Tras vender su participación en la antigua rama financiera de GM, el Departamento del Tesoro estadounidense ha revelado la cantidad de dinero que le ha costado a sus arcas públicas salvar a ambas empresas hace más de un lustro. Las ayudas públicas representan una tercera parte de las que el Gobierno español destinó a rescatar a Bankia.
The Cantonese brand will have a presence at the American show for the second consecutive year. Its debuts will be the GS4 compact SUV and the GA6 GT and Witstar hybrid prototypes. The latter features autonomous driving technology and a maximum range exceeding 600 kilometres between the combustion engine and the electric motor.
A source from the South Korean brand has confirmed to the American magazine Consumer Reports that the B-segment SUV complies with that country’s safety and emissions regulations. However, SsangYong’s previous attempts to register other names did not lead to the commercialization of its models in that market.
Después de varios años que registran caídas en el número de ventas de coches nuevos y de ocasión, 2014 cerrará previsiblemente con un aumento considerable en ambos mercados, recuperando poco a poco el nivel que tenían hace varios años, gracias también a los planes PIVE que se han ido aprobando estos años
El jefe de investigación y desarrollo del fabricante alemán, Wolfgang Hatz, ha desmentido que proyecten lanzar un modelo totalmente eléctrico. En sus últimas declaraciones ha reiterado los motivos que ha alegado en ocasiones anteriores: dicha tecnología en su estado actual es incompatible con las prestaciones que debe alcanzar un Porsche.
The University of Córdoba and two Spanish companies are researching the use of graphene polymer batteries with a range that could reach 1,000 kilometres and charging times of just 8 minutes. Two large German groups could be interested in using this technology.
He will join the Spanish brand on 1 February of next year and will work in the team led by Alejandro Mesonero-Romanos. He has held the same position at Ford Europe since 2009, having joined in 2005. He has influenced the design of the new Mondeo and S-Max, the B-Max and the current Kuga, as well as several prototypes such as the Evos.
BMW 2 Series Active Tourer, Citroën C4 Cactus, Ford Mondeo, Mercedes C-Class, Nissan Qashqai, Renault Twingo and Volkswagen Passat are the finalist models. A jury made up of 58 specialist journalists from 22 countries will choose the winner, which will be announced in March.
Yesterday the last vehicle built rolled off its production lines: a white Galaxy whose bodywork was signed by the plant’s 4,000 workers. The brand announced the closure two years ago as part of its restructuring in Europe, aimed at mitigating the problem of underused production capacity and reducing its losses.
The sales and marketing director, Ian Robertson, has expressed the brand’s intention to soon test the hydrogen propulsion technology it is developing together with Toyota. However, the high cost of producing and distributing this energy, as well as advances in electric car batteries, cast doubt on whether the project will reach the market.
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