Porsche wants to double investments in electric and hybrid vehicles

Porsche plans to double to more than 6 billion euros by 2022 investments in electric or hybrid vehicles. And the sports car manufacturer owned by Volkswagen, Increase its production capacity of its electric model Mission E in excess of 20,000 units per yeartold Reuters a member of the supervisory board, Detlev von Platen. The commercialization… Continue reading Porsche wants to double investments in electric and hybrid vehicles

Nissan reports January 2018 sales for Europe

    Nissan reports January 2018 sales for Europe     2018 2017 January sales (vehicles) 56,234 58,301 January market share 3.6% 3.8%   ROLLE, Switzerland (Feb. 12, 2018) – Nissan today announced European sales for January of 56,234 vehicles (Nissan and Datsun), representing a market share of 3.6%.   January highlights: •  Sales in… Continue reading Nissan reports January 2018 sales for Europe

Michael Jeffery buys Stirling of Hereford’s Suzuki dealership

Michael Jeffery, which trades as Ponthir Suzuki and Honda has bought Porch 2005’s Suzuki dealership trading as Stirling of Hereford for an undisclosed sum. This is its third Suzuki dealership. The group already represents the brand in Abergavenny and Caerleon in Newport. The company also represents Honda at the Caerleon site. Up until summer 2017,… Continue reading Michael Jeffery buys Stirling of Hereford’s Suzuki dealership

Aurora will power Byton EV’s autonomous driving features

Aurora, the self-driving startup founded by Google self-driving car project alum Chris Urmson, along with Tesla Autopilot developer Sterling Anderson, CMU robotics expert and Uber vet Drew Bagnell, and a team of industry experts, will be making the autonomous smarts for Byton’s forthcoming electric vehicle. Byton, a startup that had a splashy debut at CES… Continue reading Aurora will power Byton EV’s autonomous driving features

LimeBike Introduces Electric-Assist Bikes To Seattle

SEATTLE, Feb. 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — LimeBike, the leading smart bikeshare provider, launched their first electric-assist bike fleet in Seattle today as part of the nation’s largest shared electric assist bike release in history. With this launch, Seattle will have more shared e-bikes than any other city in the country. (PRNewsfoto/LimeBike)… Called Lime-E, these electric assist… Continue reading LimeBike Introduces Electric-Assist Bikes To Seattle

Car sales down 1.25%; passenger vehicles up 7.57% in Jan

Domestic passenger vehicle sales were up 7.57 per cent to 285,477 units in January from 265,389 units in the same month last year. Car sales, however, declined 1.25 per cent to 184,264 units last month as against 186,596 units in January last year. PTI | Updated: Feb 12, 2018, 14:17 IST NEW DELHI: Domestic passenger… Continue reading Car sales down 1.25%; passenger vehicles up 7.57% in Jan