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ECARX to Unveil New Immersive Makalu Digital Cockpit Display at IAA Mobility in Munich

ECARX will display its immersive Makalu digital cockpit at IAA MOBILITY during its first appearance at the world’s largest mobility event, taking place in Munich from 04-08 September in Germany. Makalu is ECARX’s fifth-generation, ultra-high performance digital cockpit computing platform system, which enables a longer product lifecycle without any hardware ...

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VW in Hanover Scales Back Production Due to Parts Shortage

Volkswagen is to scale back production at VW Commercial Vehicles in Hanover due to missing engine parts from Slovenia following catastrophic flooding. “Based on the current situation, we have to prepare for the fact that here in Hanover, from mid-September for several weeks, we won’t be able to produce any combustion engine vehicles,” ...

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New Vehicle Sales Stumble in August

New vehicle sales stumbled in August, showing the first potential signs of strain amidst economic headwinds. The market has performed resiliently despite tightening household budgets, low business and consumer confidence, and impact of the energy crisis among other factors. According to figures released by naamsa | the Automotive Business Council, ...

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BMW: E-cars Are at Least as Profitable as Conventional Vehicles

German automaker BMW is earning no less money with its electric cars than with its petrol and diesel vehicles, according to boss Oliver Zipse. He presented the first of a new generation of vehicles last Sunday. Producing them is more expensive, the costs are higher but “the assumption that combustion ...

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VW Sticking to E-car Focus Even if Sales Are Temporarily Low

Plans to Launch 11 New Electric Models by 2027 German carmaker Volkswagen is hoping demand for electric vehicles will pick up after a recent weakening, and is focusing on its e-vehicle portfolio, brand manager Thomas Schäfer said ahead of the IAA Mobility trade fair. “By 2027, we as a brand ...

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Hélène Josselin Joins Renault Group as VP Renault Brand Communications

Hélène Josselin has joined the  Renault Group as VP Renault Brand Communications with effect from September 1, 2023 as the 50-year-old 1995 graduate of Ecole Supérieure de Commerce (ESC)  becomes a member of the Renault brand management committee. With her appointment, Hélène Josselin, who succeeded Christian Stein, who now joins the executive ...

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Stallion NMN Tickles Cricket Fans with World Cup Trophy Tour

Stallion NMN, the official Nissan representative in Nigeria, has just completed hosting the Nigeria leg of the International Cricket Council (ICC)’s World Cup trophy tour in association with the Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF). The cup was displayed to the public on Tuesday 29 August 2023 at the Moshood Abiola National ...

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Jascha Straub: Translating Bugatti Customers’ Visions into Reality

Sur Mesure is the ultimate personalization program by Bugatti, offering automotive couture limited only by the imagination of customers. It is a truly incomparable personal process of co-creation; a journey of months and years of collaboration between the Bugatti specialists and the customer to deliver a precise execution of their ...

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Supportive Infrastructure Crucial for Widespread EVs’ Adoption  – Marisa Lago

The Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, U.S. Department of Commerce, Marisa Lago, has stated  that supportive infrastructure is critical for Electric Vehicles adoption in Nigeria. Lago stated this in Lagos while speaking at the Microsoft Garage Hackathon on Electric Vehicles adoption  during the recent  Global Diversity Export Initiative ...

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Autogas Conversion: N250bn NGEP Fund Still Lying Idle at CBN – Chairman

The Chairman, National Gas Expansion Programme (NGEP), Dr. Mohammed M. Ibrahim, has lamented that the N250bn National Gas Expansion Programme (NGEP) fund approved by former President Muhammadu Buhari and domiciled at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to encourage Nigerians to convert their retro vehicles to gas is still lying idle ...

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