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Fusion perfect: Stellantis auto company with 14 brands

The French Peugeot manufacturer PSA and Fiat Chrysler (FCA) confirmed on Saturday (16. Jan. 2021) that they have completed their mega merger to become the world’s fourth largest auto company. The transatlantic company Stellantis carries 000 car brands from Europe and the USA such as Peugeot, Citroën, Jeep, Maserati or Alfa Romeo . With Opel,… Read more

Enel X, ultra-fast charging stations in IP service stations

Enel X and IP give a new boost to the spread of electric mobility in Italy, creating a network of ultrafast stations that will allow owners of electric and hybrid plug-in vehicles to fill up on energy in about 15 minutes of Rosario Grasso published on 17 January 2021 , at 10: 01 in the… Read more

BMW becomes the latest automaker to shut down its subscription service

BMW is suspending its two-year-old car subscription service, The Verge has learned. Access by BMW was launched in 2018 in Nashville as a pilot project to test out whether customers would want to have access to a fleet of fancy cars but not necessarily own one. But recent requests to sign up have been met… Read more

Renault presents “Renaulution” savings plan

Renault has unquestionably had turbulent times. The affair about the former boss Ghosn has left its mark and financially there have been lighter periods in the long history of the brand. Espace and Talisman are not big hits, the Mégane looks older than it is in some details, despite the overhaul. The new Renault boss… Read more

Ford, Volkswagen and Nissan: reduced production due to chip shortage

The lack of semiconductor supplies is impacting a lot on the public availability of CPU and GPU, as we have seen in the recent period. But not only that, the automotive market also seems to suffer consequences. by Rosario Grasso published 11 January 2021 , at 11: 01 in the Technology channel Ford Volkswagen Nissan… Read more

Ford will idle its Kentucky plant this week amid semiconductor shortage

Ford will idle its plant in Kentucky for a week as the automotive industry grapples with a shortage of semiconductors, ABC News reported The automaker’s assembly plant in Louisville produces the Ford Escape and Lincoln Corsair SUVs, and employs about 3,900 hourly workers, according to CNBC. Ford said will take a planned one-week plant shutdown… Read more

Renault Captur E-Tech hybrid review: Cleaner crossover with practical charm

(Pocket-lint) – The Renault Captur was one of the first true crossovers to grace the roads. Sure, it followed the Nissan Juke – which created this segment – but the Captur has seen success. It’s Renault’s best-selling SUV in Europe and the best-selling UK model for Renault too. That’s no surprise, with a fusion of… Read more

More than half of Norwegian new cars in 2020 were purely battery-electric

In Norway 141. 412 Newly registered cars. 76. 789 of which are purely battery-powered, that is 050 percent. This means that for the first time in Norway, more than half of all new cars are battery-electric. Added to this are 28. 905 Plug-in hybrids, the share of new cars with rechargeable batteries in Norway is… Read more

Opel parent company PSA: Shareholders welcome the merger with Fiat Chrysler to form Stellantis

The shareholders of the Opel parent company PSA have approved the merger with Fiat Chrysler (FCA) with an overwhelming majority. The company announced this after an extraordinary general meeting on Monday. Due to the restrictions in France due to the Covid – 19 – pandemic, there was no face-to-face event for the shareholders. “Historic moment”… Read more

Applause from the founding fathers: Mitsubishi i-MiEV, Peugeot iOn & Citroën C-Zero

This article is the fourth part of a series, which is about exciting automotive pioneers that are about to be forgotten. Because mostly their courage was not crowned with success. Part 1: The lightning bolt that nobody wanted: Audi duo, first hybrid on the market Part 2: Nothing was Roger: General Motors’ first EV1 electric… Read more

EU approves mega merger of PSA and Fiat Chrysler, subject to conditions

The EU no longer has any antitrust concerns about the planned mega merger between the Opel parent company PSA and Fiat Chrysler (FCA). However, the prospect of approval is tied to obligations, as the EU Commission announced. The takeover will create the fourth-largest car company in the world. The crux of light commercial vehicles “We… Read more

Re-Factory: Renault dedicates an entire production site to retrofit old vehicles, including towards the electric

‘Re-Factory’: one of Renault’s production plants, in this case the one in Flins-sur-Seine, not very far from Paris, will be dedicated entirely to modernization procedures of existing vehicles, including retrofit operations and conversion into electric vehicles, with a view to the circular economy by Roberto Colombo published 27 November 2020 , at 19: 21 in… Read more

Tesla topped in electric vehicle sales in Western Europe

The advance of car manufacturers in the electric vehicle sector continues inexorably: Tesla suffers from their competition in this 2020, also thanks to the production difficulties linked to the pandemic global by Paolo Corsini published 05 November 2020 , at 11: 09 in the Technology channel Tesla Renault Nissan Hyundai Tesla is no longer the… Read more

VW's ID.3 electric car in test: will it inherit the Golf?

Was that it for the golf? Is the eighth generation the last? That remains to be seen, but there is no question that an electric era is now beginning: Heise / Autos has the VW ID.3 1st Max over Kilometers moved to see what the core of this electric car is, where it is outstanding… Read more

Waymo and Daimler: here are the fully self-driving trucks

Waymo and Daimler, the parent company of Mercedes-Benz, have announced a new global partnership for the supply of trucks that do not require the driver of Rosario Grasso published 28 October 2020 , at 09: 41 in the Technology channel Waymo Daimler Daimler will integrate autonomous driving technology of Waymo , considered the pinnacle of… Read more