Europe

PARIS — Renault is ending its common purchasing agreements with alliance partners Nissan and Mitsubishi with a view to having a more agile structure that can make decisions more quickly. The move is aimed at better adapting to automotive markets that are becoming more regional due to differences in regulations, such as over electrification and

FRANKFURT — Volkswagen will suspend production of VW ID3 and Cupra Born battery-electric cars at its Zwickau and Dresden plants in Germany in the first two weeks of October due to weaker demand. Due to the current market situation, production will be reduced during the autumn holidays in Saxony from Oct. 2 to Oct. 13

MUNICH — Buyers of Renault’s new Scenic E-Tech electric SUV won’t be able to order a sliding sunroof. But they can get what Renault says is a better option: The Solarbay sunroof, which automatically dims different segments using electrical impulses to excite particles embedded in the glass. The technology is available on the Scenic E-Tech,

LONDON — Nissan has unveiled a European-focused small sporty electric hatchback concept ahead of the launch of the new Micra EV, which is expected in 2025. The Concept 20-23 was designed at Nissan’s European studio in Paddington, London, and commemorates the studio’s 20th anniversary. The new, battery-electric Micra is being engineered by Renault as a

The executives chosen as 2023 Automotive News Europe Eurostars set themselves apart by exceeding expectations in a year marked by continuing supply issues, high energy prices and logistics difficulties, even as demand remained strong. Stefan Hartung, chairman of the board of management at Robert Bosch, is the 2023 Eurostar winner for Supplier CEO. For his full

China’s biggest and most ambitious automakers were some of the most visible stars of the IAA Mobility auto show in Munich but HiPhi, a startup that is already shaking up the premium EV segment in its home market, took a very different approach. HiPhi showed just one model, the Z four-door grand touring fastback, available in

BRUSSELS — The European Union is set to demand that cars running on e-fuels must be 100 percent carbon neutral if they are to be sold beyond 2035, a draft document showed, after Germany demanded e-fuel cars be exempted from the phase-out of new polluting vehicles. All new cars sold in the EU from 2035

Germany expressed its support for the European Union’s anti-subsidy probe into Chinese electric vehicles while making it clear that the burden of proof will be “very high” if the investigation is to lead to concrete action. “It’s very natural that if we are embracing the key elements of free trade, we all have to play

BRUSSELS — EU countries largely agreed on a compromise proposal presented by Spain for weaker Euro 7 emissions limits, diplomatic sources said on Friday. The proposal is a watered down version of the initial European Commission pitch to tighten emissions limits for non-CO2 pollutants such carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxide from brakes and tires. Eight

German supplier ZF Group has been able to keep up production of axles at its Tuscaloosa, Alabama, factory in the two days since UAW workers began striking there, allowing nearby production of key Mercedes-Benz models to continue. “We are still running and in fact stable,” ZF spokesperson Tony Sapienza wrote in an email on Friday,

The executives chosen as 2023 Automotive News Europe Eurostars set themselves apart by exceeding expectations in a year marked by continuing supply issues, high energy prices and logistics difficulties, even as demand remained strong. Joerg Lamparter, member of the board of management for operations and digital solutions at Mercedes-Benz Group, is the 2023 Eurostar winner for

The announcement by the British government that it would delay a ban on new gasoline and diesel cars and vans to 2035 from 2030 brought swift pushback from automakers, who have invested billions of pounds to build EVs in the U.K. on the assumption that they could not sell combustion cars after 2030. Automakers with

The executives chosen as 2023 Automotive News Europe Eurostars set themselves apart by exceeding expectations in a year marked by continuing supply issues, high energy prices and logistics difficulties, even as demand remained strong. Mark Zhou, executive vice president, chairman of product committee at Nio, is the 2023 Eurostar winner for Customer and User Experience. For

LONDON –  Britain will push back a ban on new gasoline and diesel cars and vans to 2035 from 2030, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said, as he set out what he called a “new approach” to tackling climate change. “We’re going to ease the transition to electric vehicles. You’ll still be able to buy petrol

LONDON — Britain is considering delaying its ban on the sale of new gasoline and diesel cars until 2035, five years later than currently planned, the BBC reported citing unnamed sources. The current 2030 target was introduced in November 2020 as a central part of then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plans for a “green revolution.” As

BERLIN — Volkswagen’s works council is demanding more information on a cost-cutting and efficiency drive being drawn up for the automaker’s core VW passenger car brand, saying employees needed more transparency from management on its plans. VW Group said in June that the VW brand was planning to make 10 billion euros ($10.7 billion) of

MADRID — The European Union could become as dependent on China for lithium ion batteries and fuel cells by 2030 as it was on Russia for energy before the war in Ukraine unless it takes strong measures, a paper prepared for EU leaders said. The document, obtained by Reuters, will be the basis of discussions

LONDON — A clutch of European and U.S. delivery company startups is racing to serve the growing market for offering zero-emission, electric last-mile deliveries in cities to retailers and consumers before giant shippers do the same. The likes of Germany’s Liefergrun, the U.K.’s Zedify and Packfleet, and New York-based DutchX are tapping into retailers’ need