The announcement by the Minister of Enterprise and Made in Italy, Adolfo Urso, to bring forward to 2025 the review of the timing of the stop of production of endothermic engines seems timely and opportune in light of the news coming in daily, most recently the possible closure of two Volkswagen plants in Germany and Volvo's farewell to electric-only by 2030, regarding the measures being taken by carmakers around the world to respond to the failure of sales of electric-powered vehicles to take off. This is according to Federauto ...

Thick fog, heavy rain, a stalled vehicle around a bend: in road traffic, such sudden events can have catastrophic consequences. With its “road hazard” road warning service, Bosch provides drivers with real-time information about potential hazards along the way, greatly reducing the risk of accidents. Since June, the service has been used millions of times in Europe in the car fleet of a major German automaker. Now Bosch is introducing it to the commercial vehicle segment: starting in December, the road hazard service will also be available in vehicles from ...

Pirelli and Bosch have signed a joint technology development agreement with the goal of creating new software-based solutions and driving capabilities through sensors installed in tires, also known as “in-tyre” sensors. For drivers, this means greater safety, comfort and sustainability, as well as improved driving dynamics. The two companies share a vision of a long-term path to jointly explore the use of data streams from tires as inputs to vehicle dynamics control systems. Under the new agreement, Bosch will provide the hardware and software expertise it has developed over time ...

No backtracking, but rather the need to accelerate on targets to 2035. It is a clear message that the EU Commission from Brussels -- in the voice of European Commissioner for the Internal Market Thierry Breton -- has sent to the auto industry within an environment described as “not very rosy,” squeezed between still slow progress on decarbonizing the industry and competition from low prices from Chinese cars. Breton said he was concerned about European automakers' delays on their (political) commitment to phase out endothermic engines from the market by 2035. He ...

Passing of the baton at Volkswagen Group Italy: Christoph Aringer is the new CEO, replacing Marcus Osegowitsch who, after three years at the top, will devote himself to new tasks within the Group. Aringer has a career of more than 35 years in the automotive industry spent at Porsche Holding Salzburg and Škoda Auto. Following the expansion of Porsche Holding Salzburg's business activities to China (from 2004 to 2014), Aringer held various management positions in Mladá Boleslav (Czech Rep.) and Shanghai (from 2018 to 2021). Most recently, he was ...

The European auto industry could face penalties of up to 15 billion euros in 2025 for exceeding emissions set in European targets due to low uptake of electric vehicles. This is according to Renault Group CEO and president of the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA), Luca de Meo. “Simply setting deadlines and fines without having the possibility to make them more flexible is very dangerous,” he explained. Starting next year, manufacturers will face new limits on fleet emissions: the minimum requirement for new cars will drop from 116 g/km ...

In August, China's new car market recorded its fifth consecutive month of decline, with retail sales of sedans, crossovers, SUVs and multipurpose vehicles falling 1 percent to 1.9 million units estimated the China Passenger Car Association. The slump in vehicle demand in the last week of August wiped out the volume growth recorded during the first weeks of the month said the trade group. In contrast, sales of electrified vehicles continued to grow, registering a larger share of the market. Nearly 1.02 million all-electric and plug-in hybrid ...

General Motors has decided to merge the BrightDrop electric van brand into Chevrolet. What until recently was a new independent brand in the portfolio dedicated to the production of electric commercial vehicles will now live within the Detroit-based group's more emblazoned and well-known Brand. It should be seen in the light of reaching a growing possible number of professional customers, the move to transfer the BrighDrop business under the umbrella of an already well-known brand, an operation that could help General Motors replicate the success that rival Ford is ...

The world's oldest Bentley T-Series, a standard sedan in Shell Grey, has returned to Crewe after 59 years. Carefully reconstructed and retaining much of the original components and equipment, it takes its place in the Bentley Heritage Collection of road and race cars that together describe the 105-year history of the marque. The T-Series chassis number SBH1001 was used as the company's test car and appeared in the original press photo shoot after the model's launch at the 1965 Paris Motor Show. When it was found under ...

For several years now, Intel, a U.S.-based manufacturer of semiconductors and microprocessors also adopted by many automotive companies, has been investing in a new manufacturing process called 18A, which is expected to enable the production of faster and more efficient chips. It is an investment on which the once industry-leading company is banking heavily in order to emerge from a long-standing slump. In early September, however, Reuters revealed that 18A has technical problems: Intel sent the Broadcom chip company wafers made with this technique that it was supposed ...