Volkswagen’s activities in China are set to go up a level after it announced that pre-production has begun at its first factory in the country focused only on electric vehicles. The plant is based in Shanghai, and production is due to begin in October 2020, with an annual capacity of 300,000 vehicles. Dr. Herbert Diess, [...]

Nissan has reported a 70% drop in quarterly profit and cut its full-year forecast to an 11-year low. The company’s global vehicle sales fell 7.5% to 1.27 million in the quarter. Sales in China, its biggest market, fell 2.5%, while those in the United States fell 4.5%. [...]

Rising demand in China and Europe helped the Volkswagen brand deliver 562,200 vehicles worldwide in October, 8.8% more than in October 2018. It reported significant growth in China (7.5%), the brand’s largest single market, and Brazil (1.6%), with deliveries rising despite shrinking overall markets. There were further sharp increases in deliveries in the European market [...]

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 [...]