Hyundai Motor Group announced development of ‘smartphone-electric vehicle pairing based performance adjustment technology,’ which allows users to customise primary functions through a smartphone application.  Drivers can use this technology to adjust seven performance features including the maximum torque output of the motor, ignition, acceleration and deceleration abilities, regenerative braking capacity, maximum speed limit, responsiveness, and [...]

Hyundai Motor Company announced that vice president Simon Loasby, director of Hyundai Design in China, has been promoted to head of Hyundai Styling Group at Hyundai Design Center in Korea. Since his arrival at Hyundai Motor in mid-2017, Simon has played an integral role in defining Hyundai’s design identity in China, spearheading introductions of new [...]

McLaren Group has announced a new multi-year partnership with global law firm Ashurst. The partnership sees Ashurst become the Official Legal Services Partner for McLaren Group. The partnership builds on Ashurst’s well-established relationship with McLaren Automotive, and now extends to cover McLaren Group and the McLaren Racing and the McLaren Applied Technologies businesses. With 26 [...]

Kia Motors has recorded its best-ever quarterly sales in Europe during the first three months of 2019, according to the latest data from the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA). With 132,174 units sold year-to-date, Kia’s latest results represent sales growth of 0.6%. Outperforming the wider market, Kia’s European market share this quarter has grown to [...]

Five senior officials at Volkswagen during the emissions scandal, including former chief executive Martin Winterkorn, face prison after being charged in Germany with fraud. Martin Winterkorn has been accused of not telling authorities or drivers about the manipulation of diesel emissions, as well as approving software updates designed to conceal the true reason for higher [...]