5+ day, 17+ hour ago  (128+ words) Home " News " Mercedes opens talks to loosen German job protections Mercedes wants to renegotiate a job protection agreement that was first struck in 1997, and that runs through to 2034. By Stewart Burnett The automaker's vehicle business margins fell to 4. 1% during Q1 from…...

1+ week, 18+ hour ago  (246+ words) Home " News " Valmet Automotive to build hundreds of Patria 66 a year Valmet Automotive and Patria have signed a multi-year agreement to expand the production of Patria 66 armoured vehicles at Valmet Automotive's Uusikaupunki plant in Finland, building on a technology transfer…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (236+ words) Home " News " Scania delivers first hybrid truck to FMV for armed forces Scania has delivered the first of three plug-in hybrid trucks to the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) as part of a joint development project evaluating hybrid technology for…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (255+ words) Home " News " i SOFT contributes driving OS as AUTOSAR CAPI code baseline Deploying a Chinese OS as AUTOSAR's global code standard marks a geopolitical turning point in automotive software governance i SOFT has contributed its intelligent driving operating system (OS)…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (183+ words) Home " News " EPA filing reveals Tesla Cybercab's full specifications" Everything about the Cybercab's engineering is optimised for the commercial robotaxi use case. By Stewart Burnett The motor is deliberately oversized relative to the Cybercab's performance targets: a 219 hp unit in…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (251+ words) Home " News " Continental and Renault push Eco Contact 7 beyond A rating Rolling resistance 35% below the EU A rating is the headline figure, but the tyre still needs to function safely in the real world Continental has developed a bespoke low-rolling-resistance…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (350+ words) Home " News " Renault launches factory-built LCV conversion programme Qstomize and 300 certified body shops give Renault a conversion ecosystem that most LCV rivals would struggle to match in scale Renault is launching "converted by Renault, a factory-built conversion programme for its…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (213+ words) Home " News " Mercedes-AMG revises GLE 63 S and GLS 63 with EVO V8 The M177 EVO's regulatory-minded upgrades hint at the political and commercial pressures keeping V8 performance alive in 2026 Mercedes-AMG has unveiled extensively updated versions of the GLE 63 S 4 MATIC+ and GLS 63 4 MATIC+, powered…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (215+ words) Home " News " Mercedes-Benz Vans begins VLE production at Vitoria plant The Van Architecture's debut at Vitoria signals a step-change in how Mercedes-Benz thinks about its vans business structurally Mercedes-Benz Vans has begun series production of the electric VLE at its…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (121+ words) Home " News " Archion joins CJPT as new commercial vehicle CASE partner Archion is backed by Daimler Truck and Toyota Motor Corporation as major shareholders, giving the new group access to both German and Japanese technology ecosystems in commercial vehicles. The…...