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Electric car sets 329kph speed record

autherAutocar Professional Bureau     calendar30 Jul 2016

Chevrolet Corvette-based Genovation GXE sets new 205.6mph (328.96kph) record as fastest street-legal electric car after breaking its own 186.8mph (298.88kph) record.

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Electric car sets 329kph speed record

By Jimi Beckwith, Autocar UK calendar30 Jul 2016

Chevrolet Corvette-based Genovation GXE sets new 205.6mph (328.96kph) record as fastest street-legal electric car afte...

Daimler merges Hailo with its Uber-rivalling Mytaxi service

By Sam Sheehan, Autocar UK calendar30 Jul 2016

German automotive giant buys controlling stake in Hailo e-hailing taxi firm; newly reformed company will connect 100,0...

Mercedes-Benz to set up second plant in Hungary

autherAutocar Professional Bureau calendar30 Jul 2016

The German carmaker plans to set up a second plant at its Hungarian site in Kecskemét for the production of front- and...

Buick posts 20% YoY global growth in first-half 2016

autherAutocar Professional Bureau calendar29 Jul 2016

With 675,964 sales through June, Buick has risen to the third largest passenger vehicle brand in China and is outselli...

Distractions and alcohol pose danger to young drivers in Europe

autherAutocar Professional Bureau calendar29 Jul 2016

In Europe, 18- to 24-year-olds account for 8 percent of the total population, but 15 percent of all those killed in ro...

BMW uses automated measuring tech to generate 3D data model of upcoming 5 Series sedan

autherAutocar Professional Bureau calendar29 Jul 2016

Unique system concept with high-precision, fully-automated, optical measuring cell used for the first time in the auto...

Diesel prices in UK the highest in Europe

By Darren Moss, Autocar UK & Autocar Pro News Desk calendar29 Jul 2016

The cost of tanking up with diesel in the UK is more expensive than anywhere else in Europe, new research has found.

UK car production hits 16-year high even as industry dwells on Brexit

By Jim Holder, Autocar UK calendar28 Jul 2016

The rise was driven by exports, with demand in 2016 up 14.9% and accounting for 695,139 units of the total of 897,157 ...

Volkswagen Group sells 5.12 million vehicles, pips Toyota in H1-2016

autherAutocar Professional Bureau calendar28 Jul 2016

Group sales grew in the month of June by 5.1 percent compared with the prior year, selling over 883,400 vehicles globa...