November 12, 2019The new plant of the SAIC VOLKSWAGEN joint venture has been completed. It is purely built for the production of all electric vehicles on Volkswagen’s Modular Electric Drive Matrix (MEB). Celebrating the start of pre-production, a first...
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November 7, 2019The Daimler Group launched its new corporate structure as planned on November 1, 2019. The separation of the car and van and the truck and bus businesses to two new subsidiaries took effect at the end of October with their respective entries in...
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October 29, 2019SEAT's global sales reached a new milestone. From January to September, the carmaker delivered 454,800 vehicles, which is 9.4% more than in the same period in 2018 (415,600 cars). This result is the highest figure ever in the history of SEAT and...
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October 25, 2019Valeo and Dana Incorporated announced a global collaboration to bring to market end-to-end 48V hybrid and electric vehicle systems. The first of these will be released in early 2020 with a major European carmaker on series-produced cars.
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October 25, 2019Honda Motor Co., Ltd. announced the establishment of Honda e:TECHNOLOGY, a new collective name which represents Honda’s original high-efficiency electrification technologies including electrified two- and four-wheeled mobility products as well as...
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October 23, 2019World premiere of the new-generation Mercedes-Benz Zetros. The robust off-road specialist is made for transport goods in tough and inaccessible terrain. The highly capable 40-tonne off-roader has been designed specifically for operations in...
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October 22, 20192.85 million Golf Mk6 vehicles were produced between 2008 and 2012. Golf generation number 6 once again represented a leap forward in terms of safety: the still laser-welded body scored the maximum of five stars in the EuroNCAP crash test with...
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October 17, 2019Society is increasingly seeking to build a safer, more comfortable automotive society through advancing automated driving and reducing traffic accidents. To achieve this goal, Panasonic has developed a driverless automated valet parking system...
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October 14, 2019SEAT will participate until 2023 in the Life Landfill Biofuel project, recently ap-proved by the European Commission, which aims to produce renewable gas from municipal landfills. The project will be developed jointly with other partners over the...
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October 9, 2019Honda R&D Co., Ltd. (Honda R&D), a research and development subsidiary of Honda, announced that it has acquired all of the outstanding shares of the California-based Drivemode, Inc., in order to further strengthen Honda’s new value creation in...
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October 7, 2019A total of 44 new Setra low-entry buses will strengthen the scheduled bus fleets of companies in Lower Saxony, Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria. The public transport system in the Diepholz district will shortly take delivery of 30 new Setra...
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October 7, 2019Mercedes-Benz achieved a new September record last month with 223,838 vehicles sold worldwide (+10.4%). From July to September, a total of 590,514 cars with the three-pointed star were sold, which is the best third quarter in the company's...
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September 30, 2019Ford recorded its best August total vehicle sales in 21 years as demand grew in its 20 key European markets. Ford sold 87,500 vehicles, up 5.1% compared with August 2018, as overall industry sales shrank more than 6% in August year over year. As...
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September 20, 2019Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) announces that Toyota do Brasil Ltda. (TDB), TMC's Brazilian sales and manufacturing subsidiary, has just formalized its intention to invest R$ 1 billion in its Sorocaba Plant in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The plant,...
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September 10, 2019Audi is completing its quartet of visionary vehicles and will be at IAA 2019 to showcase an electric off-roader for the future of road transport: the Audi AI:TRAIL quattro, a comprehensive concept for sustainable mobility off the beaten track....
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