Avis Budget Group has selected its Avis Car Rental and Budget Car Rental Licensees of the Year for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. This year’s recipients for the region are Avis Iceland and Budget Lebanon. Each honoree accepted the accolade at a celebratory event held in Greece. The annual Licensee Awards recognise licensee partners [...]

General Motors (GM) is set to acquire LIDAR technology company Strobe Inc to speed up development of autonomous vehicles and reduce sensor costs. Kyle Vogt, CEO of GM’s Cruise Automation unit said, ‘This acquisition is a game changer for GM and Cruise. We’ve made this acquisition because we aim to speed our path to market.’ [...]

PPG has partnered with automotive giant Renault-Nissan Alliance to deliver tailor-made structural adhesives to more than one million Renault, Nissan and Samsung cars across Europe, Asia, North America and South America. PPG and Renault Nissan worked closely to co-develop the technology, which delivers durability and manufacturing efficiency that is above industry standards. The partnership involved [...]

Uber is expected to appeal Transport for London’s (TfL) ban on its services in the next few days. The company had hoped to avoid legal action with a high-level meeting with TfL executives last week, but while it described the meeting as ‘constructive’ it was always unlikely that all issues would be resolved before Friday, [...]

Groupe Renault has announced the creation of Renault Energy Services, a subsidiary which will operate in the energy and smart grid sectors, both of which are fundamental to the expansion of electric mobility. Renault Energy Services will function much like a start-up and its objective is to invest in smart grid-related projects by forging privileged [...]