SEAT’s Apprenticeship School is celebrating its 60th birthday this year. Opened in 1957, it’s trained more than 2,600 students for careers in the automotive industry in that time. It says the high technical level of the facilities and instructors together with on the job training in a real-life environment, are what drive its success, while [...]

Faraday Future has unveiled a self-driving electric car which it claims can outperform any other EV in production. It says its FF91, which is expected to be released next year, can accelerate from 0 to 60mph in 2.39 seconds. The FF91 was introduced via a live demo, in which it drove itself around a car [...]

Garmin has made it a hat-trick of new initiatives within the automotive sector with a new infotainment interface, intelligent driving technology and a tie up with Peugeot-Citroën. Garmin has expanded its intelligent driving video recorder (IDVR) technology with Chinese automotive manufacturing partner Dongfeng Peugeot-Citroën (DPCA). IDVR technology records high quality footage and boasts advanced driver [...]

Volvo Cars and Autoliv will create a joint venture to develop to software for autonomous driver and driver assistance solutions. It marks the first time a leading premium car maker has joined forces with a tier one supplier to develop new advanced driver assist systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving (AD) technologies. Called Zenuity and based [...]

Ford has detailed seven of the 13 new global electrified vehicles it plans to introduce in the next five years. The vehicles include a plug-in hybrid Transit Custom van in Europe, hybrid versions of the iconic F-150 pickup and Mustang in the US, and a fully electric SUV with an expected range of at least [...]