Day: January 4, 2021

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China’s Yutong invests US$200m in WeRide | Automotive Industry News

Christine B. Holmes

Chinese technologies corporation WeRide past 7 days mentioned it has lifted US$200m in its B1-collection fundraising from local bus-maker Yutong Group, in accordance to local reviews.

WeRide is 1 of China’s leading autonomous driving technologies corporations and Yutong’s strategic financial commitment is the premier by any car manufacturer so much.

Yutong is looking to bolster its partnership with WeRide in anticipation of foreseeable future desire for autonomous general public transport vehicles in the place.The two corporations have now worked jointly on the development of the driverless mini “Robobus”, a entrance-loading car with no steering wheel, accelerator or brakes.

The two

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Volkswagen expands sites’ charging infrastructure | Automotive Industry News

Christine B. Holmes

The Volkswagen manufacturer suggests it is considerably increasing the charging infrastructure at its German web-sites.

Some 750 new charging factors are prepared for future year, such as the initial Significant Energy Charging stations with up to 300 kW ability. Some 2,000 charging factors in total are anticipated to be in procedure by the conclude of 2021 – over fifty p.c far more than at present. At present, there are now far more than 1,two hundred charging factors at Volkswagen’s ten web-sites in Germany. A large share are publicly accessible and can also be used by EV drivers who do not

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BYD wins order for 406 electric buses in Colombia | Automotive Industry News

Christine B. Holmes

BYD has won an order to deliver one more 406 pure electrical buses to the Colombian capital of Bogota, coming soon right after a preceding announcement on December seventeen of the shipping and delivery of the 470 pure electrical buses to the metropolis. BYD will co-function with Superpolo, a Colombian bus company, on the human body portion of the buses.

The buses ended up tendered by the Bogota Metropolis Public Transport Authority (TRANSMILENIO S.A.). A joint enterprise amongst Colombian enterprise group Fanalca and intercontinental community transport operator Transdev utilized BYD’s built-in E-bus options to bid and productively won the tender.

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PSA shareholders approve FCA merger | Automotive Industry News

Christine B. Holmes

Carlos Tavares will head up Stellantis

Carlos Tavares will head up Stellantis

The merger in between PSA and FCA to produce ‘Stellantis’ has been accredited by PSA’s significant shareholders at a exclusive shareholder assembly nowadays.

The merger offer was rubber stamped by 99% of the votes solid by PSA traders with double voting rights. FCA shareholders are also predicted to approve the offer later on nowadays.

The new automaker team will be termed Stellantis and will convey common brand names such as Peugeot, Citroen, Fiat, Dodge, Jeep, Opel, Alfa Romeo and Maserati less than the same management. The merger will lower costs for each teams many

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PSA Retail France appoints Louis-Marie Chevalier as director | Automotive Industry News

Christine B. Holmes

PSA Retail France has appointed Louis-Marie Chevalier as director.

Chevalier will report to Anne Abboud, senior vice president of PSA Retail and succeeds Eric Basset, who is leaving the team for personal reasons.

Formerly, Chevalier was director of PSA Retail Company Paris, the BtoB product sales construction of PSA Retail France.

Chevalier has held many trade positions in Groupe PSA. He was successively head of Advertising and marketing in Regional Course, then zone manager and ultimately, director of the Citroën Branch in Saint-Etienne.

He also has intercontinental experience as regional supervisor for nations in Central and Northern Europe.

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Jeep Building New Customization Facility At Wrangler, Gladiator Plant

Christine B. Holmes

Jeep knows that homeowners of the Wrangler and Gladiator adore to customize their vehicles with lift kits, lights, and trail-prepared tires. Which is why the business is scheduling to extend its Toledo Assembly Intricate in Ohio (wherever the two of individuals vehicles are constructed) to incorporate an in-property customization facility for all items Jeep.

According to the Toledo Blade, Jeep acquired the previous Textileather and MedCorp homes in North Toledo, in close proximity to the current Assembly Intricate, for $one with a conditional get-back again selection readily available to the area governing administration. A news release from the business

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