Say goodbye to the Smart city car in the United States and Canada. The little two-seater will end its markets at the end of this year, according to a report from TechCrunch. A spokesperson for Smart/Mercedes-Benz operations in North America confirmed the action to Motor1.com in the following statement. "After much careful consideration, Smart will
These rumors are not comfirmed yet. Honda confirmed it has plans to close its factory in Swindon, the United Kingdom, where the current generation Civic Hatch is made. No less than 3,500 employees will potentially lose their jobs in 2021 when the next-generation model arrives. While this move coincides with Brexit, Honda claims it has
Surveillance video from an October 21, 2018 shows the moment a white Tesla ran a red light in Miami Beach and crashed into an Infiniti SUV. All three occupants of the SUV were seriously injured, but all survived. The EMS is seen in the video at the right place and right time to immediately assist.
As Toyota confirmed to CarsDirect, the Toyota Yaris Liftback is dead in the U.S. Interestingly, Toyota also told CarsDirect that it plans to make some sort of announcement at the New York auto show in April. What that means for the future of the Yaris isn't clear. Toyota could be prepping to introduce a redesigned
Colombia sets an example for North America and South tho.. BYD won its largest order for electric buses in Colombia, and the second-largest fleet in Latin America. The city of Medellín will get 64 BYD’s 12.5-meter K9G buses in August. According to the press release, the buses will be capable of covering more than 300
Lotus will start building cars in China, following the construction of a new factory in Wuhan city. The news agency is reporting that the British sports car brand's owners Geely has invested in a new $1.3-billion factory. - according to Reuters. While unconfirmed, Reuters' report is the first evidence of a major shakeup for Lotus
The automotive market is changing towards electrification Iceland is the 2nd-ranked country in the world (after Norway) with the highest plug-in electric car share in new sales. As of the end of 2018, Iceland closed with a record 3,439 sales (up 15%) and 19% average share! The share is growing not only because plug-in car
GWM plans 20 new models and 60% of them will be electric This automaker released the “Haval 5-2-1” Strategy, aiming to develop Haval into the “world’s No.1 professional SUV brand” with annual sales up to 2 million units globally over the next five years, according to Wei Jianjun, chairman of Great Wall Motor. Under the
Almost 11% of passenger cars in Norway are all-electric or plug-in hybrid Insideevs: - There are now more than 200,000 all-electric passenger and commercial cars registered in Norway. The number includes about 160,000 new BEVs and about 40,000 BEVs imported as used. The total number of BEV cars increased in the past year by 41%
China electric car sales soar to almost 160,000 in December According to China Passenger Car Association, China’s new energy passenger vehiclewholesale volume in December hit a record high of 159,751 units. Resaults are leaping 62% over a year ago. From January to December, a total of 1,016,002 new energy PVs were sold in the world’s
