In January 2018 the Volkswagen brand handed over 533,500 vehicles to customers throughout the world. Deliveries were therefore 7.1% above the figure for the corresponding month of the previous year. Jürgen Stackmann, Volkswagen brand board member for sales commented, ‘Volkswagen Passenger Cars has started the new year with considerable momentum. I am pleased that we [...]

Polestar has started construction of a new headquarter building located in Torslanda, Sweden, on the same campus as the main Volvo Cars head offices and factory. ‘The new Polestar headquarters will be the heart and home of our growing team,’ said Thomas Ingenlath, CEO of Polestar. ‘It is an architectural translation of what our brand [...]

Uber and Waymo have reached a settlement over claims Uber stole trade secrets from the self-driving company. As part of the agreement, Uber is giving a 0.34% Uber stake to Waymo, worth approximately $245m (£177m). Uber has also agreed not to use Waymo’s technology in its self-driving cars, though it maintains it never did. Uber’s [...]

In the latest development in the Safer Cars for India campaign, Global NCAP announces the launch of the ‘Safer Choice’ Award today at the Delhi motor show. The ‘Safer Choice’ Award will be presented to automakers achieving the highest levels of safety performance for cars sold in India. In January 2014 the first ever independent [...]

Byton, an innovator of smart, premium electric vehicles, has announced a partnership with Aurora, a leading self-driving technology company. The partnership will help Byton incorporate Level 4 (L4) autonomous-driving vehicle capabilities into Byton vehicles and enable it to become among the very first group of carmakers to bring L4 and eventually Level 5 (L5) cars [...]