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Audi sees record half-year sales in China

CHANGCHUN, July 8 (Xinhua) — The Sino-German auto joint venture FAW-Volkswagen said a record 311,871 Audi vehicles were sold in China in the first half of 2019, up 2.1 percent year-on-year.
Among domestically made models, sales of the A6L registered a total 46,281 units from January to June, while the average monthly sales of the A4L exceeded 14,000 units.
Imported cars also maintained high growth rates. A total of 1,957 units of Audi Sport were sold in June, a month-on-month increase of 116 percent.
The company said Audi will roll out new models such as e-tron and Q8 in the second half of the year, and strengthen cooperation with Baidu, Tencent and Alibaba on fields including automatic driving.

Ministry Wants to Stop Importing Old Diesel Vehicles in Bulgaria

The Ministry of Environment and Water (MOEW) proposes a ban on imports of diesel cars that do not meet the Euro 4 standard.The proposal is included in the draft National Air Pollution Control Program and is currently under discussion.If the idea is approved and the permit received, the MOEW proposes that the ban be effective from 1 January 2021.

Avtovaz CEO says cost of components supplied by Autocomponent unchanged

TOLYATTI, July 6. /TASS/. The cost of components supplied by the Autocomponent for Avtovaz has not changed, Chief Executive Office of Russia’s top car producer Yves Karakatzanis told reporters on Saturday.
“No,” he said when asked a respective question.
CEO added that the company is ready to discuss new cooperation terms with the supplier if required.
Avtovaz resumed car production in Izhevsk and Tolyatti starting July 5, 2019 as deliveries of components were resumed by the Nizhny Novgorod-based Autocomponent, the company’s press service reported earlier. Avtovaz noted that “supplies were resumed without additional conditions.”
Earlier reports said that the car producer halted production at all assembling lines in Tolyatti and Izhevsk starting July 3 due to breach of contractual obligations to supply components by Autocomponent Group. Representatives of the group linked the suspension of supplies with the lack of agreement on components’ prices.
Avtovaz is the largest auto manufacturer..

Mazda 3 cars recalled amid fears wheels could fall off

Rgent recall notices have been issued for more than 3,000 new Mazda vehicles in Australia, amid concerns that their wheels could fall off due to manufacturing errors.Consumer safety regulator Product Safety Australia issued the recall notice, citing concerns about the safety of the wheel studs.In the Jeep Cherokee 2010 model, the regulator warned that the brake pedal linkage clip may have been manufactured incorrectly.

Audi plant can be set up in Novorossiysk

KRASNODAR, July 5. /TASS/. Audi car manufacturing plant can be built in Novorossiysk, the city mayor Igor Dyachenko said on Friday.
“Together with our German colleagues we decided to consider the possibility of building an Audi plant in the industrial zone of Novorossiysk. We will discuss this and other topics during the visit of the German delegation to our city, which is scheduled for September,” he said.
According to him, the delegation from Novorossiysk signed a declaration of intent to establish twin-town relations with the German city of Heilbronn, in the vicinity of which the Audi plant is located.

Ford to find buyers for its capacity in Russia, but price will not be high – experts

MOSCOW, July 4 / TASS/. American automaker Ford continues to search for buyers for its Russian assets; German, South Korean and Chinese companies may become bidders, but the sale price is unlikely to be high, that is what the experts polled by TASS said on Thursday.
Ford is in commercial negotiations to sell its Russian assets and is currently considering proposals for the acquisition of factories from interested companies, the Ford Sollers press service told TASS. Currently, Ford automobile plants in Naberezhnye Chelny and Vsevolozhsk, as well as an engine manufacturing plant in Elabuga, are in the process of being closed. Its production lines have been closed since late June. “The closure of the plant is a complex and time-consuming process, which includes the preservation of the building and equipment, data archiving and other necessary actions,” explained Ford Sollers.
As previously reported by the Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov, Ford will put the closing plants up f..

Hyundai Motor unveils new CVVD engine valve control technology, a world first

Hyundai Motor Group announced Wednesday that it had become the first company in the world to develop a technology called Continuously Variable Valve Duration.CVVD technology enhances the function of the engine by optimizing the timing of the opening and closing of the valve at all four stages of its power production cycle — intake, compression, expansion and exhaust.Existing engine valve control technologies — CVVT and CVVL.

Tesla builds 1,700 super chargers in China

TIANJIN, July 3 (Xinhua) — U.S. electric car maker Tesla said Wednesday that it had expanded the charging network in China and built more than 1,700 super chargers in its biggest overseas market.
With a supercharger, a vehicle can be fully charged within an hour. The company has also installed more than 2,100 regular chargers in cities and tourist destinations across the country.
On Tuesday, the company launched a mobile app in China, which allows customers to make service appointments online.
Tesla has 48 stores and 89 service centers in China.
The company manufactured 77,100 vehicles worldwide in the first quarter of this year and delivered 63,000 vehicles to customers.