Automotive Industry - 2020-07-30
Germany’s federal government believes the country has sufficient power generation capacity to accommodate a major expansion in the number of electric cars, according to a parliamentary repo...
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Export expectations in the manufacturing sector of Europe's largest economy rose in July, with the automotive industry among the biggest winners, the country's Ifo institute said, in a boon fo...
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Carmaker BMW says hydrogen-based fuel cell technology will remain an important option for low-carbon propulsion systems of passenger cars, challenging the position of its national competitor...
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The number of electric cars on Britain's roads will jump to 30m in the next 20 years, helped by government policies to phase out the sale of combustion-engine cars...
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The BMW Group is making sustainability and resource efficiency central to the company’s strategic direction...
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Hyundai Motor reported a smaller-than-expected drop in profit on high-margin domestic sales and said, while demand should pick up soon, the pace of recovery will be slow due to the impact of the coron...
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Spain’s highest court has ruled that gas-powered cars can be excluded from benefiting from ‘scrappage’ schemes because they are worse for the climate than diesel vehicles...
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Daimler expects to generate an operating profit this year, after second-quarter results signaled the maker of Mercedes-Benz cars weathered the unprecedented industry slump better than feared...
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Audi expects car sales to reach pre-COVID-19 levels only by 2022 or 2023, CEO Markus Duesmann told a German business daily...
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Nissan is willing to postpone until June 2021 the closure of its vehicle assembly and parts plants here, a top executive from the automaker said...
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Toyota said it will make 2% fewer vehicles globally in August than originally planned, as output recovers gradually from a steep drop because of the coronavirus pandemic...
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New vehicles in Germany are getting greener: average CO2 emissions of cars registered in the first half of 2020 were 4...
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German car industry heavyweights Volkswagen and Bosch are at odds over the use of hydrogen in mobility, with the world's largest carmaker clinging to a "dogma" of electric cars, Olaf Pre...
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Production at Vauxhall's Ellesmere Port car factory in Britain will resume on 17 August, one of the final major automotive plants in the country yet to reopen after the coronavirus outbreak shut s...
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Nissan is planning a 30% year-on-year cut in global vehicle production through December as falling demand due to the COVID-19 pandemic complicates its turnaround efforts, two people with knowledge of ...
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Car buyers in Germany and France can now get their hands on a brand-new electric vehicle for less than the typical cost of a mobile-phone contract...
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Italy is preparing a €20bn ($22...
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Turkey's vehicle production dropped 29% to 518,727 in the first half, according to a statement by the Automotive Manufacturers Association (OSD) published on Sunday 12 July...
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German premium carmaker Audi, a VW subsidiary, will continue to invest heavily in the development of combustion engines...
Read moreAutomotive Industry - 2020-07-09
Volkswagen Group's Spanish brand, Seat, reported a €48m ($54m) loss in the first quarter of 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic and said the second quarter will be worse...
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