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Nissan sets one million EV target
- March 26, 2018
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: Industry News
Nissan has set itself a target of selling one million electric vehicles a year by 2022. It will develop eight new all-battery electric vehicles before then – all under different brands – in what it calls an ‘electric car offensive’. This even includes its luxury Infiniti brand, which will be either fully electric or hybrid [...] -
Volkswagen innovation offensive in China
- March 23, 2018
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: Industry News
The Volkswagen brand intends to strengthen its leading position in China and is therefore stepping up its major model and innovation offensive. The first step is to be the launch of the new Volkswagen Touareg, which is today celebrating its world premiere at the ‘SUV Brand Day’ in Beijing before an audience of about 1,000 [...] -
GM aims high
- March 23, 2018
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: Industry News
General Motors (GM) has said it will be holding its certified shops to high standards as it plans the roll out of new certified collision network. According to Repairer Driven News (RDN) as part of the vehicle manufacturer’s follow-up to certification, the company will track a shop’s consistency with following OEM repair procedures, along with [...] -
BMW: EV’s wait until 2020
- March 22, 2018
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: Industry News
According to Reuters, BMW will not be mass producing electric cars until 2020. This is because today’s technology does not turn enough profit to justify the amount production will cost. In 2013, BMW released their first electric car and has been perfecting the electric motor technology, battery and software since. The company are continuing their [...] -
BMW doubles autonomous car testing
- March 22, 2018
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: Industry News
Despite the fatal accident involving an Uber autonomous car earlier this week, BMW has no plans to change their scheduling. In fact, they will be doubling their fleet of self-driving cars to about 80 in 2018. ‘Our estimation about autonomous driving technology remains unchanged even though this appears to be an extremely regrettable accident,’ Klaus [...]


