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Volvo sets colourful tone
- July 21, 2017
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: Industry News
The XC40 will offer owners a wider variety of colour options when it’s launched. With dozens of possible exterior and interior colour combinations, the choice of the individual is at the centre with the new colourful Volvo XC40, Volvo Cars’ first ever entry in the small premium SUV segment. The highly anticipated XC40, set to [...] -
Service King gets Honda certification
- July 7, 2017
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: Industry News
Seventy Service King Collision Repair Centers in the US have officially received ProFirst Certification from Honda. With the move, Service King continues to bolster its roster of Honda ProFirst Certified repair centres with plans to expand its certification line-up across the country. ‘We continue to tailor our service to provide customers a best-in-class repair experience,’ [...] -
Volvo Cars to go all electric
- July 6, 2017
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: Industry News
Volvo Cars has placed electrification at the core of its future business by announcing that every Volvo launched from 2019 will have an electric motor. The announcement represents one of the most significant moves by any car maker to embrace electrification. ‘This is about the customer,’ said Håkan Samuelsson, president and chief executive of Volvo [...] -
Daimler invests in China EV deal
- July 6, 2017
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: Industry News
Daimler and its Chinese joint venture partner BAIC Motor Corporation are jointly invest €646.5m in battery electric vehicle production in China by 2020. The investment is also aimed at providing the infrastructure needed for the adoption of EV mobility. Daimler said that part of the investment will see a new battery factory built in China [...] -
Elevated bus project exposed
- July 6, 2017
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: Industry News
Beijing police are reported to have detained 32 people, including the chief executive, in relation to China’s futuristic road-straddling bus project. The move follows reports from investors of illegal fundraising with authorities claiming the whol thing may have been little more than a scam. The vehicle gained global attention last year when video emerged of [...]