Daimler is planning to invest more than €7bn over the next two years on green powertrain technologies, including a plug-in hybrid electric-hydrogen fuel cell vehicle. The company will invest €14.5bn in research and development ...
Tags: green powertrain technologies, runabout, electric vehicle
Volkswagen has adopted a new strategy to become a lead in sustainable mobility by bringing out more than 30 new e-vehicles by 2025. In order to achieve these goals, the Board of Management - with the approval of the Supervisory Board - ...
Tags: Volkswagen, pact for the future, BEVS
Volkswagen has secured approval from Germany’s federal motor transport authority, Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA), to fix emissions software on several models. The company has already sent a letter to all of the affected owners, ...
Tags: Volkswagen, noise emissions
The sales of x-electric vehicles (xEV) in China reached a historic high of 300,000 units in 2015. Correspondingly, the market for xEV lithium batteries witnessed surging growth in the same period. In the fourth quarter, for instance, xEV ...
German automotive firm Daimler is planning to invest about €500m in a new engine production facility in Poland. The facility, which will be situated in Jawor, around 70km west of Wroclaw, will be Mercedes-Benz Cars' first in Poland. ...
Tags: Daimler, Engine Plant
Volkswagen North American Region CEO Hinrich J. Woebcken along with Volkswagen passenger brand CEO Dr. Herbert Diess, have laid out a new strategy for Volkswagen North American Region. Volkswagen Passenger Cars Brand CEO Dr. Herbert Diess ...
BOC has signed an agreement with ITM Power to provide infrastructure for ITM Power’s new electrolyser-based hydrogen refueling stations for passenger cars. The announcement underpins ITM Power's ongoing plans to build a network of ...
Tags: passenger cars, BOC
Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have developed a 20KW wireless charging system for electric vehicles. The wireless system claims to offer three times more efficiency than that ...
Tags: ORNL, Wireless Charging System, Electric Vehicles, Toyota
FAW Jiefang Xichai held “Thirteenth Five-year Plan” overseas market proseminar to comprehensively make overseas market strategies and fasten the development of globalization of its brand recently. FAW Jiefang Xichai deeply ...
Tags: FAW
Ford has invested $170m at its Silverton Assembly plant in Pretoria, South Africa to manufacture new Ford Everest and Ford Ranger. The American car-maker says that this investment will create about 1200 jobs in Ford South Africa and in ...
Tags: Ford, Investment, Silverton Assembly Plant, Ford Everest, Ford Ranger
An innovative research project has received a share from UK government’s £38.2m prize to include Formula 1 technology to make family cars lighter, more fuel efficient and help plug-in vehicles to improve mileage. A consortium ...
Tags: F1 Technology, Family cars, Fuel efficient, Plug-in vehicles
The “Reversed Cold Weather” in the north of China still cannot prevent the exciting start of the heavy-duty truck industry in March, 2016. Confronting increasing pressure of economical downward and changeable situation in this ...
Tags: Hande, 1st Quarter
Mercedes-Benz has started local vehicle production in Brazil with a new plant in Iracemápolis. The site was officially opened in the presence of guests from politics, industry and society. Mercedes-Benz has started production at ...
Tags: Mercedes-Benz, New Passenger Car
Honda has announced that it will invest $52m at its Indiana plant which can generate 100 new jobs. This investment is support the launch of its CR-V production in 2017. Honda Manufacturing Indiana (HMIN) made an announcement in early ...
Tags: Honda, Investment, CR-V production
McLaren Honda F1 Fleet declared that Volvl became its official supplier on February 17th, 2016. McLaren Honda F1 Fleet will use the most advanced Volvo FH series trucks for its service and logistics transportation of its contest during the ...