Mustang was the top-selling sports coupe worldwide in 2017, according to Ford analysis of IHS Markit global light vehicle registration data; this marks three straight years for Mustang as best-selling sports coupe Ford sold 13,100 Mustangs in Europe in 2017, and 35,000 since introducing the iconic car to Europe in 2015. New Mustang and special… Continue reading Ford Mustang Is World’s Best-Selling Sports Coupe for Third Straight Year
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Hyundai Mobis open $2.8 million 3D printing and design workshop for vehicles
Hyundai Mobis, a subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Group that manufactures automotive parts in South Korea, has opened a 3D printing lab, the Design Model Workshop, which has the capacity to 3D print customized vehicle parts. It is South Korea’s first design research facility launched by an automotive component supplier. Prototyping 3D printed parts on clay… Continue reading Hyundai Mobis open $2.8 million 3D printing and design workshop for vehicles
China Tops World Electric Car Sales For Third Straight Year
China’s new energy car sales have topped the world for the third consecutive year, with 777,000 such cars sold in 2017, representing 54.7% of the world’s total sales, according to a report by state-owned media People.cn . China sold 777,000 new energy cars in 2017, representing a 53.3% growth compared with 2016. More than 80%… Continue reading China Tops World Electric Car Sales For Third Straight Year
Spartan Motors’ Utilimaster To Showcase Ford Transit Utility Van Upfit Solution At 2018 NAFA Institute And Expo
CHARLOTTE, Mich., April 17, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Spartan Fleet Vehicles and Services (“Spartan”), a business unit of Spartan Motors, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPAR) which goes to market under the Utilimaster® and Spartan Upfit Services brands, will display its utility upfit Ford® Transit concept vehicle at the National Association of Fleet Administrators (NAFA) Institute & Expo in Anaheim,… Continue reading Spartan Motors’ Utilimaster To Showcase Ford Transit Utility Van Upfit Solution At 2018 NAFA Institute And Expo
2019 Byton electric SUV concept revealed at Milan Design Week
Byton has unveiled a near production-ready version of its first model, a high-tech, premium electric SUV, at its European launch as part of Milan Design Week. The Concept shown at the event in Milan was described as being “85% there” by company boss Carsten Breitfeld. Minor modifications are likely needed to meet legal requirements, although Breitfeld described… Continue reading 2019 Byton electric SUV concept revealed at Milan Design Week
Byton to reveal electric saloon concept at CES Asia in June
Chinese-based start-up firm Byton will unveil a concept version of its second vehicle, an electric saloon, in June. The machine, which will be built on the same platform as its SUV that has already been seen in Concept form, will be revealed at CES Asia in Shanghai. It is the second of three EVs that will form… Continue reading Byton to reveal electric saloon concept at CES Asia in June
Comment: The spin-off of the truck division should only be the first step for VW
Almost a year ago, everything looked as if the Volkswagen Group after a long time for the first time would separate again from one of his daughters. In the summer, the Wolfsburg car company had initiated the sales process for its motorcycle subsidiary Ducati. But quickly came a clear No: The families Porsche and Piëch,… Continue reading Comment: The spin-off of the truck division should only be the first step for VW
China Does Tesla a Favor
As a measure of China’s importance to western carmakers, Volkswagen AG is tough to beat. Evercore ISI estimates the country contributed 43 percent of the German giant’s pretax profit last year. So any change to rules governing local joint ventures is potentially very significant. Yet China’s plan to liberalize ownership restrictions on local joint ventures was… Continue reading China Does Tesla a Favor
LIDAR maker Luminar is scaling up and slashing costs in effort to dominate self-driving cars
Self-driving cars won’t change society if the sensors that allow them to “see” their environment remain too expensive to produce at scale. Until recently, the only company that made reliable LIDAR, the laser sensor that sends millions of laser points out per second and measures how long they take to bounce back, was Velodyne. But… Continue reading LIDAR maker Luminar is scaling up and slashing costs in effort to dominate self-driving cars
BMW Group Digital Day 2018.
Digitalisation is the dominant element in the radical ongoing transformation of personal mobility. It paves the way to a new driving experience, expands the possibilities for enhancing safety and comfort out on the road, and opens up new opportunities for efficient yet customer-focused development and manufacture of vehicles. The BMW Group is systematically forging ahead… Continue reading BMW Group Digital Day 2018.