Female racing driver Aseel Al Hamad celebrated the end of the ban on women drivers in Saudi Arabia with a lap of honour in a Jaguar F-TYPE. Aseel, the first female board member of the Saudi Arabian Motor Federation, had never driven on a track in her home country before. Aseel joined Jaguar in a [...]

Nissan and Sibeg have formed an agreement to create an electric ecosystem consisting of vehicles and infrastructures in Sicily. This signals the start of the second phase of the ‘Green Mobility Project’ – which includes 110 new 100%-electric Nissan LEAFs used by Sibeg sales representatives and eight new fast-charging stations. For Nissan, the new ecosystem is an [...]

Blackstone’s planned $508m deal to buy the 113 collision repair centres owned by ASX-listed AMA Group has been blocked by the Australian tax office. AMA Group Ltd received a formal response from the Deputy Commissioner of Taxation refusing AMA’s request for a Ruling for Demerger Relief. This ruling was required in order to undertake the [...]

Automechanika Shanghai returns in 2018 with digital trends and new zones taking centre stage. Continuing to serve as Asia’s largest trade fair for automotive parts, accessories, equipment and services, year-upon-year the event will again excel in both size and scale, and also with participant experience and product offerings. This year, exhibition space is estimated to [...]

Volkswagen Group has paved the way for the next level of battery power for long-range e-mobility by increasing its stake in the California technology company QuantumScape Corporation and forming a new joint venture. Dr Axel Heinrich, head of VW Group research, who will take a seat on the board of directors of QuantumScape, said, ‘We [...]