Business / Latest Motoring News

Jaguar Land Rover sales increase by 9% on China market jump

[2015-01-13 10:01]

Jaguar Land Rover, a British luxury vehicle brand now owned by India's Tata Motors, announced Monday that it sold 462,678 vehicles in 2014.

China 2014 auto sales up 6.9%

[2015-01-12 17:16]

China's auto sales rose 6.9 percent year on year to 23.49 million units in 2014, data from an industry association showed Monday.

BMW Brilliance marks 1 millionth milestone

[2015-01-12 16:59]

BMW Brilliance marked the debut of its 1 millionth vehicle when a white BMW 328 Li rolled off the assembly line at the automaker's Tiexi plant in Shenyang, Liaoning province, on Jan 8.

Shanghai starts its "parallel import" pilot for foreign cars

[2015-01-12 16:59]

Shanghai Free Trade Zone is to become the first place in China where dealers can be authorized for so-called "parallel imports" of cars direct from manufacturers.

Ministry says no to private drivers in app taxi services

[2015-01-12 16:58]

China's Ministry of Transport has said that Uber-like taxi services cannot use private car owners because of concerns about passenger safety and security.

Beijing pilots street lamp chargers for electric cars

[2015-01-12 15:24]

Beijing has launched a pilot project to transform street lamps to serve as charging poles for electric cars.

BMW's 2 Series Active Tourer hits the road in China

[2015-01-12 14:02]

German premium automaker BMW unveiled its 2 Series Active Tourer in Chengdu, Sichuan province on Jan 6, a move that many believe will consolidate its position in the compact class segment.

LeTV plots its foray into the auto world with electric car

[2015-01-12 13:09]

When word spread last week that Infiniti's former senior manager was joining Chinese Internet company Leshi Holding to develop a car manufacturing business, the company's share price surged.

Volvo to sell Chinese-made cars in US this year

[2015-01-12 10:27]

Volvo Car Group plans to export a Chinese-made midsize sedan this year to the US, and is starting to weigh the possibility of building a vehicle factory in the US.

Highway charging stations give boost to electric cars

[2015-01-12 07:22]

A 1,200-kilometer highway that links two of China's biggest cities is being equipped with a charging system for electric vehicles, a big sign of improvement in the development of such facilities.

Strikes and apps bring congestion on taxi market

[2015-01-10 13:56]

A strike by cab drivers in the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing stretched into a second day on Friday, bringing the taxi management system into the spotlight again.

China's electric car production grows in 2014

[2015-01-10 11:12]

China's electric car production jumped fourfold to 83,900 vehicles in 2014, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said Friday.

Audi reports sales record in 2014

[2015-01-10 11:09]

The annual sales volume of German car producer Audi AG hit a new record in 2014 since it was founded in 1909, the Ingolstadt-based company announced Friday in a statement.

Vehicle sales climb at slower pace, hit by cities' restrictions

[2015-01-10 09:47]

Passenger-vehicle sales rose at a slower pace in China last year as economic growth moderated and more cities imposed purchase restrictions in the world's largest auto market.

The trends for cars at CES 2015

[2015-01-09 17:11]

Piloted driving solutions, driverless cars and connected cars are shown during the annual Internaional Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

Pick-up service apps drive mixed experience

[2015-01-09 16:30]

Premium car pick-up services through Uber-like mobile phone apps connect riders to third-party companies' drivers.

Nanjing taxi drivers suspend service

[2015-01-09 16:04]

Many Taxi drivers in Nanjing city in East China's Jiangsu province have suspended their service since Thursday to protest a decrease in the fuel surcharge.

Car2go taps Asian market in Chongqing

[2015-01-09 15:25]

The Chinese metropolis of Chongqing will become the first city in Asia to work with car2go as the world's largest car-sharing company.

Car makers pay to keep Chinese dealers happy as market slows

[2015-01-09 14:18]

After years of outsized growth that turned China into the world's biggest car market, a slowdown is exacerbating tensions between global automakers and local car dealers.

Race to define car of the future shifts into high gear

[2015-01-09 14:05]

Automakers and Silicon Valley upstarts are kicking their efforts to define the car of the future into a higher gear, even though many of the players disagree about what that car should be.

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