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Audi invests in Cubic Telecom

Audi subsidiary Audi Electronics Venture GmbH (AEV) has acquired a “strategic minority interest” in the Irish mobile telephone provider. Peter Steiner, head of AEV, said: “Audi and Cubic Telecom

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Volvo XC90 PHEV to bring 49g/km

The carmaker said the 10g/km improvement over the earlier announced figures were achieved thanks to further tuning which has also brought additional horsepower. The four-cylinder

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EU demand for commercial vehicles up 13.3% in Q1

The March increase of 20.7% marks the highest monthly growth since December 2013 and saw the market total 223,749 units. Growth was sustained across all segments of commercial vehicles. Spain (+67.6%), the UK (+25.6%), Germany (+13.1%), France (+11.1%) and Italy (+10.2%) all posted double-digit growth. In the first quarter of 2015, the EU market expanded by 13.3%, totalling 502,210 commercial vehicles. Spain (+42.3%), the UK (+24.2%), Germany (+7.1%) and Italy (+7.0%) all posted growth, while France was the only major market to record a decline (-0.5%). For new light commercial vehicles up to 3.5t – or ‘vans’ –

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