The electric vehicle (EV) market has experienced rapid growth due to several global trends. Increasing city regulations, a decline in lithium-ion battery prices, and high demand in China are expected to push global EV sales to 1.6 million unit sales, with China leading the market at 49.5% market share, followed by Europe with 25.6%. Frost [...]

Volvo Cars has reported a global year-on-year sales increase of 12.2% for April, growing in all its main markets. Total sales for the month reached 52,635 cars compared with 46,895 a year earlier. Sales of the new XC40, as well as the 90 series cars were the main growth drivers in April. In the first [...]

According to Fender Bender, attorney Todd Tracy is suing a handful of auto facilities, a dealership and LKQ in relation to a fatal vehicle crash. Todd was the attorney in the 2017 industry-shifting lawsuit involving John Eagle Collision Center that resulted in a $42m verdict after a botched repair. ‘Despite being properly seated and properly [...]

David Lingham, head of business for Fix Auto World has announced the appointment of Stuart Faid to the role of regional head of business, Asia-Pacific Region, effective 1 May 2018. Stuart brings to Fix Auto World more than 25 years’ experience across the automotive industry. Having started his career as a management graduate at Volkswagen [...]

Reuters reports that Volkswagen has considered forming a partnership with Didi Chuxing in China. The joint venture would allow VW to manage aspects of Didi’s ride-hailing fleet of cars and to help develop its ‘purpose built’ vehicles. Included as part of the agreement, VW will originally manage a fleet, for Didi, of around 100,000 vehicles. [...]