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Aug
9th

Honda to shift hybrid Accord production to Thailand

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Honda Motor officials confirmed plans to shift production of hybrid versions of the Accord midsize passenger car to Thailand from Japan, according to a report by the Nikkei Asia Review.
Aug
9th

Local Motors self-driving shuttle starts in Rancho Cordova

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Local Motors' Olli self-driving shuttle has made its debut in the Californian city of Rancho Cordova at the White Rock Corporate Campus, a large business park home to 1,600 employees.
Aug
9th

‘Perry McCarthy is one of my favourite drivers, despite his terrible F1 career’

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OPINION Perry McCarthy
Opinion 10 Aug, 2019

Perry McCarthy may have had a poor time in F1, but he is still one of the sports best, explains Mike Rutherford

Aug
9th

Austin Airport starts public driverless shuttle trials

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Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) has started public testing of its Easy Mile EZ10 driverless shuttle.
Aug
8th

Slumping sales trigger India auto layoffs

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Slumping sales of cars and motorcycles are triggering massive job cuts in India's auto sector, with many companies forced to shut down factories for days and axe shifts, multiple sources told the Reuters news agency.
Aug
8th

Schaeffler Q2 revenue down 1% to EUR3.6bn

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Schaeffler has posted second-quarter revenue marginally down 1% to EUR3.6bn (US$4bn), with EBIT falling to EUR253m from EUR382m.
Aug
8th

Magna reports tougher second quarter

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Magna International said results came in slightly ahead of its expectations in the second quarter of 2019, driven by body exteriors & structures, power & vision and complete vehicles segments.
Aug
8th

CAAS sees Q2 slump as consumer spending and economy slow

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China Automotive Systems (CAAS), a power steering components and systems supplier in China, said second quarter net sales fell 15.9% year on year to US$105.7m from $125.8m in the second quarter of 2018.
Aug
8th

EV Connect teams with GM for US charging access

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EV Connect is collaborating with General Motors to enable Chevrolet Bolt drivers to have charging access in the US.
Aug
8th

Daimler teaches trucks to pay

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With the newly created digital Truck-ID and associated Truck Wallet, Daimler Trucks in a pilot project successfully carried out an automatic payment at an electric charging station.
Aug
8th

Tenneco Q2 net income down 45% to US$26m

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Tenneco has reported second-quarter net income down 45% to US$26m, with revenue of US$4.5bn, which includes US$1.9bn from acquisitions.
Aug
8th

Over 750,000 UK drivers set to be caught speeding in France

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france speed limit sign
News 8 Aug, 2019

Data shows 21 per cent of British motorists are not aware that France’s speed camera tolerances are lower than the UK’s

Aug
8th

SAIC Motor enters Thai pickup market with MG Extender

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China's SAIC Motor entered the Thai pickup segment this week with the launch of its locally-made MG Extender.
Aug
8th

Baidu teams with Elektrobit for automotive software

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Baidu is partnering with Elektrobit (EB) to provide automotive infrastructure software for the former's Apollo Computing Unit (ACU) for autonomous driving.
Aug
8th

‘Aston Martin will bounce back better than ever’

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OPINION Aston Martin Rapide E
Opinion 8 Aug, 2019

Aston Martin's recent money troubles have become headline news, but Steve Fowler believes this is just a minor bump in the road

Aug
8th

Continental Q2 net income down 41% to EUR485m

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Continental has posted second-quarter net income attributable to the shareholders of the parent down 41% to EUR484.8m (US$544m).
Aug
7th

Indian auto industry demands government help

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India's auto industry demanded tax cuts and easier access to finance for dealers and buyers at a meeting with Indian government officials on Wednesday to discuss the sector's woes, sources told Reuters, in an effort to revive sales that have slumped.
Aug
7th

Highways England trialling rubberised roads

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Highways England rubber road
News 7 Aug, 2019

Highways England has laid the surface of a section of the M1 with a new asphalt compound containing rubber from disused tyres

Aug
7th

Nissan reboots Micra with Mercedes-Alliance engine

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Why isn't Nissan Europe a more powerful force in small cars? Intense competition in the Qashqai segment and the surrendering of the B-SUV class to every other brand as the Juke has grown ever older are the reasons for the current woes. Yet none of that should be affecting the performance of the Micra. It's a cracking little car and deserves to be more popular.
Aug
7th

New C300 Korando another step forward for SsangYong

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SsangYong never gives up. European sales are tiny, a former decent presence in Russia unraveled, attempts at agreeing a JV in China came to nothing and we don't hear much these days about a once heralded US market launch. Against that, it's big in Korea and greatly helps parent company Mahindra with rebadged SUVs in India. Can the new Korando also reinvigorate the brand in Britain?
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