Russian automobile industry will be 100% used for public transport production

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MOSCOW, May 3. /TASS/. Russian automakers will be 100% loaded with public transport production in 2020, Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov said on Sunday in an interview with the Rossiya-24 TV Channel.
“I can confidently state that the utilization will be 100% in 2020, particularly for the public transport, for buses of different classes,” the Minister said. “This is a helping hand and concurrently the support for the automotive industry and the upgrade of the public transport for regions,” Manturov noted.
Automobile producers will also deal with manufacturing of ambulance cars and reanimobiles, the Minister said. “Speaking about reanimobiles, there will be about 1,400 units. We already have experience of implementing such tasks in prior years. These are centralized supplies,” Manturov said.

Cummins Increases Revolver Capacity by $2 Billion

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Ford Romania to gradually resume production next week

The Romanian unit of U.S. auto maker Ford Motor Company has said on Tuesday that its plant in Craiova, southwestern Romania, will gradually resume production, starting May 4, SeeNews reports.Other non-production employees who can work from home will continue to do so for the present time, including those employees on short-time working arrangements.

Visteon Announces First-Quarter 2020 Results

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Otonomo Raises $46M in Series C Funding to Expand Its Automotive Data Services Platform

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Nidec Announces Financial Results for Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2020

KYOTO, Japan, April 30, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Nidec Corporation (TSE: 6594) (OTC US: NJDCY) today announced its consolidated financial results under the International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2020.The highlights are as follows:Net sales up 4% Y/Y to a record 1,535 billion yen.Operating profit down 15% Y/Y to… Continue reading Nidec Announces Financial Results for Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2020

Ferrari starts the “Installation Lap” phase, courses on new safety regulations.  

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Bollinger Motors Unveils World’s First Class 3 Electric Commercial Truck Platform

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Michelin: In the first quarter of 2020, at a time of systemic crisis due to COVID-19, Michelin saw an 8.3% decline in sales and deployed the measures needed to attenuate the impact of the crisis on employee health and the Group’s business.

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rideOS Selected by Alto to Scale Its On-Demand Multi-Service Mobility Business

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