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09/16/2017Toyota and Honda are collaborating with Shell Oil for the construction of seven new hydrogen supply stations in the northern part of California.Fuel cell refill columns will rise in San Francisco (three) and in Berkeley, Sacramento, Citrus Heights, and Walnut Creek.The project is supported economically by the California Energy Commission and... -
09/16/2017Lexus started sales in Japan of its renewed NX, available in petrol and hybrid versions.Numerous improvements to the SUV both at an external level and on board and increasingly advanced safety features within the Lexus Safety System+.Launched in 2014, NX reached its sales peak the following year with over 18,500 units sold in Japan and reaching... -
09/15/2017Yesterday the German Chancellor Angela Merkel officially inaugurated the opening to the public of the Frankfurt Motor Show.Merkel reiterated the strategic future importance of developing less polluting cars, asking the local auto industry to invest heavily in the industry without ignoring the development of combustion engines.The Chancellor then... -
09/15/2017Skoda's global sales growth continues.The Czech carmaker has closed August with sales increasing by 6.7% over the same month of 2016 to 86,100 units due to the growing popularity in Europe, India and Russia and exploiting the excellent trend of the new Superb and Kodiaq.Skoda continues to strengthen its volumes with the upcoming debut of the new... -
09/15/2017Suzuki officially inaugurated its new Indian plant, the first totally autonomous managed compared with the two factories shared with the local Maruti partner.The plant is located in Hansalpur, Gujarat region, and it was opened at the presence of the Premier of India and Japan, respectively Narendra Modi and Shinzo Abe, welcomed by the Chairman of... -
09/15/2017DriveNow, the car sharing service of the joint venture between BMW Group and Sixt SE, is now operational also in Lisbon, where a collaboration with the franchising partner Brisa Group, the leading private transport infrastructure operator in Portugal, has been started.Thus now thirteen cities come to use the service. The initial fleet for Lisbon... -
09/15/2017It's called Intelligent World Drive and it's a tour managed by Mercedes in all five continents to test automated driving on a S-Class basis.The first stop started from the Frankfurt Motor Show, baptized by Daimler's CEO, Dieter Zetsche, and until next January (the final stage will be at the CES in Las Vegas) the special S-Class will face several...