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Apr
26th

Latest live M4 traffic news

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Tips & advice 26 Apr, 2018

Live M4 traffic news and updates for M4 junctions, plus real time travel reports on delays, accidents, roadworks and snow

Apr
26th

GM’s operating profit sinks 27% on lower pickup production; net falls 60%

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GM's net income and operating profit fell sharply in the first quarter because of planned downtime of full-size pickup output, a restructuring in Korea and other costs. GM's earnings before interest and taxes declined 27 percent.
Apr
26th

UK car output falls in March

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UK car production declined in March, down 13.3% year on year, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).
Apr
26th

Magna wins lidar contract with BMW Group

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Magna says the contract with the BMW Group 'is one of the first in the auto industry to include solid-state lidar for serial production.' The Canadian supplier developed the lidar with Innoviz.
Apr
26th

Kremlin hails major aid package as market stimulus boosts sector

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Russia's automotive sector has emerged from the crisis of the past four years due to "serious support," which reached more than US$1bn alone last year from the government say Kremlin politicians as the country continues its slow recovery.
Apr
26th

China may cut light-vehicle import duty by nearly half, report says

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China is mulling proposals to cut import duties on passenger cars by about half, Bloomberg reported, citing people with direct knowledge of the matter, a move that's set to give a lift to luxury brands such as BMW and Lexus.
Apr
26th

Porsche expects electrified cars to make up half of sales by 2025

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Porsche set one of the industry's most aggressive targets for selling plug-in hybrid and full-electric cars, predicting the vehicles will make up as many as half of its deliveries by 2025 in a sign the shift to electrified models is speeding up.
Apr
26th

Porsche expects electrified cars to make up half of sales by 2015

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Porsche set one of the industry's most aggressive targets for selling plug-in hybrid and full-electric cars, predicting the vehicles will make up as many as half of its deliveries by 2025 in a sign the shift to electrified models is speeding up.
Apr
26th

China said to mull cutting car import duty by about half

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China is considering proposals to cut import duty on passenger cars by about half, sources said, in a move that would help German luxury automakers BMW, Mercedes and Porsche.
Apr
26th

Ford Mondeo’s future in doubt as Fusion is axed in US

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News 26 Apr, 2018

The long-term future of the Ford Mondeo looks unclear following the news that its US sister model will be dropped

Apr
26th

Tesla’s Autopilot chief steps down after two years

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Tesla's Autopilot chief, Jim Keller, has left the company, the latest in a rash of executive departures at the electric-car maker, which is in a fierce war for the engineering talent.
Apr
26th

Tesla’s Autopilot chief steps down after two years

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Tesla's Autopilot chief, Jim Keller, has left the company, the latest in a rash of executive departures at the electric-car maker, which is in a fierce war for the engineering talent needed to develop autonomous vehicles.
Apr
26th

Visteon to supply SmartCore cockpit domain controller to Geely

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Visteon has announced that it will provide a SmartCore-based integrated cockpit domain controller to Geely Auto for its new electric vehicle platform. Through this collaboration, both companies will jointly promote the innovation of cockpit electronics in the automotive industry.
Apr
26th

Nissan CEO sees ‘no merit’ in merger with Renault

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Nissan CEO Hiroto Saikawa said a Renault-Nissan merger would have "side effects" and stressed the importance of independence in an interview with the Nikkei business paper.
Apr
26th

Battery makers in China see tough times

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Major Chinese auto-related electric battery firms saw a profitability downturn in 2017, despite upstream material producers enjoying bigger margins, Chinese media reports say.
Apr
26th

UK production falls 13% in March on Brexit, diesel slump

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UK production fell 13 percent in March as bad weather disrupted supply chains and worries over export prospects after Brexit and the future of diesel vehicles dampened demand.
Apr
26th

Audi R8 facelift spied for the first time – pictures

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Apr
26th

Ford planning extra $11.5bn cost cuts

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Ford is rationalising its product offering and cutting costs still further. The news follows the posting of first quarter results that showed a swing to profit after a loss in the same quarter last year; revenue was also up 7%.
Apr
26th

VW Q1 operating profit down

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Volkswagen Group first quarter operating profit fell to EUR4.2bn from EUR4.4bn following record unit sales which led to group sales revenue rising year on year from EUR 56.2bn to EUR 58.2bn.
Apr
26th

Hyundai’s Q1profit halves on bleak U.S., China sales

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Hyundai's first-quarter net profit halved as bleak U.S. and China sales, a strong South Korean currency and labor union strikes dragged on the automaker's earnings.
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