musk's responses to recent crashes involving Tesla's Autopilot software suggest a lack of regard for people who share the road with the cars his company sells.

Here is a list of executive departures at Tesla since 2016:

Continuing just-auto/QUBE's series of research snapshots, this one forms the second (of three) parts focusing on the ways in which the auto industry is paving the way for autonomous vehicles. It turns a spotlight on some recent supplier advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) innovations and investments.

Former Tesla executive Diarmuid O'Connell has joined Fair's executive team as chief strategy officer as the company prepares to roll out nationwide this year.

We are hearing more about the opportunities for artificial intelligence (AI) in autonomous vehicles (AVs). Continuing just-auto/QUBE's series of research snapshots, this one forms the first (of three) parts updating the levels of driving automation reached by automakers. Our second part turns the spotlight on supplier ADAS innovations while the third sets out a Q&A with powertrain engineering consultancy, Drive System Design. The lack of a driver in an AV re-writes the rules on many aspects of vehicle design, including the powertrain and driveline. This Q&A considers what the future might bring.

The group in charge of making a new battery-electric crossover, dubbed Team Edison, was formed last year and has been modeled after the small, close-knit bunch that created the latest Ford GT supercar.