01.03.2023 New and stricter van safety assessment criteria The international consortium Euro NCAP – in which the Automobile Club of Italy also participates – has announced the adoption, starting this year, of new and stricter van safety evaluation criteria, thus following the launch of the Commercial Van Safety Rating of 2021. “Safety technologies and innovative… Continue reading Euro NCAP: Fiat Ducato still the safest among vans
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Felix Kilbertus est le nouveau directeur de la création de Pininfarina
TURIN, Italie, 1er mars 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Pininfarina nomme Felix Kilbertus, designer automobile de renommée mondiale, au poste de directeur de la création. Kilbertus agira en tant que coordinateur créatif et stratégique à l’échelle du groupe concernant tous les aspects du design (mobilité, design de produits et d’expériences et architecture). Sous les ordres directs du PDG,… Continue reading Felix Kilbertus est le nouveau directeur de la création de Pininfarina
New all-electric Abarth 500e priced at £38,695 in the UK
He added: “You may ask ’why electric?’. Well, basically, performance made us do it: in fact, every change made in the Abarth is about getting the best driving performance. That’s exactly how our founder, Carlo Abarth, always went at it.” As with other Abarth models, the 500e is marked out from its standard Fiat sibling… Continue reading New all-electric Abarth 500e priced at £38,695 in the UK
Large projects to reserve 50% parking space for EV charging
Large housing complexes that are developed may have to provide charging infrastructure in half the parking lots. Kolkata: Large housing complexes that are developed may have to provide charging infrastructure in half the parking lots. Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has drafted an amendment in its building rules to make it mandatory for developers to factor… Continue reading Large projects to reserve 50% parking space for EV charging
US Postal Service plans to buy 9,250 EV Ford delivery vehicles
Congress in August gave USPS USD 3 billion as part of a USD 430 billion climate bill to buy electric vehicles and charging infrastructure. The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) said Tuesday it plans to buy 9,250 Ford E-Transit battery electric vehicles starting later this year and will also purchase an equal number of gasoline-powered models… Continue reading US Postal Service plans to buy 9,250 EV Ford delivery vehicles
Industry digest: China’s approach to career development
I recently spent a miserable hour on the phone trying to cancel a subscription before getting back to my day job and carrying out video interviews with Chinese candidates for a senior role in the Chinese arm of a European manufacturer. These two apparently unrelated events set me thinking. Two years on from Covid, the UK… Continue reading Industry digest: China’s approach to career development
UAW runoff election nears end, counting to start Wednesday
Tuesday is the deadline for ballots to be received in the runoff election that will determine the UAW’s future president, but it was already clear days beforehand that more union members had returned their ballots than in the first go-around in the fall. As of Friday, the independent UAW monitor had already received 139,615 ballots,… Continue reading UAW runoff election nears end, counting to start Wednesday
Felix Kilbertus ist der neue Chief Creative Officer von Pininfarina
TURIN, Italien, 28. Februar 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Pininfarina ernennt den weltbekannten Automobildesigner Felix Kilbertus zum neuen Chief Creative Officer. Felix wird der kreative und strategische Leiter auf Gruppenebene zu allen Aspekten des Designs (Mobilität, Produkt- und Erlebnisdesign und Architektur) sein. Er ist direkt CEO Silvio Angori unterstellt und wird alle Pininfarina-Designteams in ihren geografischen Gebieten… Continue reading Felix Kilbertus ist der neue Chief Creative Officer von Pininfarina
Felix Kilbertus es el nuevo director creativo de Pininfarina
TORINO, Italia, 28 de febrero de 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Pininfarina nombra al diseñador de automoción de renombre mundial Felix Kilbertus como nuevo director creativo. Felix será la guía creativa y estratégica a nivel de Grupo en todos los aspectos del Diseño (Movilidad, Diseño de Producto y Experiencia y Arquitectura). Reportando directamente al consejero delegado Silvio… Continue reading Felix Kilbertus es el nuevo director creativo de Pininfarina
@FCA: Stellantis anuncia una inversión de 155 millones de dólares en tres plantas de Indiana para apoyar sus objetivos de electrificación
28 de febrero de 2023 , Auburn Hills, Mich. – Stellantis anuncia que invertirá un total de 155 millones de dólares en tres plantas de Kokomo, Indiana, para producir nuevos módulos de propulsión eléctrica (EDM) que ayudarán a impulsar los futuros vehículos eléctricos ensamblados en Norteamérica y apoyarán nuestro objetivo de ventas del 50% de vehículos… Continue reading @FCA: Stellantis anuncia una inversión de 155 millones de dólares en tres plantas de Indiana para apoyar sus objetivos de electrificación