Due to the acceleration observed in recent days of serious Coronavirus cases close to certain production sites, supply disruptions from major suppliers, as well as the sudden decline in the automobile markets, the chairman of the executive board of Groupe PSA, with the members of the crisis unit, decided the principle of the closure of [...]

Following news that car sales in China plunged 80 per cent in February due to the impact of measures to tackle the Coronavirus, David Leggett, automotive editor at GlobalData, a data and analytics company, offers his view: “There are signs that attention in the auto industry is shifting away from tackling immediate supply chain disruption [...]

RWC has been contracted to support the government of St Lucia in its drive for electric vehicle (EV) uptake by providing internationally recognised training to the Caribbean Island’s automotive technicians. Getting underway in December 2019 with 15 automotive technicians undergoing the internationally recognised IMI L3 Award in Electric/Hybrid Vehicle System Repair and Replacement qualification, the [...]

Carlos Tavares, CEO of PSA Group, has been named 2020 World Car Person of the Year at the World Car Awards. The awards are voted for by jurors from 24 countries Tavares was the jurors’ choice over several other auto industry executives, engineers, designers and entrepreneurs from all around the globe. His accomplishments include returning [...]

After a large increase of European registrations experienced in December 2019, volumes for January have decreased, marking another month of transition for the complex new car market. A total of 1,138,057 new passenger cars were registered in January 2020, representing a decline of 7.6 per cent from January 2019. This steep reduction was in large [...]