SEAT’s carsharing service is being rolled out in L’Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona) beginning on 14 November, and it will be the second city in Spain where SEAT’s carsharing platform Respiro operates after Madrid, which now has 15,000 users. L’Hospitalet mayor Núria Marín and SEAT Head of Urban Mobility Lucas Casasnovas confirmed the agreement at the [...]

Ford Motor Company has joined the ‘New Deal for Europe’ initiative to foster greater cooperation and innovation for a sustainable future. The ‘New Deal’ calls on businesses, governments, organisations and policy-makers to work together to develop a comprehensive Sustainable Europe 2030 strategy based on the United Nations Development Goals and the Paris Climate Accord. The [...]

Following the news that Toyota and BYD are setting up a joint company to develop battery electric vehicles (BEVs) targeted at the Chinese market; David Leggett, automotive editor at GlobalData, a data and analytics company, offers his view. Leggett said: “This collaboration is a way to save costs and position both companies to capitalise on [...]

With a lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo and rhinoceros on the hood, Etienne Dutoit is heading to the finals of the Automechanika Body & Paint World Championships in Frankfurt. On 21 September 2019, the painter was named the national winner by the jury in South Africa with a car hood displaying an impressive interpretation of the [...]

PPG Refinish and Honda Motor Europe have extended their collaborative partnership for a further five years. The deal covers the entire Honda service network in Europe and ensures PPG Refinish remains one of the exclusive paint suppliers for the vehicle manufacturer, providing a variety of automotive coatings for its vehicles. Carsten Seyer, senior business development [...]