New registrations in France surged during May 2016, but mainly because figures in May 2015 were so poor. The light vehicle market showed incredible year-on-year growth with passenger cars up 22.3% and light commercial vehicles (LCVs) up by 23.1%. However, those numbers are distorted by an unusually high number of public holidays during May 2015, [...]

Volvo has won another safety award, this time in shape of the inaugural 2016 Commitment to Consumer Award from VeriFacts Automotive LLC. The award recognises the ‘exemplary commitment to service and safety’ for vehicle drivers and passengers around the world. Farzam Afshar, CEO of VeriFacts Automotive, said, ‘This year we are especially honoured to recognise [...]

A million dollars’ worth of fake Toyota service parts have been seized by police in China, according to Australia’s Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI). The shipment was uncovered in Guangzhou on route for sale in Australia, following a tip off by Toyota Australia. It included 33,000 safety parts from 80 different part lines, including [...]

Volkswagen Group has set its sights on a million units of electric and plug-in hybrid sales by 2025 in order to meet increasingly strict carbon dioxide emission limits. The car manufacturer has nine electric or plug-in models at the moment, but want to expand the range with 20 new launches by 2020. Thomas Lieber, VW [...]

Google is opening a self-driving car technology center in Detroit to ‘further develop and refine self-driving technology’. The new 53,000sqft site will open in Novi, Michigan, trialing cars provided by Fiat Chrysler in what is Google’s first direct collaboration with a car-maker to develop autonomous vehicles. Earlier, Google said it intends to double the size [...]