Mercedes-Benz Cars is extending its capacities for electric cars in Europe with an investment of about €500m to manufacture electric compact car at Hambach plant in France. The Hambach plant in France will produce a compact electric ...
Mercedes-Benz Cars is investing more than €100m in a battery factory in Thailand. With a strategic decision Mercedes-Benz Cars is enhancing the manufacturing footprint in South-East Asia addressing growing demand for electric ...
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Ford is investing $25m at its Kentucky plant to increase production of its Lincoln Navigator, Expedition SUVs in order to meet increasing customer demand. The company claimed that Navigator retail sales were up triple digits in most ...
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The Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi automotive alliance announced that its member companies sold a combined total of 10,608,366 units in the 12 months to 31 December 2017. Growing demand for SUVs, light commercial vehicles and a rising number ...
Volvo Cars has started testing its autonomous drive cars through taking the support of Swedish families in Gothenburg. Under the Drive Me project, the company has provided two Volvo XC90 premium SUVs to Hains and Simonovskis families to ...
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Ford has outlined the next phase of its China expansion strategy, focused on SUVs, electric and connected vehicles, a streamlined business structure and closer connections to Chinese customers. Executive Chairman Bill Ford and CEO Jim ...
Swedish auto-maker Volvo Cars has agreed to supply 24,000 autonomous cars to ride-sharing company Uber. Under the framework agreement, Volvo will provide Uber with its XC90 premium SUVs complete with autonomous driving technologies, from ...
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Japanese automaker Mazda will be showcasing its two new concepts Kai Concept and Vision Coupe at the upcoming Tokyo Motor Show to be held between 28 October and 5 November in Japan. The Mazda Kai Concept is a compact hatchback, which is ...
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US and California regulators have approved a fix for about 38,000 Volkswagen Generation 2.1 and 2.2 3.0L TDI V6 vehicles. The 38,000 cars include not only Volkswagen models, but also from its affiliates such as Audi and Porsche as well. ...
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Automaker Ford Motor is targeting $10bn in incremental material cost reductions and lower engineering costs by $4bn from planned levels over the next five years. Ford’s newly appointed CEO and president Jim Hackett noted that the ...
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Automakers Toyota and Mazda and auto components supplier Denso have signed a joint technology development contract for electric vehicles. The new company has been named EV C.A. Spirit Corporation to efficiently implement joint ...
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German luxury automaker Daimler, through its brand Mercedes Benz is investing $1bn in Alabama, US plant to produce electric vehicles. The company plans to produce EQ-branded SUV models at MBUSI (Mercedes-Benz U.S. International), its ...
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Bosch has revealed what it describes as a start-up powertrain for electric vehicles. It’s now common knowledge that a more powerful battery will increase an electric car’s range. But can a new powertrain have a comparable ...
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GAC Motor, China-based automaker, has unveiled two SUVs, the 5-seat GS7 and the GS3 in watertown Wuzhen, Zhejiang Province, China. These two next-generation SUVs, which have inherited the excellent genes of the GAC Motor family, are ...
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) has denied reports that it received a formal bid from the Chinese automaker Great Wall Motors (GWM) with respect to sale of its Jeep brand. FCA said that it will stick to its 2014-18 growth plan and has ...
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