Urban Mobility
Nearly 2,000 people in Germany have applied for the government’s electric car discount scheme, introduced on July 1, and a third of them are buyers of BMW models, a government agency said on Thursday. The scheme, similar to those established in other European countries to spur electric car sales, grants buyers of electric cars a 4,000 euro($4,452.00) discount and gives buyers
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TOKYO, Aug 5 (Reuters) – Nissan Motor Co is discussing with Panasonic Corp and overseas companies including Chinese firms the possible sale of its controlling stake in a car battery manufacturing venture, the Nikkei daily reported on Friday. The Japanese automaker wants to sell its 51 percent stake in Automotive Energy Supply Corporation, which is jointly owned by NEC Corp,
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Nissan Future Lab’s latest project is a collaboration with Scoot Networks. The companies have deployed a fleet of 10 Nissan New Mobility Concept cars – also known as the Renault Twizy – to Scoot’s hometown, San Francisco. There, participants can use an app developed by Scoot to request a car. In many ways, it will be similar to a program
Read moreThe European EV market had more than 17,000 registrations in May, representing just a 1% increase over June 2015. The slowdown in these last couple of months is largely due to fiscal changes in Germany. Nevertheless, the market is set to surpass 200,000 units by year end, possibly even reaching 250,000 units. Let’s look at the monthly ranking…. Despite dropping
Read moreRenault Samsung Motors said on July 25 it will produce next-generation engines for Renault and Nissan vehicles at its Busan plant. The Korean unit of France’s Renault Group had been competing with other overseas plants of the Renault-Nissan Alliance, including those in China and Japan, to host the strategic partner firms’ new engine production facilities. The company said it could
Read moreGermany’s Daimler has accelerated development of premium electric cars, Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche said, adding he saw the vehicle segment gaining market share. “We are adjusting our planning in this field,” he told analysts on Thursday during a call on second-quarter results. His remarks to analysts come as rivals Tesla and Volkswagen’s luxury brand Audi prepare their own push to
Read moreSome of Europe’s largest truck makers have been hit with a record fine of €2.93bn after operating a price-fixing cartel for 14 years. Margrethe Vestager, EU competition commissioner, said the companies “colluded on the pricing and on passing on the costs for meeting environmental standards to customers” over a “very long time”, writes Peter Campbell. The companies are Iveco, DAF,
Read moreIran’s Saipa Group CEO and Executive Member of the Board Mehdi Jamali told IRNA on Monday that his company will conclude an agreement with the major French automobile manufacture, Citroën, soon. He underscored that the contract fully accords with ‘Resistance Economy’, a set of policies outlined by the Supreme Leader, calling on the government to secure the utilization of the
Read moreA car maker has told The Local that it is hoping its new scheme, using the sharing economy to boost the sale of its own green-friendly vehicles, will take off among tech-savvy Swedes. “Electric cars is a reality, but even though it’s year 2016, a year when environmental issues are a big topic, the infrastructure is lacking,” Renault spokesperson Lars
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