On June 10, Continental announced plans to invest 600 million yuan ($91.4 million) building new production and research facilities in in Chongqing, China. The investments will include a state-of-the-art brake factory, which the company aims to start up in the first half of 2017. It will...
On June 12, Panasonic and Beijing Automotive Group announced plans to launch a factory for key electric vehicle parts in the Chinese city of Tianjin. The Japanese electronics conglomerate and China's leading automaker, also known as BAIC, are to put hundreds of millions of dollars into...
On June 6&7, the Council of the European Union's Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council met in Luxembourg. Ministers held a policy debate on nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions from diesel cars. Ministers considered that efforts should be made to clarify the application of existing legislation on defeat devices in...
On June 7, the European Chamber of Commerce in China has published its latest Business Confidence Survey, produced by Roland Berger. The purpose of the European Chamber’s European Business in China Business Confidence Survey is to take an annual snapshot of European companies' successes and challenges in...
June 7, 2016: The need to stay ahead of the competition in developing autonomous and connected-car technology will lead automotive executives to partner and acquire more companies this year, according to a new biannual survey by consulting firm EY. According to the firm’s most recent Automotive...
On May 30, the Commission is taking part in the informal meeting in Amsterdam of the 28 Ministers in charge of urban matters, along with representatives from other EU Institutions and representatives of European cities, on the Urban Agenda for the EU. The aim of the meeting...
Tier 1 supplier Valeo is adding a new low-cost solid-state LiDAR, developed together with LeddarTech, a specialist in advanced detection and ranging solutions, to its portfolio for driving and parking assistance. The new sensor will be ready for mass production in 2018. The Solid-state LiDAR will...
The Romanian government has announced that it will spend 220 million Romanian leu (€ 48.85m) on encouraging people to scrap their older cars and buy cleaner vehicles. One of the first measures will be to improve a current scrappage scheme, known as Rabla – under which...
On May 17th, Moody's Investors Service published a report entitled "Autonomous Vehicles Will Drive Change from Auto Manufacturing to Insurance", which looks at the potential impacts of autonomous driving in a number of areas. "One of the most debated technologies currently under development is the autonomous,...
The UK will become a world leading force in the development of autonomous car technology thanks to reforms to insurance legislation that will make driverless cars legal on the public road. The changes, announced by the Queen in her speech during today’s State Opening of Parliament,...