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Electric vehicles belonging to Ford, Audi, BMW, Daimler, Chrysler, General Motors, Volkswagen and Porsche will all share compatibility with the combined charging technology, that integrates

'Following on from the best first quarter in the company’s history, we have just reported our most successful April sales ever. We are well on

However, less than half (44%) said they will invest in new technologies in the coming year. This gap points to a need for technology implementation across

The TomTom Speed Camera app offers access to TomTom’s premium Speed Camera service in a standalone app. The app has a new dedicated user interface that

Toyota are refusing to let the recent natural disasters in the far-east hold them back as sales for April rose by 11.6%, thus allowing them

'If economic conditions don't substantially change, we expect higher outlays for new models, technology and assembly expansion with an operating result at the high level

Popular vehicles for the month of April included the Spark (821 units), the compact Beat model (4,586 units), the Aveo sedan (140 units), Optra (28

Although the exact location of the plant remains unconfirmed, it is believed that Audi will produce an SUV model as the automaker prepares itself for

SKODA’s revenue rose 8.4% to EUR 2.9bn in the first three months of the year (Q1 2011: EUR 2.7bn). At the same time, the operating

With 635,000 vehicles sold across the world – an increase of 12.4% over 2011 – the company recorded revenues of 11.8 trillion Korean Won (£6.5bn),

The government support and charging infrastructure have helped the Nissan LEAF become the second best-selling Nissan in Norway and the ninth best-selling passenger car overall in

 In November 2004, LeasePlan Corporation N.V. signed an Alliance Agreement with what was formerly known as Baltic Car Lease (now Swedbank), a full service vehicle

Whether it be pulling boats out of the water at Weymouth, providing a mobile camera platform for the marathon, towing a horse ambulance across Greenwich

The vehicle rental company, which trades as Thrifty in the UK, expects earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) to be somewhere between $75

The German brands demonstrated a strong performance within the European new car market during the first quarter of 2012. Volkswagen, Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz all

Formerly named as Artemis, a prototype version recently made its world debut at the Beijing’s Auto China 2012 international motor show and is set to

Super Cruise is designed to ease the driver’s workload on the motorway, in both bumper-to-bumper traffic and on long road trips by relying on a

Registrations across the 27-member European Union, also Switzerland, Norway and Iceland, witnessed a 6.6% decline on last year. Total unit sales for the region within

Marchionne firmly believes that figures will reduce even more this year to 13.1m total unit sales (2011: 13m). His opinion comes as a result of

Powered by a 70hp and 200Nm rear axle-mounted electric motor with a lithium-ion battery and a 1.6 THP petrol engine which will generate 225bhp and

The automaker will invest an estimated YEN 30-40bn ($371m-$494m) into the plant which will be responsible for producing the Murano and X-Trail sports utility vehicles

In Europe, Kia sales were up 19.3% on last March to 54,106 units, however, consumers appeared more reluctant to buy in the automakers home country

The automaker is hoping to achieve sales in China of more than 1.2m units by 2015. The automaker believes that the addition of Hybrid vehicles

Co-funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) with a 50% cost-share by Johnson Controls, the 24-month programme is aimed at further developing the company’s

The research looked at buyer habits since the beginning of 2008, a period during which the United States has seen fuel prices per gallon almost

'The 4,936 BMW and Mini vehicles were sold to customers across 14 Middle East markets, marking yet another record in the group's history in terms

The vehicles, which are on a long-term lease through Arval, will be provided to employees on a loan basis for urban business use, with the

Sales in the China region increased by 84.9% with 578 cars delivered to customers. However, sales in the US, which previously claimed the top spot,

Executives including AVTOVAZ president, Igor Komarov, Renault chief operating officer, Carlos Tavares and Nissan chief operating officer, Toshiyuki Shiga hosted Putin (Inset) at the “Job

Dedicated to reducing its impact on the environment both in emissions emitted from Honda products as well as from the company’s manufacturing activities, these initiatives

First quarter sales for Daimler AG rose on last year's figures and total unit sales for Mercedes-Benz in the first quarter rose by 12% to

In total, 339, 200 new cars were registered last month, up 3.5% on the same period last year.  New car registrations in the first quarter

Sixt's meet & greet service and luxury cars are now available to travellers and private customers at two branches in the Manila metropolitan region – at Makati

Total sales in march fell to 23.5% (197,033), while commercial vehicle sales also dropped by 12.2% (36,493) in March on the same period last year.

Enterprise has taken a 15% stake in eHi Auto Services which gives it access to 7,600 rental vehicles in 383 locations in 48 cities across

Hermann Scholl was made a junior member of the board of management in 1973 and a full member in 1975. He chaired the board of

Howkins told Fleet World Confidential: 'It’s really an expansion of my existing position, dealing with some of our largest European accounts and trying to introduce

The quick chargers are part of a wider initiative from Nissan to get 1m consumers switched onto electric driving, in just 100 days. The basis

At a total cost of EUR 800m, the plant is situated in the city of Kecskemet, which sits approximately 100km South-East of Budapest. Approximately 3,000

The agreement follows the memorandum of understanding concerning a mid-to-long-term collaboration on next-generation environment-friendly vehicles and technologies announced by the two companies on December 1,

In partnership with Isuzu Commercial Truck of America, Johnson Refrigerated Truck Bodies, Thermo King and Deli Express/E.A. Sween Company, the team aims to produce a lighter-weight diesel truck