World leading electric vehicle company takes over Tenerife for a month to share its vision of zero emissions future More than 12,000 new Nissan LEAF customer orders in Europe in just 90 days Nissan e-NV200 with new battery giving businesses an extra 100km of range on sale from spring 2018 Tenerife, Canary Islands (January… Continue reading Nissan showcases Electric Ecosystem designed to deliver the future of driving today
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Samsung SDI Unveils Innovative Battery Products at Detroit Motor Show
Displays cells, modules and battery packs using highly efficient, leading-edge material that can help popularize electric vehicles- Introduces new materials technology as well as various cells, modules and battery packs□ Increases EV design flexibility with tailored products- Exhibits Multi-Functional Module Battery Packs, Low Height Cells, 21700 Cylindrical Battery Cells SEOUL and Detroit–Samsung SDI (President: Jun Young-hyun)… Continue reading Samsung SDI Unveils Innovative Battery Products at Detroit Motor Show
Adapt or Die Is Marchionne’s Stark Farewell Message to Carmakers
Sergio Marchionne, one of the longest-serving CEOs in the automotive industry, has a blunt warning: Carmakers have less than a decade to reinvent themselves or risk being commoditized amid a seismic shift in how vehicles are powered, driven and purchased. Developing technologies like electrification, self-driving software and ride-sharing will alter consumers’ car-buying decisions within six… Continue reading Adapt or Die Is Marchionne’s Stark Farewell Message to Carmakers
Lookers invests £12m in Volvo and Jaguar dealerships in Glasgow
Lookers has invested £12m in new Volvo and Jaguar dealerships in Glasgow. Its subsidiary Taggarts is relocating the Jaguar and Volvo businesses from Maryhill Road, Glasgow and Windmillhill Street, Motherwell to new dealerships at Hillington Park. The new Taggarts Jaguar Glasgow dealership includes a 29,000 ft showroom split over two floors, with capacity for over… Continue reading Lookers invests £12m in Volvo and Jaguar dealerships in Glasgow
Ford Mach1 performance SUV to launch in 2020
Ford’s first all-electric vehicle will be a Mustang-inspired performance SUV, Auto Express can reveal. It will arrive in 2020 and could be launched as the Mach1. The all-electric SUV will be built on a new dedicated EV platform and have a range of 300 miles, while the design and packaging of the model has almost… Continue reading Ford Mach1 performance SUV to launch in 2020
“We will take care of white spots”: ZF thinks after debt reduction back to acquisitions
ZF Friedrichshafen “If we spot white spots, then we’ll take care of it.” (Photo: AP) The auto supplier ZF Friedrichshafen can imagine larger takeovers after reducing its debt burden. The US billion purchase TRW is now almost completed, said since December acting CEO Konstantin Sauer on Sunday (local time) in the context of the US… Continue reading “We will take care of white spots”: ZF thinks after debt reduction back to acquisitions
UPDATE 3-Ford plans $11 billion investment, 40 electrified vehicles by 2022
DETROIT (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co (F.N) will significantly increase its planned investments in electric vehicles to $11 billion by 2022 and have 40 hybrid and fully electric vehicles in its model lineup, Chairman Bill Ford said on Sunday at the Detroit auto show. The investment figure is sharply higher than a previously announced target… Continue reading UPDATE 3-Ford plans $11 billion investment, 40 electrified vehicles by 2022
China Digest: Kintor Pharma, CalmCar, MLog, Yida Media raise funding
January 15, 2018 Five Chinese startups have raised a total of $81.6 million from venture capital and private equity companies in China, according to a China Money Network report. Kintor Pharmaceuticals raises $44 million Series C Chinese pharmaceutical research company Suzhou Kintor Pharmaceutical Inc has raised $44 million in a Series C funding round led by… Continue reading China Digest: Kintor Pharma, CalmCar, MLog, Yida Media raise funding
Subaru Corporation Announces Production and Retail Sales Plans for CY2018
January 15, 2018 – Production and Sales to Surpass One Million Units for Third Consecutive Year – Tokyo, January 15, 2018 – Subaru Corporation today announced its annual production and retail sales plans for calendar year 2018. 1.Production (Units in Thousands) 2017 Result ’17 vs ’16 2018 Plan ’18 vs ’17 Japan Production 710 -2％… Continue reading Subaru Corporation Announces Production and Retail Sales Plans for CY2018
VW to spend more than $3.3 bln through 2020 on U.S. model expansion
DETROIT (Reuters) – Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) plans to spend more than $3.3 billion on development and production of new models in North America from 2018 to 2020 as the German group reboots operations in the world’s second-largest auto market. Some $1.2 billion of the planned investments are destined for the United States where Volkswagen in 2018… Continue reading VW to spend more than $3.3 bln through 2020 on U.S. model expansion