Hyundai Motor Company Australia (HMCA) regrets to announce the resignation of Chief Operating Officer Scott Grant. Scott will leave the company after 4 and half years’ service to pursue a career passion outside the automotive industry. “Having personally worked with Scott for the past two years I have always valued his contribution and leadership,” said HMCA Chief Executive [...]
The six entries will contest the marquee ‘A’ class and include the Mercedes-AMG Team Vodafone GT3, to be piloted by seven-time V8 Supercars champion Jamie Whincup alongside Shane van Gisbergen and 2018 Bathurst 1000 winner Craig Lowndes, in a joint entry with the highly regarded Triple Eight Race Engineering squad. Other notable drivers to race under the Mercedes-AMG banner will [...]
Hyundai Motor Group announced the development and future commercialisation of the world’s first multi-collision airbag system that significantly improves airbag performance in multi-collision accidents. Multi-collision accidents are those in which the primary impact is followed by collisions with secondary objects, such as trees, electrical posts or other vehicles, which occurs in three out of every 10 accidents. New airbag system [...]
Volkswagen AG and Ford Motor Company today announced the first formal agreements in a broad alliance that positions the companies to boost competitiveness and better serve customers in an era of rapid change in the industry. Volkswagen CEO Dr. Herbert Diess and Ford CEO Jim Hackett confirmed that the companies intend to develop commercial vans and medium-sized pickups for global [...]
LEXUS REVEALS LC CONVERTIBLE CONCEPT Lexus has revealed an open-top concept version of its LC flagship, describing it as an aspirational halo vehicle for the luxury lifestyle brand's entire vehicle line-up. The new LC Convertible Concept, which receives its world premiere at the Detroit auto show, is an artful reflection of the athletic proportions of the LC coupe. Other LEXUS [...]
Automotive intelligence can be this beautiful The new Mercedes-Benz CLA Coupe is not only the most emotional vehicle in its class, it is also highly intelligent: from MBUX Interior Assistant, which recognizes operational demands from gestures and equips the interior with intelligence, through Augmented Reality for Navigation and understanding indirect voice commands, the new CLA offers an array of clever [...]
Hyundai has delivered its first NEXO fuel cell SUV. A former scientist was eager to add the benefits of this zero-emissions vehicle to his environmentally-friendly lifestyle. Keyes Hyundai in Van Nuys, California, handles the first delivery in the U.S. market Former scientist and chemist from Ventura enhances his environmentally-friendly lifestyle with the zero-emissions, technological flagship NEXO SUV Other Hyundai stories [...]
Already accounting for nearly two-thirds of police vehicle sales in the United States, Ford believes it has found the key to continue winning over the hearts of the law enforcement community – even better-performing vehicles that keep officers safer and save departments, and taxpayers, money. Powerful yet efficient new powertrains and custom Ford technologies to help keep officers safe build [...]
Mitsubishi Motors Creates Energy Self-Sufficient Dealership – Installs Large Capacity Panels and Battery Storage at Kyushu Showroom Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) and Kyushu Mitsubishi Motors Sales Co., Ltd. are aiming to create a showroom that uses renewable energy to be self-sufficient – and can even provide a stable supply of power to electric vehicles in times of natural disaster. The [...]
Kia Motors will preview a range of new technologies developed for the post-autonomous driving era at the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) next month. Kia to unveil new in-car tech for the future ‘emotive driving’ era at CES 2019 R.E.A.D. System is the automotive industry’s first technology converging human senses-oriented in-cabin environment control and AI-based emotional intelligence Kia’s interactive [...]
