BYD has hired Alfredo Altavilla as Special Advisor for the European market, reinforcing the Brand's commitment to expand and consolidate its presence in one of the most important and strategic markets globally. Altavilla, an executive with a distinguished career in the automotive industry, brings with him extensive leadership and business development experience. From November 2012 to August 2018, he served as Chief Operating Officer for Europe, Africa and the Middle East (EMEA) at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), where he was also a member of the Group Executive Council and ...

Bridgestone EMEA together with the BB&G Group and Versalis (Eni) have signed an agreement aimed at creating a circular supply chain to transform end-of-life tires (ELTs) into new tires. The agreement brings together the innovative capacity, experience and technological expertise of the three companies, aiming to develop a model for the industrial-scale creation of an increasingly sustainable supply chain. ELTs will be transformed by pyrolysis into an oil (TPO - Tyre Pyrolysis Oil) that can be used to create high-quality elastomers comparable to those obtained from traditional feedstock for the ...

BYD on the attack in Europe: aiming to circumvent duties on Chinese electric cars, it will buy Swedish car distributor Hedin Electric Mobility, which operates in Germany. The Chinese giant will handle vehicle and component sales activities in the German market, as well as the operation of stores in Stuttgart and Frankfurt. The deal is subject to approval and is expected to close in the fourth quarter. The move will allow BYD to take greater control of its strategy particularly in the German country, where sales were just over 4 ...

Readers of the German magazine Auto Straßenverkehr awarded Alfa Romeo Tonale the scepter of most attractive vehicle: the SUV's design took first place in two different categories. At the “Family Car of the Year” Awards, in the price range of 35,000 to 45,000 euros, the Tonale, with 12.2 percent of the vote, took first place in the import vehicle category and also in the overall ranking, garnering 7.3 percent of the overall vote and thus beating out competition from many German brands. The head ...

Charging one's electric car quickly, conveniently and, most importantly, anywhere: for many drivers around the world this is often more of a dream than a reality. Along with range and cost, charging is a major concern for drivers, as a study by the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW) shows. Bosch wants to remedy this with its proprietary platform, offering more than one million charging stations on four continents and thus setting the next milestone for better access to charging infrastructure. All this makes the company's ...

Scuderia Ferrari HP won the Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix in Monza thanks to a masterpiece by the team and an outstanding performance by Leclerc, who was able to make the Hard tires last longer than anyone else, managing to hold off the two McLarens of Piastri and Norris until the checkered flag. At the start Leclerc and Sainz took advantage of Russell's mistake at the first chicane to move up to third and fourth, and the Monegasque was then ready to overtake Norris for second place after Piastri ...

On Saturday, August 31st, Fabrizio Longo, director of Audi Italy, died as a result of a mountain accident: he fell from a via ferrata at 3,000 meters near the Payer peak in the Adamello group in Trentino, Italy. Longo, a mountain enthusiast and experienced mountaineer, had undertaken the climb leading up to the peak solo and plunged about 200 meters into the void, probably due to a loss of balance. The alarm was raised by another mountaineer who witnessed the accident. Rescuers from the Pinzolo station of the Soccorso ...

Ford Motor is again changing its strategy on electrification, canceling long-planned three-row (7/8-seat) electric crossovers and delaying its next-generation full-size battery-powered pickup truck by 18 months, while reducing spending on zero-emission products. The Dearborn-based automaker in late August said changes to its plans could cost it up to 1.9 billion dollars, including a (non-cash) charge of 400 million related to the cancellation of crossovers it had previously postponed from 2025. Instead of those electric vehicles Ford now plans to build a family of three-row hybrid crossovers, but has ...

Ferrari announced this morning that a partnership with the international banking group UniCredit will begin on January 1st, 2025, and will be at its side in Formula 1 sports activities under a multi-year agreement.

For Monterey Car Week 2024, Automobili Lamborghini welcomed its VIP guests to the setting of the exclusive Lamborghini Lounge Monterey, a private villa transformed into a prestigious brand experience. At The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering - the highlight of the event - Lamborghini unveiled the Temerario, a new twin-turbo V8 hybrid super sports car that sets new benchmarks in the super sports car segment thanks to its total power output of 920 hp, touching a top speed of more than 340 km/h and accelerating from 0 to 100 km/h in ...