Volkswagen has successfully launched its sub-brand Jetta in China with the new SUV VS5 and the VA3 sedan1.
Since market entry in September, nearly 30,000 vehicles were delivered to customers. This makes the Jetta launch the most successful recent brand introduction in China, taking into account the first three months of sales. Almost 80 percent...
Ford Motor Company and McDonald’s USA will soon be giving vehicles a caffeine boost by using coffee beans in vehicle parts.
Every year, millions of pounds of coffee chaff – the dried skin of the bean – naturally comes off during the roasting process. Together, Ford and McDonald’s can provide an innovative new home to a significant portion of that...
Lucid Motors marked the start of construction of its electric vehicle manufacturing facility in Casa Grande, Arizona (USA).
The first phase of factory construction, representing an investment of more than US$300m, is scheduled for completion in late 2020 in readiness for the start of production of Lucid's first car, the Air sedan.
«The Lucid Air...
Faurecia and Devialet, the French company behind a host of acclaimed innovations in sound technology, announced a partnership to develop high-quality sound solutions for automakers.
Devialet brings best-in-class technologies and industry-leading expertise across acoustic architecture, loudspeakers and signal processing, over 160 patents, and a...
The Mercedes-Benz plant in Bangkok in Thailand has started local production for Mercedes-Benz Plug-in hybrid-batteries.
The new battery factory, the third production facility in the Country, was built on a 50,000 mq site located at the vehicle manufacturing plant in the Bangkok region which has been expanded.
Together with the local partners...
The consistent electrification of the product range means that a large proportion of the CO2 emissions are no longer accounted for by cars’ exhaust systems, but by the supply chain and in upstream production processes.
Together with its suppliers, therefore, Audi is developing measures to reduce CO2 emissions that take effect already in that...
Groupe Renault has signed a partnership with Nino Robotics, designer of a new type of "seated, personal transporters" aimed at changing the perception of transport solutions adapted to people with disabilities or of reduced mobility. Through this investment, the Group is pursuing its mission to develop sustainable and accessible mobility...