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  Volkswagen to buy 20% of battery maker Guoxuan, identifies CATL as ‘strategic supplier’ – report

  21 January 2020 / 0 comments

  Volkswagen is about to take a 20% stake in Chinese battery maker Guoxuan as the German automaker fortifies its electric vehicle efforts for China, the world’s largest automobile market, Reuters reported. This would mark Volkswagen’s […]

  
  

   

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  Mk8 Volkswagen Golf GTI to get 241 hp based on leak

  21 January 2020 / 3 comments

  The Mk8 Volkswagen Golf GTI isn’t due to make its debut until the Geneva Motor Show in March, but it looks like we won’t have to wait until then for more “concrete” details. Recently, an […]

  
  

   

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  Thailand EV production draft roadmap within three years; two companies to begin manufacture this year

  21 January 2020 / 6 comments

  The government of Thailand is drafting a roadmap for the production of electrified vehicles to begin within three years, the Bangkok Post reports. This roadmap will serve as the national master plan for EV manufacture […]

  
  

   

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  BMW i8 production to end in April with no successor

  21 January 2020 / 2 comments

  Shed a tear for the BMW i8, which will bow out in 2020 after six years on the market. Autocar reports that production of the plug-in hybrid sports car will end in April, with no […]

  
  

   

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  Subaru’s entire vehicle range to be electrified by 2035

  21 January 2020 / 2 comments

  Several carmakers have announced their commitment to reducing their carbon footprint via electrification, and Subaru is next to join the crowd. At a recent technology briefing, the company revealed its new long-term targets, which will […]

  
  

   

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  2020 Honda City recalled in Thailand, deliveries halted

  20 January 2020 / 16 comments

  The fifth-generation Honda City was launched in Thailand in late November last year, and barely two months since its debut, the B-segment sedan is now being recalled in the Kingdom. According to a report by […]

  
  

   

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  Top Gear Series 28 – see the cars that will be featured

  20 January 2020 / 3 comments

  Top Gear is set to return this Sunday (January 26), and we’re getting our first look at the cars that will be featured in upcoming season of the popular car show. Series 28 will be […]

  
  

   

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  Tesla to open design and research centre in China

  20 January 2020 / 9 comments

  With Tesla’s Shanghai factory (Gigafactory 3) up and running, the electric carmaker is now looking to open a design and research centre in China. According to a recruitment notice on the company’s official WeChat account, […]

  
  

   

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  BMW M delivered 135,829 cars in 2019, outselling Mercedes-AMG – new M3 and M4 to debut this year

  17 January 2020 / 8 comments

  Recently, the BMW Group and Mercedes-Benz released their sales performance figures for the 2019 financial year, which saw the latter edging out its close rival (with sales from its Mercedes-Benz Vans division taken into account) […]

  
  

   

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  Toyota invests US$394 million in flying car company

  17 January 2020 / 20 comments

  Toyota recently announced it has invested US$394 million (close to RM1.6 billion) in Joby Aviation, an aerospace company that is developing and commercialising an all-electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. Aside from the significant […]

  
  

   

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