Connectivity and new vehicle ownership models have the potential of disrupting the traditional value chain and the industry will have to adapt to find new collaboration models and partners and as such create new opportunities. These amongst others were clear trends identified at the 9th edition of the Aftermarket conference, organised by the European Association [...]

Chinese search giant Baidu has gained approval to begin testing self-driving cars in Beijing. The announcement comes just days after the first pedestrian death from an autonomous vehicle, and underlines Chinese support for this new technology. Baidu has received permission to test its vehicles on 33 road in the city’s less populated suburbs, spanning about [...]

Nissan has set itself a target of selling one million electric vehicles a year by 2022. It will develop eight new all-battery electric vehicles before then – all under different brands – in what it calls an ‘electric car offensive’. This even includes its luxury Infiniti brand, which will be either fully electric or hybrid [...]

The Volkswagen brand intends to strengthen its leading position in China and is therefore stepping up its major model and innovation offensive. The first step is to be the launch of the new Volkswagen Touareg, which is today celebrating its world premiere at the ‘SUV Brand Day’ in Beijing before an audience of about 1,000 [...]

General Motors (GM) has said it will be holding its certified shops to high standards as it plans the roll out of new certified collision network. According to Repairer Driven News (RDN) as part of the vehicle manufacturer’s follow-up to certification, the company will track a shop’s consistency with following OEM repair procedures, along with [...]