With Stellantis targeting over 5 billion euros ($6.1 billion) per year in savings, CEO Carlos Tavares is currently visiting the group’s Italian facilities in order to meet local unions and solidify relationships. Tavares stopped by some of the main production sites in Italy, such as Turin’s Mirafiori on Wednesday, Melfi on Thursday and Cassino on […]
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The Volkswagen Group is staring down a €100 million ($121 million) fine courtesy of the European Union, for missing its passenger car CO2 targets in 2020. The carmaker did manage to cut average CO2 emissions in the EU by roughly 20% to 99.8 g/km, unfortunately it was still not enough, falling short by 0.5 g/km […]
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Tesla is looking to recruit someone that will handle “social media escalations” against chief executive Elon Musk. Ever since the electric car manufacturer killed off its PR department last year, Elon Musk’s official Twitter account has become the main channel that the company and Musk use to communicate with the public. Evidently, Musk can’t do […]
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Audi has been forced to place more than 10,000 workers on furlough due to a global shortage of semiconductors. The company will also have to delay the production of some vehicles. It is reported that the automaker is placing workers from its factories in Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm on short-time working until January 29, a move […]
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New Audi models sold in Europe will be in compliance with the latest Euro 6d-ISC-FCM emissions standards effective immediately. There are currently 193 engine/transmission variants certified as per this new standard, with a few additional models to follow in Q1 2021. The German carmaker says that nothing will be removed from its portfolio as a […]
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Toyota has settled with the U.S. Department of Justice for $180 million over a civil lawsuit for violations of the Clean Air Act. The DoJ said that the lawsuit against Toyota was for “systematic, longstanding violations of Clean Air Act emission-related defect reporting requirements, which require manufacturers to report potential defects and recalls affecting vehicle […]
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This is the new Mobilize EZ-1 Prototype, a new concept for shared urban mobility and the first product of Renault Group’s new Mobilize brand. Mobilize will offer purpose-designed vehicles for mobility services, such as EV charging, finance, and subscription, as well as data processing software, maintenance and recycling services for car-sharing fleets. Read More: Renault […]
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Geely Holding has officially announced its partnership with Chinese Google rival Baidu to establish a new electric-vehicle brand. The new EV brand will focus on the “joint research and development of connected and intelligent electric vehicles”. The partnership between Geely and Baidu will use the former’s Sustainable Experience Architecture (SEA) EV platform as the basis […]
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Nissan said it will cut down production of the Note this month as a response to a shortage of semiconductors, following Honda’s announcement that its output in Japan will also be affected. The global shortage of semiconductors is, according to Reuters, caused by consumer demand bouncing back from the coronavirus pandemic, causing manufacturing delays for […]
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The General has a new marketing campaign and a shiny new, appified logo to go with it. The automaker announced the “Everybody In” campaign today. GM is introducing the campaign as a call to action as it aims to reinvent itself and deliver on its goal of creating a world with zero crashes, zero emissions, […]
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