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Alfonso Sancha has been appointed new SEAT purchasing EVP and will take up his position on 1 September.

Porsche has acquired a minority stake in Israeli start-up, TriEye.

Chevrolet remains the strong number three make in the USA, some 64,000 units behind Toyota in the first half of 2019 (GM has stopped reporting monthly sales). China, the brand's other major market, is a different story, with Chevy ending H1 in eighteenth place. Which explains why GM's number one global division is adding so many SUVs in North America and China, while also making plans to fight back against FCA's Ram 1500, which has taken second place from the Silverado pick-up in the US market.

News 22 Aug, 2019

The Citroen C3 supermini range has been revised in response to increased customer demand for upmarket models

Alabama Governor, Kay Ivey says Japanese automotive supplier, Vuteq plans to invest more than US$60m to open a manufacturing facility serving the Mazda Toyota Manufacturing USA  (MTMUS) assembly plant in Huntsville.

News 22 Aug, 2019

UK cannot become a carbon-neutral country until personal vehicle ownership is ended, Science and Technology Committee says

GM Korea workers carried out two days of partial strikes at the company's domestic plants earlier this week after they failed to reach an agreement over the last month with management over wage increases.

Australia's National Roads and Motorists' Association (NRMA) has reached a milestone in Bega with the launch of its 20th Electric Vehicle Fast Charging station, marking the halfway point in its A$10m (US$7m) commitment to build one of the country's largest fast charging networks.

Cummins says its president and COO, Rich Freeland is to retire after forty years of service.

Desjardins and Hydro-Québec say Quebec's first urban superstation for charging electric vehicles has opened at the Complexe Desjardins.

FAW-Volkswagen, one of Volkswagen's main Chinese joint ventures, has opened a new US$240m proving ground in Changchun, in the country's northeastern province of Jilin.

News 22 Aug, 2019

New Hyundai 45 concept will be a retro-inspired showcase of how the brand could design future electric vehicles

General Motors has pulled Chevrolet out of many markets in recent years yet the brand remains strong in the Americas, particularly the USA and Brazil. In the second of those two countries, small cars are the reason why Chevy is the number one make, while in China sedans are a big part of SAIC GM's ongoing success.

Features 26 Aug, 2019

We head to Silverstone to test out the one-off Kia Stinger GT420, Kia's skunkworks track focused race car

A new survey of company car drivers by Venson Automotive Solutions reveals that whilst company car drivers are widely switched on to the benefits and implications of electric vehicle ownership, the UK's charging infrastructure still sparks concern for 69% of motorists surveyed.

When it comes to light commercials, Wuling is far and away the Chinese market leader. The brand, which is controlled by the SAIC, General Motors and Wuling Motors joint venture, has until recently also been wildly successful with a range of affordable MPVs. SGMW has expanded outside China and added SUVs yet Wuling is still in trouble. The question is, will things turn around once several overdue fresh models begin to appear in 2020?

Nokian Tyres has started construction on an administration building at its new factory in Dayton, Tennessee ahead of production in 2020.

Pennsylvania Governor, Tom Wolf has announced 34 cleaner energy transportation projects will receive US$8.5m in grants and rebates following the Volkswagen settlement.

Shell is launching Singapore's first electric vehicle charging at service stations.