Taiwan’s overall light-vehicle sales increased to 37,878 units in May from 34,953 units in April (photo courtesy of UDN.com).Compared to Taiwan's anemic economic growth, the local light vehicle market has still expanded at solid pace ...
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Transportation for London (TFL) has commissioned China-based automobile maker BYD Company to replace the city's famous red double-decker buses with battery-powered electric versions. Mayor of London Boris Johnson said: "Many believed that ...
Volvo Cars will sell its Swedish component manufacturing unit in Floby, which makes brake discs, wheel hubs and connecting rods for passenger cars and commercial vehicles, to global automotive components firm Amtek Group. With around 70% ...
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Japanese automobile maker Toyota is looking into ways to adopt SmartDeviceLink (SDL), the open-source version of Ford AppLink, for its utilization in a sector wide solution towards integrating smartphone application with vehicles. Ford ...
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Automobile maker Ford will arm its 2016 Ford Escape and Fiesta vehicles with SYNC3 technology, a communications and entertainment system capable of responding to driver's commands. Ford SYNC, currently installed in more than 12 million ...
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British automobile maker Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) looks to extract inputs from the sub-conscious realm of human mind to develop its next-generation vehicles. In a bid to introduce further sophistications in vehicles, the carmaker would ...
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Automobile markets in China and Russia are losing steam, bearing down on automobile manufacturers. On one hand, the euphoria set in by the recovery of European market post-recession fail to cheer up carmakers as their efforts to post ...
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Automobile maker Honda has recalled additional 4.89 million vehicles over safety crisis brought on by faulty airbags made by its Japanese supplier Takata. The latest recall includes those in Japan and other countries. The cars sold in ...
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In 2014, Volkswagen Group's global sales was 10,137,000, up 4.2% on 9,731,000 of 2013. It includes the sales of heavy-duty commercial vehicle: Germann and SCANIA brands. VW's sales breaks 10 million units for the first time. And ...
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Chinese truck manufacturer BeiBen is planning to bring its commercial vehicles to India, in an attempt venture into India's automobile Industry. Several Chinese auto companies are keen to lauch their automobile in the Indian market, while ...
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American multinational General Motors (GM) has announced safety recall for 717,949 vehicles across the US for various safety issues. According to the recall, 2011-2012 models of Chevrolet Camaro, Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain, Buick ...
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Renault has reached an agreement with Fiat under which the French vehicle manufacturer will supply a light commercial vehicle to Fiat. The vehicle will be based on its existing platform and will be manufactured in France starting from the ...
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India-based Tata Motors has recently launched a nation-wide campaign to exhibit its latest 1.2T Revotron, 1.2 Liter MPFi Turbocharged petrol engine, which will power the company's upcoming new Bolt and Zest cars. Offering flexibility in ...
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France-based automobile maker Renault has announced its plans to invest R$500m ($223.44m) during 2014-2019 to expand its Curitiba Ayrton manufacturing facility in Brazil . Under the five-year plan, the company will invest the amount to ...
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Skoda, a Czech Republic-based automobile maker, has launched two special editions of the Skoda Rapid including SE Connect and the Sport in the UK. The Skoda Rapid SE Connect features Amundsen satellite navigation system with support for ...
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