The International Aftermarket Meeting 2017 (IAM17) will take place during Autopromotec on Thursday 25 May. This year’s topic will be Mobile Solutions: Opportunities and challenges for the Automotive Aftermarket. In the words of Josef Frank (former senior advisor aftermarket and former director aftermarket at CLEPA), chairman of the event, ‘By the year 2020, an entire [...]

The PSA Group and URYSIA have signed a contract to assemble Peugeot brand vehicles in Kenya. The assembly project will begin in June 2017 with an annual volume of over 1,000 units in order to meet the expectations of the Kenyan market. Production will start with the Peugeot 508, followed by the new Peugeot 3008 [...]

Reuters reports that Volkswagen is facing its first legal challenge in Germany from a big corporate client over the diesel emissions scandal. Deutsche See, which leases 500 vehicles from VW, said it had been unable to reach an out-of-court settlement and according to German media has filed a complaint for ‘malicious deception’. In a statement, [...]

Sweden and Germany will work together on an innovation partnership to develop mobility and electrical roads. Announced jointly by Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, ‘Innovation and Cooperation for a Sustainable Future’ aims to strengthen the two nations’ sustainability, economic and technological competitiveness. It covers four areas, including mobility and electrical [...]

Uber founder Travis Kalanick has resigned from US President Donald Trump’s Strategic & Policy Forum. He and Tesla’s Elon Musk were among 16 people chosen for the group, his participation created a backlash on Social media, where campaigns targeting Uber urged users to delete their accounts and choose rivals such as Lyft. In an email [...]