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Marelli wins 2020 Altair lightweighting award

autherAutocar Professional Bureau     calendar05 Aug 2020

Using its Advanced Sheet Moulding Compression process, Marelli team develops a lightweight steering knuckle; combination of ASMC and lightweight materials can be an industry disrupter.

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Gordon Murray T50: “Purest, lightest supercar ever built”

By Steve Cropley, Autocar UK calendar05 Aug 2020

Ultra-light, mid-engined, all-carbonfibre three-seater has a 650bhp atmospheric V12 and a three-seat carbonfibre cabin...

Solaris to deliver 70 low-floor CNG buses to Warsaw transport operator

autherAutocar Professional Bureau calendar04 Aug 2020

MZA Warszawa has ordered a total of 70 buses, consisting of 40 Solaris Urbino 12 CNG and 30 articulated Solaris Urbino...

Ford CEO Jim Hackett to retire, Jim Farley to take charge

autherAutocar Professional Bureau calendar04 Aug 2020

Jim Hackett, who has led Ford’s transformation since 2017, plans to retire. Jim Farley appointed the new president and...

Volvo Cars bucks downward trend, clocks 14% growth in July

By Felix Page, Autocar UK calendar04 Aug 2020

The Swedish firm sold 62,291 cars worldwide last month, with growth recorded in the European, US and Chinese markets.

Optare delivers first of 21 battery-electric Metrodecker double-decker buses to First York

autherAutocar Professional Bureau calendar04 Aug 2020

First bus, which has a range of 256km, goes into service. The whole batch will be delivered by the end of September

Volvo CMA platform-built cars cross 600,000 sales milestone

autherAutocar Professional Bureau calendar04 Aug 2020

The platform debuted in 2017 with the Volvo XC40, and due to its modular design, was used to create the Lynk & Co 01, ...

Volkswagen opens SKD vehicle assembly facility in Ghana

autherAutocar Professional Bureau calendar03 Aug 2020

Ghana becomes fifth VW vehicle assembly location in sub-Saharan Africa after South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria and Rwanda. ...

Knorr-Bremse and Mobileye launch retrofittable turning assistant for CVs to detect blind spots

autherAutocar Professional Bureau calendar03 Aug 2020

ProFleet Assist+ is a camera-based system which analyses visual data from the vehicle’s environment in real-time.

Skoda appoints Thomas Schafer as CEO

autherAutocar Professional Bureau calendar03 Aug 2020

Thomas Schafer, who has nearly 30 years of auto industry experience, will assume the role of Chairman of the Board at ...