Focus on automotive: Industry
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07/26/2017Bugatti's CEO, Wolfgang Dürheimer, anticipated to Autocar that the future generation of Chiron will surely be battery-powered. It remains to decide whether it will be a hybrid or a pure electric model.In any case, for the development of the new Chiron there is no hurry, as the life cycle of the current series will last for many years.Even Bugatti... -
07/25/2017Honda organized a special ceremony for the official inauguration of a new research and development center in Thailand.The facility is located at Royana Industrial Park, Prachinburi Province, and it is the first of its kind outside of Japan and the United States.The center will focus on the development of new models designed especially for the... -
07/25/2017The BMW Group announces a future investment of 200 million euros to strengthen the facilities of the Leipzig plant.The building work will start in the first months of the next year and it will include an extension of the paint shop and alternations in the bodyshop and assembly areas. The work is scheduled to finish in 2020 on time to produce the... -
07/25/2017Hyundai announced that it will invest 300 billion won, about 250 million euros, to strengthen its production and to modernize even more its second Korean plant in Ulsan, southern province of Gyeongsang.A similar initiative (but with "limited" costs of 220 billion won) was adopted for the first Ulsan factory.Thanks to the new investment, Ulsan's... -
07/22/2017It was July 21, 1987 when Ferrari unveiled the new F40 at the Civic Center of Maranello where today the Ferrari Museum stands.Designed to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Prancing Horse, the F40 was the last car to bring the signature of the founder Enzo Ferrari and represented the utmost expression of the advanced technology of the carmaker... -
07/22/2017Toyota is definitely optimistic about the sales balance in Thailand for the whole 2017 during which the Japanese carmaker is celebrating its 55th year of presence in the emerging Southeast Asian market.According to the top managers of the local division, the total sales of the Thai market will grow by 8% compared to the previous result for a... -
07/22/2017From August, Hyundai will launch the renewed Sonata even in the emerging markets of the Middle East and Africa.According to Hyundai's head of operations for Africa and the Middle East, Mike Song, the new version is designed to replicate the success of the previous series.The Sonata shares the N platform with Tucson and Grandeur and it will help...