Volvo Cars has unveiled a new manufacturing strategy for China in which production capacity will be increased. China will be developed into a global manufacturing and export hub servicing growing demand for the company's new range of cars ...
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Detroit-based auto-parts maker American Axle & Manufacturing (AAM) has agreed to acquire Metaldyne Performance Group (MPG) in a transaction worth about $3.3bn. MPG provides lightweight components for use in powertrain and suspension ...
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GEFCO has secured a new €8bn contract to optimize PSA Group's entire worldwide manufacturing supply chain. The agreement reaffirms that GEFCO is the PSA Group’s leading supplier in Europe, number two worldwide. The agreement ...
General Motors’ personal mobility brand Maven and Uber Technologies have joined hands to offer people who want to drive and earn money on the Uber platform the option to lease qualified vehicles by the week or longer at discounted ...
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Toyota Motor will set up a mobility services platform (MSPF) to collaborate with several service providers, as well as telematics insurance. Based on the proliferation and popularity of mobility services, like car-sharing; the MSPF will ...
Volkswagen has received permission from the Federal Motor Transport Authority (Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt) in Germany for the modification of models with the 1.6-litre EA 189 TDI engine. The technical solutions for 2.6 vehicles with EA 189 ...
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Mazda Motor said it sold a record 775,000 vehicles in the first half of its 2016-17 fiscal year, slightly more than the previous record set last year. Europe contributed 123,000 units, up 12% year-on-year thanks above all to robust sales ...
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Passenger car sales in China, the world's biggest auto market, will grow nearly 13 percent this year from a year earlier, data from an industry association showed Tuesday. Judging from this year's sales trend, sales of passenger and ...
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After closing Sony's press conference at E3 2016, Bend Studio has set a very high bar for itself and Days Gone. The post-apocalyptic third-person shooter certainly looks familiar at a glance, with Sony already delivering astonishing ...
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Volvo is gearing up for a driverless car trial involving 100 cars that will be unmarked due to fears that motorists will bully the vehicles. The trial is set to get underway in 2018 in London, and will use versions of the Swedish ...
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Marching around the snowy hellscape of Hoth slicing up rebel troopers as Darth Vader proved to be an unparalleled joy in 2015’s Star Wars Battlefront, putting you right in the thick of the iconic sci-fi universe. That being said, ...
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RPC Promens Industrial has introduced a transit packaging solution designed for a variety of applications including chemicals, food and hygiene products. Featuring a transparent LDPE container within a cardboard outer, the Multitainer is ...
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General Motors (GM) and IBM have joined hands to bring the power of OnStar and IBM Watson together to create OnStar Go, the auto industry’s first cognitive mobility platform. Starting in early 2017, OnStar is expected to give ...
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Savari has signed an agreement with SAIC USA, a subsidiary of Chinese automaker SAIC Motors, to manufacture and distribute its V2X communications solutions in the Greater China and selected ASEAN countries. With this partnership, the ...
A US judge has approved Volkswagen's $14.7bn deal that arose from the automaker's diesel emissions cheating scandal. Judge Charles Breyer of the US District Court for the Northern District of California granted final approval to the ...
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