The IBIS Global Summit 2017 will explore industry relationships when it visits a new venue and city. The Meliá Castilla hotel in Madrid, Spain, will host more than 350 delegates representing every major territory around the world for the IBIS Global Summit on 12-14 June 2017. Madrid, the third largest city in the EU, is [...]

Lawyers taking on Volkswagen in the US are being paid $175m by the troubled car manufacturer. Representing 475,000 owners of VW vehicles fitted with cheat devices, the lawyers had sought up to $332.5m in fees in what amounts to a $10bn settlement. The latest deal with the lawyers means VW has now agreed to spend [...]

A ‘complete culture change’ has seen an explosion in electric vehicle (EV) sales in recent months, with experts saying the electric revolution is now finally underway. Sales of EVs in Europe doubled last year, according to figures from Transport and Environment (T&E), which also says there could be more than two million EVs on the [...]

According to JATO Dynamics Ltd registrations in Europe’s ‘Big 5’ markets performed well in September, with 1,171,795 units registered, which is a 6.2% rise on the same month last year. For the year to date, registrations totalled 8.51 million units, an increase of 7.4%, SAAR figures came in at 11.61 million units, the highest figure [...]

The automotive industry is set for a paradigm shift based on five pillars, constituting the next generation of growth opportunities according to Frost & Sullivan. Those five pillars are centred on: connected supply chain; industrial Internet of Things and Industry 4.0; connected and autonomous car; digital retailing and vehicle relationship management; and mobility as a [...]