VW's Seat brand is no longer looking at the possibility of entering the Iranian market, saying it needs to concentrate on boosting growth in Europe, northern Africa and Latin America.
Nissan said it conducted uncertified vehicle checks as recently as last week even after revealing the widespread misconduct at its domestic factories.
Royal Dutch Shell has launched a fast-charging service for EVs at three UK service stations near London and in northern England.
Daimler was the first OEM with its own presence at the Korea Electronics Show (KES) fair and its supplier scouts were establishing direct contact with trendsetters in consumer electronics.
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GM President Dan Ammann says the automaker has the building blocks it needs to deploy a large-scale fleet of robot cars and said the company could see some "interesting developments" by 2021.
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18 Oct, 2017
New McLaren Ultimate Series model will be British firm's fastest road-legal track day car
Volvo Cars and owner Geely Holding said they would jointly spend RMB5bn (EUR640m, US$752m) to support the initial phase of Polestar's product, brand and industrial development.
Toyota Motor Corporation has launched the Sora fuel cell bus (FC bus) concept. It plans to launch a commercial model based on the concept vehicle in 2018 and expects to introduce over 100 Sora, mainly within the Tokyo metropolitan area, ahead of the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Toyota has launched the Fine Comfort Ride fuel cell vehicle (FCV) concept that envisions mobility in a low carbon society with advanced use of hydrogen and renewable energy. The concept proposes "a new form of the premium saloon" by employing a flexible layout unique to electric powered vehicles and a large amount of available electric power using hydrogen as an energy source.
Toyota is targeting a 1,000-kilometer (620-mile) range with its latest fuel cell concept, the Fine-Comfort Ride sedan. This compares to about 650 kilometers for the automaker's current Mirai fuel cell vehicle.
Toyota will unveil a fuel-cell concept car that aims to offer 50 percent more driving range than its current hydrogen-powered sedan in a technology push that defies a rising wave of battery-powered vehicles.
Toyota is targeting a 1,000-km (620-mile) range for the Fine-Comfort Ride fuel concept that will be unveiled at the Tokyo auto show.
Due to full capacity at its contract manufacturing facility in Graz, Austria, Magna will build a second paint shop 75km away in Maribor/Hoce, Slovenia.
Mitsubishi Motors on Wednesday launched Drive for Growth, a three year strategic plan it said would deliver sustained and profitable growth, targeting an increase of more than 30% in both annual unit sales to 1.3m vehicles and in revenues to JPY2.5 trillion.
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18 Oct, 2017
Fine-Comfort Ride concept hatchback will feature on Toyota’s stand at the Tokyo Motor Show
New vehicle sales in the Philippines rose by 9.5% to 34,445 units in September from 31,451 units the same month of last year, according to data released jointly by the Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines (CAMPI) and the Truck Manufacturers Association (TMA).
Mitsubishi is investigating how components from suppliers containing Kobe Steel parts have been affected by the steelmaker's falsified data on product quality.
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