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Volkswagen reportedly now expects group revenue to exceed 2016's record EUR217bn by more than 25% by 2020, up from a March forecast of more than 20%.

VW Group raised its midterm revenue outlook on demand for new SUVs in emerging markets. The automaker also upgraded its pretax profit goal.

In global terms, Norway enjoys by far the highest penetration of electric vehicles in its car market. Exclusively for just-auto, Norwegian writer Jorn Madslien takes a trip to his homeland for a personal journey that sheds some light on this small European country's huge drive for electrification.

Russia has recorded October sales of new passenger cars and LCVs rising 17.3%, the eighth consecutive monthly increase after years of sharply falling numbers.

Mercedes is ramping up its offering of electric delivery vans to counter the StreetScooter, a no-frills competitor from Deutsche Post and Ford.

Following last week's announcement of a Tesla electric truck with first deliveries in 2019, just-auto's QUBE research database has updated its section covering such vehicles. We note that, while the rise of electric passenger vehicles is firmly established, it's taken longer for electric trucks and commercial vehicles to appear in the mainstream automotive industry. The drive towards electrified powertrains stems from the worldwide effort to lower emissions, significantly hastened by toughened legislation in the wake of the Dieselgate emissions fixing scandal. Some European nations are already introducing bans on the future sale of non-electrified vehicles, so the inevitable turn toward electric power is a considerable concern for vehicle manufacturers.

News 20 Nov, 2017

SEAT’s sales and marketing boss is running a ‘prototype’ SEAT Leon Cupra ST with more power – and it could launch next year

Groupe Renault and Al-Futtaim have inked definitive agreements for assembly and distribution of the French automaker's vehicles in Pakistan.

VW Group is reorganizing production at its German factories to further its goal of transforming itself into a leading force in EVs.

VW Group is reorganizing production at its German factories to further its goal of transforming itself into a leading force in EVs.

Daimler's Mercedes-Benz Vans plans to offer all its commercial van model lines with electric drive, starting with the mid-size eVito, now available to order, with deliveries commencing in the second half of 2018.

Skoda will build a full-electric vehicle in the Czech Republic as part of plans for an electrified lineup

IAC has appointed Daniel Linder as vice president of the organisation's China operations.

Daimler has set up a Mercedes-Benz Research and Development Centre in Tel Aviv focusing on digital vehicle and mobility services.

Launched in 2008 for those looking to make a funky and bold statement, the Kia Soul is certainly out of the ordinary. Competing models include the likes of the Vauxhall Mokka X and Nissan Juke. Like the Juke, opinions are divided on its distinctive looks and hamster TV commercials.  But that hasn't stopped the Soul from becoming a market leader in the US and China.  Continuing just-auto/QUBE's review of interior design and technology trends, we take a closer look inside the Soul.

The UK's finance plan this week could include measures that will see fully self-driving cars to be on British roads in as little as three years.

The UK's finance plan this week could include measures that will see fully self-driving cars to be on British roads in as little as three years.

Autoliv adopted lean manufacturing practices years ago -- and then found out that it needed a refresher course.

By next fall, about 1,000 employees of the brand's U.S. distribution arm should be back under one roof for the first time since July 2015,

Carlos Ghosn retired this year as CEO of Nissan. But as CEO of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance, he continues to lay out strategies to make the three automakers larger and more profitable.