Focus on automotive: Cars
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12/11/2019Automobili Lamborghini has once again left its signature mark on Art Basel, as this year the storied Italian brand was highlighted during an illustrious evening at The Wolfsonian-FIU museum in Miami’s Art Deco district during Art Basel Miami Beach. The private VIP gathering, known as "A Dreamscape of Italian Design" commemorated masterpieces... -
12/11/2019Evbox has reopened its renovated and upgraded Bordeaux factory for electric vehicle fast-charging stations. With the renovated facility, Evbox will be able to increase production of its fast and ultra-fast chargers up to 450 units per month by 2020 while bringing an additional 80 to 100 jobs to the region. The Bordeaux facility focuses on the... -
12/11/2019Volvo Group Venture Capital has invested in Apex.AI, a software company specialising in autonomous mobility. The investment will fund the development of a safety certified software framework for autonomous systems. Apex.AI, a Palo Alto, California-based company founded in 2017, is building an automotive-grade version of ROS (Robot Operating... -
12/11/2019Kia Motors Corporation has officially opened its new Indian production facility in Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh. Following a USD 1.1 billion investment, the new Kia Motors India manufacturing plant is now fully operational. The grand opening ceremony takes place last week, just two years after construction began in the fourth quarter of... -
12/11/2019General Motors has confirmed an earlier report it would team up with LG Chem to mass-produce battery cells for future battery-electric vehicles. Together, the companies will spend up to US$2.3bn through a new, equally owned joint venture company. The JV will establish a battery cell assembly plant on a greenfield manufacturing site in the... -
12/11/2019ALD Automotive has launched ALD Carsharing, the company’s proprietary Corporate car sharing platform, in 3 new countries in Europe: France, the Netherlands and Spain. Already operational in Denmark, Germany and Italy, the fully digital solution allows company employees to share a pool of corporate vehicles optimises fleet usage and reduces... -
12/10/2019The Mach-E crossover coming next year may not be the only battery-electric Mustang on the way to Ford Motor dealerships. An electric coupe could be coming as well, though not anytime soon. Shortly after the Mach-E reveal in Los Angeles, Joe Hinrichs, Ford's president of automotive, said on CNBC's "Squawk Box" that a battery-electric Mustang coupe...