McLaren Automotive achieves another year of record sales in 2017

5 Jan 2018 McLaren Automotive, the British creator of luxury sports cars and supercars, has recorded another record year of growth, selling a total of 3,340 cars in 2017. Around two-thirds of sales are attributed to the Sports Series family, the vast majority of which are new buyers to the brand, with the rest coming… Continue reading McLaren Automotive achieves another year of record sales in 2017

This is going to be the world of the automobile and mobility in 2018

The study2025 Automotive 360º VisionIt is not a crystal ball, but it is a tool that anticipates tendencies of evolution in the automobile sector and mobility. This time we want to share with you some of our impressions for next year, while we take the opportunity to wish you a great 2018. Today we all… Continue reading This is going to be the world of the automobile and mobility in 2018

Baidu Uses ZF´s AI Control Box for Autonomous Parking

In the fall of 2017, ZF and Baidu signed a strategic cooperation to advance autonomous driving technology for the Chinese market. Now, just four months after the agreement, the first application has been developed using the ZF ProAI supercomputer for autonomous driving. The system supports a feature that can drive a vehicle to a parking… Continue reading Baidu Uses ZF´s AI Control Box for Autonomous Parking

Byton’s CES concept car looks destined for the high-tech road

If you could create a car from a blank slate, picking and choosing all the technologies likely to be relevant in the next decade, you would come up with something similar to the concept car startup company Byton just introduced at CES 2018. It’s electric, of course, can drive itself, connects to the internet through… Continue reading Byton’s CES concept car looks destined for the high-tech road

So Volkswagen is to be rebuilt

Volkswagen is facing a far-reaching transformation: around one fifth of the business is to be sold – in order to save costs. Employee representatives announce resistance. Friday, 08.09.2017 18:04 clock A few days before the start of the Frankfurt Motor Show IAA Volkswagen CEO Matthias Müller makes the car world sit up and take notice:… Continue reading So Volkswagen is to be rebuilt

New record: Volkswagen produces six million vehicles throughout the world by year-end

New record: Volkswagen produces six million vehicles throughout the world by year-end New production record: Volkswagen produces more than six million vehicles in a year e-Golf (100 kW/136 PS). Electrical consumption in kWh/100 km: 12.7 (combined), CO2 emissions in g/km: 0 (combined), efficiency class: A+. All fuel consumption data are valid for the publication date. Any updates are… Continue reading New record: Volkswagen produces six million vehicles throughout the world by year-end

Again in a class of their own in 2017: Volkswagen’s successful models Golf, Tiguan and Touran from Wolfsburg

The success story of the Volkswagen Golf, Tiguan and Touran has entered the next round. With almost a million deliveries to customers over the past 12 months, the Golf, with its different body variants, continues to be the Volkswagen brand’s most successful model. The Golf hatchback is especially popular and has a strong lead in… Continue reading Again in a class of their own in 2017: Volkswagen’s successful models Golf, Tiguan and Touran from Wolfsburg

Up to 50% of physical dealerships could disappear by 2025, according to KPMG

Posted 08/01/2018 11: 33: 35CET MADRID, 8 Jan. (EUROPA PRESS) – Between 30% and 50% of physical dealerships could disappear from the market by 2025, according to KPMG’s ‘Global Automotive Report 2018’, which gathers the opinion of almost 1,000 executives from the automotive and technology sectors and 2,100 consumers. The responsible partner of Automotive of… Continue reading Up to 50% of physical dealerships could disappear by 2025, according to KPMG

FAURECIA TO PURCHASE HUG ENGINEERING AND BECOME MAJOR PLAYER IN DEPOLLUTION SYSTEMS FOR HIGH HORSEPOWER ENGINES

Faurecia today announced that it had entered into an agreement for the acquisition of 100% of the Swiss company Hug Engineering. The company is a market leader in complete exhaust gas purification systems for engines above 750hp. Hug Engineering is currently owned by the German Group ElringKlinger.  High horsepower engines are used in marine propulsion,… Continue reading FAURECIA TO PURCHASE HUG ENGINEERING AND BECOME MAJOR PLAYER IN DEPOLLUTION SYSTEMS FOR HIGH HORSEPOWER ENGINES

FAURECIA AND ACCENTURE JOIN FORCES TO REINVENT ONBOARD EXPERIENCE FOR CONNECTED AND AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

Faurecia (EO.PA) and Accenture (NYSE: ACN) today announced they have signed a memorandum of understanding for a five-year collaboration to accelerate innovation for mobility services. Faurecia and Accenture will combine their innovation expertise and co-invest to develop products and services for connected and autonomous vehicles. They will focus initially on two areas: cognitive technologies to reinvent… Continue reading FAURECIA AND ACCENTURE JOIN FORCES TO REINVENT ONBOARD EXPERIENCE FOR CONNECTED AND AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES