Category: Automotive

@Daimler: Daimler Mobility integrates wallbox in vehicle leasing for Spanish market

Daimler Mobility integrates the Mercedes-Benz Wallbox into the lease agreement for electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids. Since 15 September 2020, customers in Spain can add the charging station including installation directly to their lease contract. Wallbox leasing is available for all plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles from Mercedes-Benz. The costs amount to €25 to €40… Continue reading @Daimler: Daimler Mobility integrates wallbox in vehicle leasing for Spanish market

Uber plans to sell part of stake in China’s Didi Chuxing

Uber Technologies Inc is planning to sell part of its $6.3 billion stake in Chinese ride-hailing firm Didi Chuxing to raise cash, Bloomberg News reported https://bloom.bg/2RAViKg on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. CEO Dara Khosrowshahi is in talks about the sale with Didi and SoftBank Group Corp, with a possible scenario of the Japanese conglomerate teaming up with other investors to acquire Uber‘s 15% stake in Didi, according to… Continue reading Uber plans to sell part of stake in China’s Didi Chuxing

@Geely: VN5 electric van completes final testing phase

17th September 2020, Ansty VN5, the new electric van from LEVC (London Electric Vehicle Company) has successfully completed another milestone ahead of its production start in Q4: final testing. Verification prototypes, built on the same production line as the TX at LEVC’s state-of-the-art factory in Ansty, Coventry, have spent the last 32 months undergoing a strict… Continue reading @Geely: VN5 electric van completes final testing phase

ATLIS Launches $25 Million Regulation A Public Offering

MESA, Ariz., Sept. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Today, electric vehicle technology startup ATLIS Motor Vehicles obtained SEC qualification of its Regulation A + offering statement, paving the way for a $25 million public offering.  ATLIS has opened the offering to the public at $8.24/share. Continue Reading ATLIS XT 100% electric pickup truck “We started ATLIS to… Continue reading ATLIS Launches $25 Million Regulation A Public Offering

@Renault: Groupe Renault : availability of sales figures for July and August 2020000057

Communication about availability – Renault sales figures for July and August 2020Boulogne, September 17, 2020Renault announces that its sales figures reports for July and August 2020 are now available on Renault website www.group.renault.com, tab Finance, in the ‘Regulated information’, ‘Monthly sales’. AttachmentAvailability RENAULT Sales Go to Source

@niche: Praga Cars announces expansion plans including dedicated race category and new R1 race car000092

Praga Cars has revealed the first steps in an ambitious expansion programme beginning with the appointment of ex-BMW and McLaren Automotive executive Mark Harrison to head up the newly formed Praga Cars UK. Praga has made the strategic decision to increase its presence in the UK, a key motorsport market, through the creation of Praga… Continue reading @niche: Praga Cars announces expansion plans including dedicated race category and new R1 race car000092

@Mitsubishi: Mitsubishi Motors Teases New Eclipse Cross Redesign

A full reveal of the reimagined Eclipse Cross will showcase the details of the design, and the vehicle will arrive in showrooms across the United States in the first quarter of 2021.  Launched globally in 2017, the Eclipse Cross is a compact crossover SUV which fuses a coupe-like style with SUV capabilities. The refreshed model… Continue reading @Mitsubishi: Mitsubishi Motors Teases New Eclipse Cross Redesign

Skoda introduces plasma-coated cylinder blocks on EA211 1-litre petrol engines

Skoda Auto has put a new processing line for plasma coating into operation. This technically innovative concept allows conventional cylinder liners to be replaced with a powder coating that measures just 150 μm (0.15 mm). This will now be used when producing the new EVO three-cylinder engines from the EA211 series and will reduce internal… Continue reading Skoda introduces plasma-coated cylinder blocks on EA211 1-litre petrol engines