Volkswagen AG has signed a memorandum of cooperation with a Chinese company to set up a jointly-owned company to produce electric cars. The Wall Street Journal has reported that VW is working with China Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Co, a Chinese state-run manufacturer of trucks, conventional and electric cars. A formal agreement expected within five months, with the [...]

Volvo and Autoliv have signed a letter of intent to set up a new jointly owned company to develop next-generation autonomous driving software. Based in Gothenburg, Sweden, the new company will have an initial workforce taken from both companies of around 200, increasing to more than 600 in the medium term. The company is expected to start [...]

Daimler plans to challenge Tesla and Volkswagen with up to nine electric vehicle models. According to Reuters, the car manufacturer plans to roll out between six and nine EV models. It is still on course to unveil a new electric car at the Paris motor show, while in July it said it had accelerated development [...]

The Qatar Insurance Company is to enter the Irish motor insurance market according to reports by the Irish Independent. The report claims it is understood that the Middle East ‘heavyweight’ will provide millions of euros in capital to a new venture that’s been established by Chill Insurance owners Padraig and Seamus Lynch. And the Irish [...]

Service King Collision Repair Centres has welcomed 23 new technicians into its ongoing Apprentice Development Program. The class represents the first of several formal launches slated for this year, which combined will double the Apprentice Development Program by equipping and graduating nearly 100 fully trained technicians in 2017. ‘This is an extremely proud moment in [...]