Tag: Renault

Brayleys Cars buys Orpington Honda from Lookers

Hertfordshire-based Brayleys Cars has bought Orpington Honda from Lookers for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition gives the group coverage for the Japanese manufacturer around the M25 and positions it as Honda’s largest private franchisee in the UK with eight showrooms and ten aftersales outlets. The Orpington outlet joins Brayley Honda’s network of dealerships in Enfield,… Continue reading Brayleys Cars buys Orpington Honda from Lookers

Visteon Announces First-Quarter 2022 Results

VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich., April 28, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Visteon Corporation (NASDAQ: VC) today reported first quarter financial results. Highlights include: Sales of $818 million, up 11%1 from prior year Growth-over-market of 22%1 versus top customers’ vehicle production Net income of $22 million Adjusted EBITDA of $71 million or 8.7% of sales 16 new… Continue reading Visteon Announces First-Quarter 2022 Results

Toyota relies on cameras

The Japanese company Toyota wants to give preference to the cheap cameras as data material for autonomous driving. Recently, the Japanese manufacturer Nissan be new ProPilot system presented, which is based on lidar, now Toyota wants to go for cameras? With the new lidar-using system, Nissan wants to provide autonomous driving by 2030. Previously, people… Continue reading Toyota relies on cameras

Automotive: OEMs zigzag between Ukraine and China

Posted on Apr 27, 2022 at 4:12 p.m.Updated on Apr 27, 2022 at 4:13 p.m. A big brake in Europe in March, and another probably to come in China: the production crisis in the automotive industry knows no respite, as shown by the quarterly results published Tuesday and Wednesday by the major French equipment manufacturers… Continue reading Automotive: OEMs zigzag between Ukraine and China

Renault: towards a sale of Lada to a scientific institute of the Russian State

Posted Apr 27, 2022, 12:41 PM Renault’s retreat from Russia is becoming clearer. A month after having announced the “suspension of its industrial activity” in the country, and the evaluation of “all its possible options concerning its participation in Avtovaz”, the Losange should finally cede its assets in Russia to a Russian state scientific institute… Continue reading Renault: towards a sale of Lada to a scientific institute of the Russian State

@Nissan: 2022/04/27 Nissan production, sales and exports for March 2022 and April 2021 – March 2022 …000730

2022/04/27 YOKOHAMA, Japan –Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. today announced its production, sales and export figures for March 2022 and the April 2021 – March 2022 period. 1. Production March 2022 Global production in March declined 25.9% from a year earlier. Production in Japan declined 43.9% from a year earlier. Production outside Japan declined 22.1% from… Continue reading @Nissan: 2022/04/27 Nissan production, sales and exports for March 2022 and April 2021 – March 2022 …000730

Car makers treble battery range and deliver 15-fold increase in model choice in a decade

Average battery range of vehicles at annual SMMT Test Day grows from 74 miles to almost 260 miles during Britain’s first ‘electric decade’. Industry confirms commitment to zero-emission motoring, from hatchbacks to supercars, as more than 40% of models on the market now come with a plug. SMMT Test Day reflects EV model choice with… Continue reading Car makers treble battery range and deliver 15-fold increase in model choice in a decade

Nissan’s ProPilot for autonomous driving from 2030

The Japanese manufacturer Nissan presented the new next-generation ProPilot technology. Another step towards autonomous driving showed Nissan before: The “Ground Truth Perception” is a sensor fusion of radar, camera and lidar. In this way, the environment and dangers are recognized in real time. According to Nissan, this will enable autonomous driving to be achieved by… Continue reading Nissan’s ProPilot for autonomous driving from 2030