Nissan’s Sunderland plant in the UK has fired up a new solar farm as it aims for a zero emission factory. The farm is made up of 19,000 photo-voltaic panels, which sit alongside 10 existing wind turbines, to generate clean power for the plant.
Seven manufacturers have added close to 4.4m vehicles to the massive Takata air bag recall. General Motors, Volkswagen, Ford, Daimler Vans, BMW, Jaguar-Land Rover and Mercedes-Benz have added more vehicles to the biggest automotive recall in history.
Haval is pulling the pin on diesel offerings - and will only sell turbocharged petrol engines with automatic transmissions.
Renault has scooped two gongs at Australia’s respected Delivery Magazine Awards. Known for exacting test standards, expert journalists, and quality judges from Australia’s biggest fleets, the annual awards recognise the most dynamic and progressive vehicles in the light commercial sector.
Uber needs drivers - and drivers need cars, so it’s using its subsidiary Xchange Leasing to solve the problem.
Volvo’s new concept truck will have accountants in long-haul operations doing complicated mental arithmetic and salivating uncontrollably. The Swedish company has managed to chop over a third off the fuel consumption in its FH 420-based concept truck.
Toyota and Nissan are locked into a race to develop battery technologies to give them an edge in the rapidly-growing EV market.
A Japanese start-up reckons its flying car will be hovering around the country’s capital by time the Olympic torch is lit in 2020.
Takata - an airbag supplier to top auto makers - is straining under the weight of the massive airbag recall.
China’s new car sales are set to grow by at least 5% this year - and that’s terrible news for dealers. Unfortunately, the growth doesn’t keep pace with already-small margins shrinking - and in some cases vanishing completely.