Tata Motors unit Jaguar Land Rover after three year court battle has won a legal case to prevent China car brand from selling a copycat vehicle. In 2016 UK-based carmaker sued Jiangling Motors Corporation for its Landwind X7 sport utility vehicle, which the company claimed bore an extremely strong resemblance to the Range Rover Evoque.…
Elon Musk, dressed all in black showed off Model Y in front of an adoring crowd of Tesla employees and customers, making an extended rendition of the electric car history before taking credit for what he claimed was its impact on the rest of the automobile industry forcing companies to secure their own futures on…
The Geneva International Motor Show, in Switzerland opens this week, at a time when manufacturers increasingly wary of spending cash on big set-piece event, as traditional motor shows seem to be in decline, with electrification the dominant theme. Mercedes and Audi who are in the process of developing whole new electric ranges will both have…
Aston Martin which has 2, 500 employees around the world, has appointed its first female president Laura Schwab in the British luxury car maker’s 105-year history on 31st August 2018. Ms Schwab, head of Aston Martin the Americas, says her promotion signals “Pivotal moment in time for women- not just the auto industry, but all…
US car sales could strink from more than 17m last year to just 11.5m by 2025, about the same level seen in 2008-09 which caused GM and Chrysler to go Bankrupt and Ford to suffer a £11.2bn ($14.6bn) loss. GM after celebrating the world’s largest carmaker for the 76th straight year in 2007 on £19.25bn…
In Bristol 170 engineers are designing the world’s most complex next generation AI computer chips the size of the postage stamp, Colossus, which boasts 1216 processors designed for artificial intelligence applications from voice recognition to self-driving cars. Colossus named after computer used by cryptographers at Bletchley Park during the second world war, was top…
India has displaced Germany as the world’s fourth largest market for vehicle sales by volume and is in line to take the number three position from Japan within the next three years. Commercial and passenger vehicle sales in India grew 8.3 per cent in 2018 to 3.99m, overtaking the 3.74 of sales in Germany,…
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars owned by BMW, recorded its highest ever sales last year as wealthy US buyers, buoyed by Donald Trump’s tax cuts splashed out on luxury cars with an annual sale of 4, 107 a rise of 22 per cent after the relaunch of its flagship Phantom and launch of its first sports utility…
Japanese carmaker Toyota has been granted a patent that describes a car that is capable of flying. The car is described to have wheels with rotor blades, which would allow it to take off vertically. Each of the wheels will have an electric motor fed by a system that would generate enough electric power to drive…
The British luxury carmaker, Aston Martin is targeting a valuation of £5bn when it lists its shares on the London Stock Exchange on 3rd October 2018. Andy Palmer, CEO of Aston Martin said ”We have seen almost unprecedented investor interest. This has always been part of the dream to put a car company back on…