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Europe's leading car manufacturers, OEMs include 16 major car, truck, van and bus makers: BMW, DAF, Daimler-Benz, Ferrari, Ford, Honda, Hyundai, Iveco Group, Jaguar Land Rover, Mercedes, Groupe Renault, Stellantis, Toyota, Volkswagen, Volvo Car and AB Volvo.

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Mercedes may also participate in the MNB's bond program

Mercedes-Benz Manufacturing Hungary Kft. Has completed the qualification required for participation in the bond program of the Hungarian National Bank. Based on the rating of its parent company, it has also been certified with a stable outlook from Scope Ratings. The ltd. It plans to issue a $ 40 billion bond

Slovenia

Slovenia's Hidria to supply parts for BMW hybrid electric vehicles

Hidria will supply innovative aluminium housings for steering systems to BMW; as of 2023 this German giant will use these housings in all its new hybrid and electric vehicles. This confirms our Corporation’s leading role as an innovative pre-development supplier of key parts of steering systems in premium vehicles

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Mercedes-Benz record - 55,555 Citaro buses produced. And anniversary bus is an eCitaro destined for Sweden

A big occasion for the low-floor Citaro bus: today, Mercedes-Benz delivered the 55,555th urban bus of the successful model series. The anniversary bus is an all-electric, locally emission-free eCitaro which will be on the road for the Swedish Bergkvarabuss AB company in the port town of Trelleborg. Roman Biondi,

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Brose Group's Ulrich Schrickel to become CEO - Changes to the executive management board

During a meeting the shareholders and advisory board of the Brose Group decided to make the following changes to the Brose executive management board: Ulrich Schrickel will become CEO of the Brose. Kurt Sauernheimer, who has been head of the executive management board since the beginning of 2018, is retiring.

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Nissan leads calls for battery technology roll-out to achieve EU climate change targets

An action plan to unlock the potential of electric vehicles and battery technology and enable Europe to meet its goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2050. The proposals are designed to increase renewable energy generation, electric vehicle (EV) ownership and the integration of vehicles with power grids across European countries.

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ŠKODA AUTO again top in the Czech Top 100 competition.

For the nineteenth time it has become the most successful Czech company. In addition to the absolute victory, the car manufacturer was also number one in the Czech brand category. Thanks to its long-term extraordinary results, it defended its leading position in the Czech economy. Czech car manufacturer is the

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PSA Group and Fiat Chrysler Automobile sign a 50-50 merger agreement that will create fourth largest carmaker by volume, based on combined production of 8.7m units pa

Completion of the proposed merger is expected to take place in 12-15 months and will also mean the creation of the third largest carmaker in the world by revenue, with a combined taking of €170 billion ($185.6 billion). The combined entity is expected to deliver €3.7 billion in

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Tesla plans for 500,000 cars yearly to roll off European production lines

American company Tesla electric cars will produce 500,000 vehicles a year at its plant near Berlin. Elon Musk announced in November that its first European plant - and, after the Shanghai plant, the second outside America - would be built near the new Berlin-Brandenburg International Airport (BER). According to

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First use of Brose door drive in Volvo Cars’ autonomous drive ready XC90 for Uber Advanced Technologies Group

Brose will supply side door drives for Swedish premium carmaker Volvo Cars’ first vehicle ready for autonomous driving (AD). The manufacturer will start supplying the ride sharing company Uber Advanced Technologies Group with AD-ready Volvo XC90 at the end of the year. It is Volvo Cars’ first series production of

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SOR Libchavy wins large orders for electric buses delivering a total of 72 to Romania

Bus manufacturer SOR Libchavy has succeeded in three major competitions for the supply of new electric buses in Romania. A total of 72 of its electric buses will be delivered to the cities of Turda, Brasov and Zalău. Filip Murgaš, Commercial Director of SOR, confirmed acquisition of new orders. SOR

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Tesla's European plant to be built by 2021, located in Berlin, Elon Musk reveals

Tesla, a US leader in electric vehicle development, builds its first European manufacturing plant in Berlin. Owner Elon Musk said this at a gala in Germany on Tuesday. He said that in Berlin, besides the cars, they would also manufacture batteries and drive systems. Musk added that a development center

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Skoda could produce Karoq in Volkswagen plant in Bratislava, Slovakia

Bratislava factory of the German Volkswagen automaker could now also manufacture the Škoda Karoq sports utility vehicle (SUV). Referring to the announcement of the unions of the Slovak plant VolkswagenFactory spokeswoman Lucia Kovarovich Makay said the decision to allocate new production had not yet been made. The Volkswagen factory in

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Kamaz is building a €14 million plant for electric buses in Moscow, production rate to start at 500 units/pa

Russian CVs manufacturer Kamaz is building a plant for electric buses and their components in Moscow, as well as an R&D innovation centre for improving the quality of electric passenger transport. Around 14 million euros will be invested in the project. The company has now signed a corresponding

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Skoda starts mass production of electric Citigo - Six months since the world's first fully electric Skoda was introduced

Electric Citigo has already sold out the boot series, but the cars actually started production just yesterday. On November 20, the first electric car of the Czech automobile factory, intended for the end customer, rolled off the production line in Bratislava, Slovakia. Full technical data has been out for a

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Draxlmaier - Tier1 components manufacturer opens 30 million-euro plant in Moldova with 5,000 jobs

German automotive components manufacturer Draxlmaier has opened a 30 million-euro plant in the Cahul Free Economic Zone, in southwestern Moldova. It is the company’s third facility in the country; Draxlmaier also operates two auto cable systems plants in the northern town of Bălți. More than 1,500 people will

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Audi and Hydro - joint commitment to sustainable aluminium with Audi e-tron

supply chain of the Audi e-tron is becoming more sustainable: Hydro now supplies sustainable aluminium for the battery housing of the first fully electric model of the company. The material is processed and manufactured along the entire value chain in an environmentally conscious manner and under socially acceptable working conditions.

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Rimac initiative - New Auto Industry as the direction of strategic development of Croatia

Rimac Automobili and the representatives of the Government of the Republic of Croatia met for a discussion about the potential of the new auto industry development in Croatia. Founder and CEO, Mr. Mate Rimac, hosted Mr. Andrej Plenković, Prime Minister of the Government of the Republic of Croatia, ministers and

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Visteon wins Jaguar Land Rover supplier excellence award for longstanding relationship and innovative technology

Visteon Corporation a global cockpit electronics leader, has been recognized for providing innovative technology to Jaguar Land Rover over the course of a longstanding relationship. Visteon President and CEO Sachin Lawande received the award from JLR’s CEO Prof. Dr. Ralf Speth, and Ian Harnett, director of global purchasing. At

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AUDI Hungaria invests €127mln into Győr plant: e-motor production capacity, started in 2018, and engine development centre and vehicle manufacturing infrastructure to be expanded

AUDI Hungaria is to launch a comprehensive development at its Győr plant: the e-motor production capacity, started a year ago, as well as the engine development centre and the vehicle manufacturing infrastructure will all be expanded. The complex investment programme worth EUR 127 million is the first step in the

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Kia started producing a new XCeed model in Žilina, Slovakia, said Jan Zgravcak

The Kia Motors Slovakia plant launched the production of its new crossover, Kia XCeed, on August 5, after a two-week summer break in the plant, company spokesperson Ján Žgravčák informed. The model was ceremonially launched in late June in the German city of Frankfurt am Main. It is the sixth

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The ŠKODA SCALA was awarded five stars in Euro NCAP tests

In the tests of the independent European New Car Assessment Program (Euro NCAP), ŠKODA SCALA received the best possible five-star rating. Especially the protection of adult crew members and cyclists was very well evaluated. Thanks to this result, ŠKODA SCALA is one of the safest models in its segment In

CzechRepublic

Tatra supplies its chassis around the world. Several hundred will end up in Jordan

Tatra Kopřivnice wins orders all over the world. More than three hundred unique Tatra chassis under a billion-dollar contract will also deliver to Jordan. This is the biggest project of this year for the automaker. Tatra will gradually deliver a total of 328 Tatra Force 4 x 4 chassis to

people

Oliver Zipse appointed new Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG

Oliver Zipse will assume the role of Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG effective on 16 August 2019. The company’s Supervisory Board made this decision today during its meeting in Spartanburg, South Carolina (USA). Zipse will succeed Harald Krüger, who informed the Chairman of the Supervisory

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Slovakia and Spain will produce batteries for PSA at Cities of Trnava and Vigo

So far, batteries have been purchased from Asian companies, and will now be manufactured by PSA in Trnava and Vigo. The Group has also decided on Slovakia because the demand for diesel has fallen well recently. The production and delivery director of the French concern of Peugeot, Citroen and DS

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Innovation / Volkswagen: new manual gearbox for less CO2

Volkswagen has developed a new manual gearbox. The MQ281 makes it possible to save up to 5 g CO2 / km, depending on the engine. The new Passat is the first to receive it. The Volkswagen group has decided to tackle manual transmission to save a few grams of CO 2