• China improving EV standardization

    • March 28, 2018
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    China said it will work to improve levels of standardization in its electric vehicle industry – a sector it is aggressively promoting to help combat smog and to position the country as a leading car-making giant in the future. This year its standardization efforts will focus on recharging, battery design and fuel consumption, the industry [...]
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  • BMW faces lawsuit

    • March 28, 2018
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    German carmaker BMW faces a class-action lawsuit filed in a New Jersey court on Tuesday for alleged emissions cheating on diesel vehicles including its X5 and 330d models. ‘BMW’s representations were misleading for failure to disclose its emissions manipulations,’ the suit, which was filed in the United States District Court of New Jersey, said. The suit was [...]
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  • German media backs IBIS

    • March 27, 2018
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Categories: IBIS News, Partners
    German online magazine colornews.de | schaden.news is the latest media partner to support IBIS Global Summit activity. colornews.de | schaden.news is one of the leading news portals in the German collision repair market. Chief editor and managing director of the company Twinmedia, Christian Simmert (pictured), explained, ‘The German market gets more and more influenced by developments in [...]
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  • Kia builds 3 millionth car

    • March 27, 2018
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    Kia Motors has manufactured its three millionth car in Europe since production began in Žilina, Slovakia in 2006. The three millionth car to roll off the production line is a Kia cee’d. The car is a fusion white five-door hatchback in ‘GT-Line’ specification, built for a customer in Iceland. It is fitted with a 1.0-litre [...]
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  • Arizona suspends driverless cars

    • March 27, 2018
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    The governor of Arizona, Doug Ducey, has suspended driverless cars on the state’s roads following the fatal accident of a woman last week. A few days after the accident, a video was released to the public showing the alarming moments that led up to the incident. It was after watching Uber’s video that Doug decided [...]
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