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. [...]

ZEFER (Zero Emission Fleet vehicles for European Roll-out) will deploy large fleets of 60 hydrogen fuelled vehicles in each of three European capitals (Paris, London and Brussels). These vehicles will be used in the applications where hydrogen fuelled vehicles are the most valuable – fleets which drive long distances every day, which need rapid refuelling, [...]