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Porsche increases stake in Rimac Automobili to 15.5%

autherAutocar Professional Bureau     calendar06 Sep 2019

German carmaker buys another 5.5% equity; new investment will contribute to rapid pace of development at Rimac, which includes the significant scaling-up of its high-performance component production.

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Kia Motors appoints Karim Habib as senior VP and head of design centre

autherAutocar Professional Bureau calendar06 Sep 2019

Habib, who will be based at Kia’s Design Center in Namyang, Korea from October, will oversee design of new vehicles an...

Mercedes-Benz records 14% sales growth in August, sells 177,819 cars 

autherAutocar Professional Bureau calendar06 Sep 2019

177,819 Mercedes-Benz cars were delivered worldwide, posting a new record for August (14%); Sales from January to Augu...

Skoda begins manufacturing high-voltage batteries for electric VW Group vehicles

autherAutocar Professional Bureau calendar06 Sep 2019

Manufacturing of high-voltage traction batteries for plug-in hybrids from Skoda, Audi, Seat and Volkswagen begins; ini...

Continental develops high-per­for­mance plat­form for ve­hi­cle cock­pit of to­mor­row

autherAutocar Professional Bureau calendar05 Sep 2019

Continental claims new milestone in E/E architecture; the platform provides the computing power for all applications a...

Motherson Sumi Systems sets up manufacturing unit at Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone  

autherAutocar Professional Bureau calendar05 Sep 2019

Subsidiary Motherson PKC Harness Systems to produce many products including wiring harnesses, rear view mirrors and in...

Benteler electric drive system to enter series production with Chinese start-up

autherAutocar Professional Bureau calendar05 Sep 2019

The Benteler Electric Drive System, which is a series-ready platform solution for EVs, will help Evergrande Auto benef...

Equipmake begins final testing phase of new electric bus powertrain

autherAutocar Professional Bureau calendar05 Sep 2019

Equipmake’s EBus drivetrain, which uses two of its class-leading APM200 spoke motors, latest-generation lithium-ion ba...

UK to develop 'world-leading' safety standard for autonomous cars

By James Attwood, Autocar UK calendar05 Sep 2019

UK government hopes new standards, revealed at the opening of a new self-driving test site, will be adopted worldwide....

Volvo Cars clocks 10.2% global sales growth in August

autherAutocar Professional Bureau calendar05 Sep 2019

In the January to August period, Volvo Cars’ total sales reached 443,168 cars, up 7.6 percent compared with the same p...