Aston Martin‘s new South Wales manufacturing facility is on track for 2019 completion, as construction of ‘Phase 1’ has now been finished. The state-of-the-art plant will build Aston’s new DBX crossover coupe next year. The new factory in St Athan, a former Ministry of Defence site, will run alongside Aston’s Gaydon HQ, directly creating 750 new… Continue reading Aston Martin DBX: South Wales factory on track for 2019
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HyreCar Launches in New York
Photo: HyreCar Car-sharing platform HyreCar announced its launch in New York. HyreCar is a peer-to-peer carsharing platform that allows users to connect and rent their vehicles to other users. The platform’s goal is to bridge the gap between carsharing and ridesharing by allowing users to rent their vehicles to drivers of Uber, Lyft, or Postmates.… Continue reading HyreCar Launches in New York
China Raises Subsidies to Reward Longer Range Electric Cars
China is increasing subsidies for electric vehicles that can travel longer distances on a single charge, while also making it more difficult for battery-powered automobiles to qualify for any new incentives under a central government plan. The central government incentive for electric cars that have a range of 400 kilometers (249 miles) and beyond on… Continue reading China Raises Subsidies to Reward Longer Range Electric Cars
Ineos is teaming up with a Mercedes-Benz subsidiary on its new “spiritual successor” to the Land Rover Defender
Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos announced today it has brought German firm MBtech on board for work on its planned “spiritual successor” to the Land Rover Defender. MBtech, a subsidiary of Mercedes-Benz, will become Ineos Automotive’s engineering partner on Projekt Grenadier – the development of an “uncompromising 4×4” – and oversee all developments of the new vehicle.… Continue reading Ineos is teaming up with a Mercedes-Benz subsidiary on its new “spiritual successor” to the Land Rover Defender
New takeover in the BMW network!
Patrick Metz sells his entire business to the Savy Group headed by Régis Harduin. This is a new concentration operation in the network of the German brand … After having sold the Viriat (01) BMW-Mini dealership to the Pautric group at the end of last year, Patrick Metz is now selling its entire entity. Indeed,… Continue reading New takeover in the BMW network!
Swinburne kick-starts $1.2 million automatic 3D printed car repair service
Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne is to spearhead the development of an automated, 3D printed repair service for cars with the Australian, not-for-profit Innovative Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (IMCRC) and industrial automation firm Tradiebot Industries. Funded by a sum of $1,264,695 AUD (approx. $994 thousand USD), project ‘Repair Bot’ will run through 2019. The goal,… Continue reading Swinburne kick-starts $1.2 million automatic 3D printed car repair service
Faraday Future teases new electric vehicles after FF91 program has been stalling
Despite its production plan for the all-electric SUV FF91 falling apart over the last year, Faraday Future claims that it can still bring the vehicle into production by the end of the year. The company appears so confident that it now even teases future vehicles this week. Home Solar Power FF announced plans to build… Continue reading Faraday Future teases new electric vehicles after FF91 program has been stalling
Geneva Motor Show: C-Class from Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz is celebrating its premiere at the Geneva Motor Show with a new A, G and a new C-Class. The new models of Mercedes Benz have various developments, but especially the C-Class stands out with assistance systems for partial autonomy out. Mercedes-Benz C-Class. Source: Mercedes-Benz The Geneva Motor Show in March shows the 5th generation… Continue reading Geneva Motor Show: C-Class from Mercedes-Benz
Authority suspects illegal defeat device in the Mercedes Vito
Wednesday, 02/14/2018 6:00 pm The Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) is alerted by the diesel emission values of the Vito transporter. The authority is examining to appoint representatives of the automaker Daimler for a hearing, confirmed a KBA spokesman for a report of the “Business Week”. Reason is the suspicion of an illegal defeat device… Continue reading Authority suspects illegal defeat device in the Mercedes
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DiDi & SoftBank for Platform
In Japan, the travel service provider and the IT specialist SoftBank want to launch a platform for taxi services. Recently had the Fahrdienstleister DiDi Chuxing announced a cooperation with the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance, now followed by another with the Japanese company Softbank, Taxis Japan. Source: didichuxing Together we want to offer a taxi platform on which… Continue reading DiDi & SoftBank for Platform