Mild hybrids use a small energy-storage system that can recover braking energy quickly and software that reuses it just as quickly to keep the internal-combustion engine working efficiently to meet Europe’s 95 g...
Only seven countries saw production above 80% capacity utilization last year, a commonly understood measure of good health: Indonesia, Japan, the U.S., Germany, Turkey, Mexico and Canada.
Renault, which is demanding €65 million as a secured creditor, has sold or leased only 1,100 of its Fluence EVs, and new business is not developing quickly enough to reach break-even.
France and local governments invested €125 million in the project to build automatic transmissions, and Ford agreed to keep employment at its reacquired facility at 1,000 jobs for five years.
“Until cars assume complete responsibility for driving, the critical challenge is to design vehicles so that drivers clearly understand how the car works. Even small design changes can violate drivers&rsquo...
The 308 is among the compact vehicles built on the new EMP2 platform whose lighter weight achieves carbon-dioxide emissions as low as 85 g/km in one diesel-powered version.
The CCFA, the French auto makers association, says only 17.5% of cars registered in the first four months paid malus taxes, while 34.9% were awarded bonuses.
Renault is trying to fill its French factories again, after recently moving some production to other markets, while PSA tries to persuade the European Union that it has not received non-competitive help from France in...