Tag: Renault

EU-UK trade deal: EU automobile manufacturers react

Brussels, 24 December 2020 – The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) welcomes the deal struck today between the European Union and the United Kingdom on their future trading relations. This agreement is a great relief for European automobile manufacturers, allowing the sector to avoid the catastrophic effect of a no-deal Brexit. “There is no other… Continue reading EU-UK trade deal: EU automobile manufacturers react

@Ford: Influential Ford Global Design Head Moray Callum to Retire, Will Be Replaced by Anthony Lo, Formerly of Renault

DEARBORN, Mich., Jan. 25, 2021 – One of the auto industry’s most influential design leaders will retire from Ford Motor Company this spring and be succeeded by an accomplished global industry veteran. Moray Callum will cap his 38-year product development career – more than half of which was with Ford – as the company’s vice… Continue reading @Ford: Influential Ford Global Design Head Moray Callum to Retire, Will Be Replaced by Anthony Lo, Formerly of Renault

MITSUBISHI MOTORS Unveils Testing Footage of the All-New OUTLANDER

The all-new OUTLANDER was put through its paces, as the system’s final calibrations were developed in severe weather and road conditions. Redesigned and reimagined in every way, the vehicle will be bigger and bolder than the previous generations. With a knowledge base proven over years of competitions in the deserts of Dakar and on the… Continue reading MITSUBISHI MOTORS Unveils Testing Footage of the All-New OUTLANDER

@Renault: New LADA Niva Travel: start of pre-sales000161

LADA announces the start of pre-sales for the new LADA Niva Travel. The SUV with permanent all-wheel drive, made in a new design, is ideally suited for both off-road tourism and daily city trips.Start of sales will be announced later, but even today you can choose and book your future SUV on the website lada.ru… Continue reading @Renault: New LADA Niva Travel: start of pre-sales000161

Taiwan asks TSMC and other chipmakers to help ease global crunch

TAIPEI — Taiwan’s Economic Ministry is asking domestic chip manufacturers such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. to help “like-minded” economies alleviate the global shortage of automotive-related chips. The ministry said it has received requests since the end of last year from several nations via diplomatic channels. The countries are asking Taiwan to help look into… Continue reading Taiwan asks TSMC and other chipmakers to help ease global crunch

Toyota accepts staff from halted aircraft factories of Mitsubishi Heavy

TOKYO — Toyota Motor’s subsidiary Toyota Auto Body is taking several hundred employees from aircraft component makers including Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, as auto demand recovers while aviation continues to struggle. Employees from companies such as Mitsubishi Heavy and Kawasaki are being transferred to Toyota’s Yoshiwara Plant in Aichi Prefecture, which makes… Continue reading Toyota accepts staff from halted aircraft factories of Mitsubishi Heavy

EVgo to go public via SPAC in bid to power EV charging expansion

EVgo, the wholly owned subsidiary of LS Power that owns and operates public fast chargers for electric vehicles, has reached a deal to become a publicly traded company through a merger with special-purpose acquisition company Climate Change Crisis Real Impact I Acquisition Corporation. The combined company, which will be listed under the new ticker symbol… Continue reading EVgo to go public via SPAC in bid to power EV charging expansion

EV charging network EVgo to go public via $2.6 bln SPAC deal

The deal is the latest SPAC merger in the U.S. electric-vehicle business, which has seen many high-profile firms such as Nikola Corp and Fisker Inc go public through this route. EVgo Services LLC said on Friday it has agreed to go public through a merger with blank-check firm Climate Change Crisis Real Impact I Acquisition… Continue reading EV charging network EVgo to go public via $2.6 bln SPAC deal

Asia’s chip crunch slams the brakes on carmakers’ COVID recovery

TOKYO/TAIPEI — Recovering demand for cars should make this a great time to be selling to the automotive industry — but for a Japanese executive at an affiliate of one of the country’s biggest software developers, it is deeply frustrating. The software he sells for cars is useless without computer chips to run it. And they are… Continue reading Asia’s chip crunch slams the brakes on carmakers’ COVID recovery