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All-new SEAT LeonApril 16, 2020

All-new SEAT Leon

The all-new SEAT Leon is designed to offer the optimum in comfort, practicality and convenience, offering an unprecedented level flexibility and adaptability to match the needs of the customer no matter what life throws at them.
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Volkswagen starts with step-by-step resumption of productionApril 15, 2020

Volkswagen starts with step-by-step resumption of production

The plants of the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand are to successively restart production. First, production is to be resumed at the plants in Zwickau and Bratislava (Slovakia) in the week from April 20. The other plants in Germany and in...
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Toyota to Unveil New Model Harrier in JapanApril 14, 2020

Toyota to Unveil New Model Harrier in Japan

Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) announced that it plans to release its new model Harrier in around June 2020.
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Mazda3 Wins 2020 World Car Design of the YearApril 14, 2020

Mazda3 Wins 2020 World Car Design of the Year

The Mazda3 won the 2020 World Car Design of the Year award, one of the special awards of the World Car Awards (WCA). The Mazda3 is the second to be named World Car Design of the Year, following the Mazda MX-5 (known as Roadster in Japan) winning...
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General Motors and Honda to Jointly Develop Next-Generation Honda Electric Vehicles Powered by GM’s Ultium BatteriesApril 12, 2020

General Motors and Honda to Jointly Develop Next-Generation Honda Electric Vehicles Powered by GM’s Ultium Batteries

General Motors and Honda have agreed to jointly develop two all-new electric vehicles for Honda, based on GM’s highly flexible global EV platform powered by proprietary Ultium batteries. The exteriors and interiors of the new EVs will be...
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Volkswagen and IG Metall successfully complete pay negotiationsApril 12, 2020

Volkswagen and IG Metall successfully complete pay negotiations

Volkswagen and IG Metall have brought their negotiations for Volkswagen AG employees covered by the company collective agreement to a successful conclusion. As a result of the coronavirus crisis, the negotiations took place under extremely...
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In Hemingway’s footsteps: driving the MINI Electric from South Beach to Key West.April 10, 2020

In Hemingway’s footsteps: driving the MINI Electric from South Beach to Key West.

White beaches, brightly coloured houses, azure-blue water and evergreen palm trees. Travellers taking a trip down the Overseas Highway from Miami along the Florida Keys archipelago of islands discover that the reality puts even the most gorgeous...
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GM Canada Reports First-Quarter Sales ResultsApril 10, 2020

GM Canada Reports First-Quarter Sales Results

Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac dealers delivered 48,201 vehicles in the first quarter of 2020. Despite a strong sales start to the year, GM Canada, along with the industry, experienced significant declines at the end of the quarter due to the...
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The Sporty Spearhead of the Product Line with a New Look: the RS 5 Coupé and RS 5 SportbackApril 8, 2020

The Sporty Spearhead of the Product Line with a New Look: the RS 5 Coupé and RS 5 Sportback

Even sharper, even more spectacular, and with a new operating concept: Audi has revised the RS 5 Coupé (combined fuel consumption in l/100 km: 9.1 (25.8 US mpg); combined CO2 emissions in g/km: 208 (334.7 g/mi) and the RS 5 Sportback (combined...
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Volvo Trucks launches the new Volvo FHApril 4, 2020

Volvo Trucks launches the new Volvo FH

Volvo Trucks has launched the new Volvo FH featuring a re-imagined cab, innovative safety features and a driver focused working environment. A key aim of the new design is to give the driver a more productive, safe and comfortable life on the road.
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First consignment of medical supplies for hospitals and doctors has arrived from ChinaMarch 28, 2020

First consignment of medical supplies for hospitals and doctors has arrived from China

On Saturday, the Minister-President of Lower Saxony, Stephan Weil, and the HR Board Member of Volkswagen, Gunnar Kilian, took delivery of a first consignment of face masks from China in Brunswick. The Volkswagen Group is organizing medical...
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Southern Company Gas commits $2.5 million across its footprint to support COVID-19 relief effortsMarch 26, 2020

Southern Company Gas commits $2.5 million across its footprint to support COVID-19 relief efforts

The Southern Company Gas Foundation, Southern Company Gas and its subsidiaries are investing $2.5 million this year to support coronavirus (COVID-19) relief efforts in California, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. While...
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Cameras instead of rearview mirrors – is that at all possible?March 24, 2020

Cameras instead of rearview mirrors – is that at all possible?

Cameras on the roof frame and displays at the A-pillars: the new Actros is easy to recognise at first glance due to the missing rearview and wide-angle mirrors. The advantages of the new system are obvious – lower consumption due to improved...
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Toyota and Hino to Jointly Develop Heavy-Duty Fuel Cell TruckMarch 23, 2020

Toyota and Hino to Jointly Develop Heavy-Duty Fuel Cell Truck

Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) and Hino Motors, Ltd. (Hino) have agreed to jointly develop a heavy-duty fuel cell truck, and to proceed with initiatives toward its practical use through verification tests and other means.
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Ford Temporarily Suspends European Production in Response to Coronavirus; Helps Containment EffortsMarch 18, 2020

Ford Temporarily Suspends European Production in Response to Coronavirus; Helps Containment Efforts

Ford is temporarily suspending vehicle and engine production at its manufacturing sites in continental Europe in response to the growing impact of the Coronavirus. Effective from Thursday, March 19, it is expected that this action will continue...
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UAW, GM, Ford and FCA to Enhance COVID-19/Coronavirus Protections for Manufacturing and Warehouse WorkersMarch 18, 2020

UAW, GM, Ford and FCA to Enhance COVID-19/Coronavirus Protections for Manufacturing and Warehouse Workers

The United Auto Workers (UAW), General Motors Co., Ford Motor Company and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) announced they are forming a COVID-19/Coronavirus Task Force to implement enhanced protections for manufacturing and warehouse employees at...
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Green light for BMW eDrive Zones in nearly 80 cities across EuropeMarch 17, 2020

Green light for BMW eDrive Zones in nearly 80 cities across Europe

With the new digital service BMW eDrive Zones for more electric driving the BMW Group is making a further contribution to better quality of life in urban areas. The unique function offers new options for making the most out of the capabilities of...
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The new T-Roc Cabriolet – refreshingly differentMarch 10, 2020

The new T-Roc Cabriolet – refreshingly different

At some point in March motorists begin to feel the urge to take to the roads in a convertible. Volkswagen has recently added a lifestyle-oriented version to its range – the T-Roc Cabriolet will celebrate its official market launch in German...
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Cooperation in Brazil: Mercedes-Benz and Bosch build a modern testing centreJanuary 6, 2020

Cooperation in Brazil: Mercedes-Benz and Bosch build a modern testing centre

Mercedes-Benz and Bosch have joined forces in Brazil to build a state-of-the-art Vehicle Test Center. In addition to trucks and buses, it will also be possible to test passenger cars, light commercial vehicles and motorcycles in the future. One...
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Intel Research Identifies Digital Skills Gap Slowing Industry 4.0December 19, 2019

Intel Research Identifies Digital Skills Gap Slowing Industry 4.0

Intel released the results of a new study, “Accelerate Industrial,” that represents the most comprehensive view of Industry 4.0, the digital transformation of the manufacturing sector. The research uncovered a serious skills gap that most Western...
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Volkswagen starts pre-production in first plant purely focused on e-mobility in ChinaNovember 12, 2019

Volkswagen starts pre-production in first plant purely focused on e-mobility in China

The 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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Daimler launches new corporate structureNovember 7, 2019

Daimler launches new corporate structure

The 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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SEAT sales surge by 37 % in SeptemberOctober 29, 2019

SEAT sales surge by 37 % in September

SEAT'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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Valeo and Dana Incorporated collaborate to bring end-to-end 48V systems to hybrid and electric vehiclesOctober 25, 2019

Valeo and Dana Incorporated collaborate to bring end-to-end 48V systems to hybrid and electric vehicles

Valeo 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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Honda to Evolve its Original High-Efficiency Electrification Technologies as “Honda e:TECHNOLOGY”October 25, 2019

Honda to Evolve its Original High-Efficiency Electrification Technologies as “Honda e:TECHNOLOGY”

Honda 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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