3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (187+ words) Sept 11 (Reuters) - Global demand for electric vehicles rose for a sixth consecutive month in August, with Europe leading the growth, data from UK-based research firm Benchmark Mineral Intelligence showed on Friday. Sales of battery-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles show growing…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (276+ words) GUYANCOURT, France, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Renault on Thursday unveiled its new Niagara pickup truck, a model that would look out of place on the streets of Paris but is central to the French automaker's growth strategy in Latin America. Renault is…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (401+ words) MILAN, Sept 9 (Reuters) - The head of Italian auto suppliers lobby Anfia has urged the European Union to impose 80% tariffs on Chinese-made vehicles and parts above a certain threshold to safeguard Europe's car industry. Anfia President Roberto Vavassori told Reuters that…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (210+ words) STOCKHOLM, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Slovenia has approved Tesla’s FSD driver-assistance system for use on its roads, the U.S. automaker said, becoming the sixth European country to do so ahead of a potential EU-wide vote. • "FSD Supervised now approved in Slovenia. Rollout…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (375+ words) OSNABRUECK, Germany, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Israel's Aurelius Capital and Volkswagen's home state of Lower Saxony plan to take over the German automaker's Osnabrueck plant and convert it to defence production, in a move labour officials said could preserve about 1,400 of the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (97+ words) SHANGHAI/BEIJING, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Volkswagen's premium subsidiary Audi on Thursday established an innovation hub with its Chinese partner SAIC Motor for the China-exclusive AUDI brand, the company said in a statement. • The companies did not disclose the venture's ownership structure....

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (113+ words) Sept 2 (Reuters) - Sweden-based Volvo Cars sold 148,239 cars in the three-month period between June and August, down 7.4% compared to the same period last year, the company said on Wednesday. • In the United States, lower demand for electric and plug-in hybrid cars…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (112+ words) Volkswagen management proposes shutdown of four German plants by 2034, WiWo reports Euronext Markets: Real-time Stock Market Data | live Volkswagen management proposes shutdown of four German plants by 2034, WiWo reports BERLIN, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Volkswagen's management board plans to propose ending production…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (170+ words) Sept 1 (Reuters) - Tesla's new car registrations in Portugal fell by 36.5% in August from a year ago to 148 units, even as new registrations of light electric vehicles grew by 65.2%, the country's automobile industry association ACAP said on Tuesday. In the January-August…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (319+ words) STOCKHOLM, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Tesla's supervised self-driving technology recorded 4.1 times fewer collisions than manually driven Tesla cars in the five European countries where it is permitted, the automaker said on Tuesday, as it steps up lobbying efforts ahead of an EU…...