Ride-hailing companies Uber and Careem have suspended services in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, since Saturday and do not know when they can resume operations, they said on…
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<p>Read the latest news about Iran’s automotive industry, market trends, output figures, & import data, along with updates about Iran Khodro, Saipa and Pars Khodro</p>
Google X’s Self-Driving Car unit hired Shaun Stewart, a high-level Airbnb executive, in a move that appears to underscore the Alphabet Inc. project’s transition from R&D initiative to…
Uber, the ride hailing service, has reportedly lost $1.27 billion in the first half of 2016 alone. This whopping loss is operational and not a result of one time charges or anything of the sort.…
Scania Group unveiled its new truck range, Next Generation Scania, on Tuesday after 10 years of making and 10 million kilometers of test drive, with $2.4 billion worth of investment, celebrating…
Three major Iranian car manufacturers have recently hiked prices unexpectedly.
This has been done despite the repeated warning of experts that the auto market is not ready for price hikes…
A report on vehicle import in the first four months of the current Iranian year (started March 20) has been released by Market Monitoring Unit of Car Iran, a local auto e-magazine.
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SAIPA, Iran’s second largest auto manufacturer, has produced 50,000 units in the last Iranian month (ended August 22) and broke its earlier record.
This marks a 53% rise compared with the…
Tesla Motors Inc crowned itself the maker of the world’s fastest production car on Tuesday, saying a new version of its Model S all-electric sedan can accelerate from 0-60 miles per hour in just 2…
One of the least enjoyable parts of buying a car is trekking to a dealership and spending hours behind the wheel with a pushy salesperson.
Amazon, in partnership with Hyundai, is looking to…
Arak is set to host the seventh international automobile and car parts exhibition in September. The exhibition will be organized by the Industrial Development and Renovation Organization.
Iran Khodro Company will participate in Moscow Crocus Expo that will be held in the Russian capital from August 24 to September 4. The company will showcase three cars at the event, namely…
Iran’s Standards and Quality Inspection Company has released its latest report on auto after-sales services for the last Iranian year (ended March 19).
In order to monitor the…
Mercedes is finally getting into the electric car game, with plans to roll out a line of battery-powered offerings by the end of the year.
Whatever that means for the company’s future and…
A rare Iranian Gazelle embarked on a journey from the Caspian Sea last month.
Taking off from the port of Anzali, the third edition of Gazelle—a solar car manufactured by a university team—…
Toyota said on Friday it restarted its Venezuelan factory after six months without producing vehicles because of hard currency shortages, good news for the South American nation suffering a…
Renault has been notified that it may continue its Iran operations only if it alters its policies, said a deputy minister of industries, mining and trade.
Mohsen Salehinia also said in a…
Mega Motor and SAIPA, the country’s second largest carmaker, plan to harmonize their activities to maximize their production and efficiency, the managing director of Mega Motor, one of the main…
Iran’s first automotive college will be established in Payam Special Economic Zone in Alborz province, west of Tehran.
The continued production of old car models such as Peugeot 405 and Pride at Iran Khodro Company and SAIPA is illegal.
A guideline for improving the quality of passenger vehicles was passed…
Atlas Khodro, the sole representative of Kia Motors in Iran, has been ranked the best company in providing after-sales services. In the recent ranking published by Iran Standards and Quality…
Volkswagen will sign an investment deal with an unnamed Iranian private automaker in the coming weeks, a deputy industries, mining and trade minister said. Mansour Moazzami added that several…
Bahman Group has been assembling Mazda 3, known as Axela in Japan, since 2007, with all the major components and technology provided by Japan’s Mazda Motor Corp. under a complete knocked-down deal…
Iran Standards and Quality Inspection Company released a new report on the quality of 33 locally-made cars.
The new statistics show domestic cars are still suffering from lower than…
Two major Iranian auto manufacturers, namely Kerman Motor and Iran Khodro Company (IKCO), are testing several new models, three of which will be unveiled soon.
Kerman Motor, which in the…
Iran Khodro Company, the largest domestic carmaker, will follow international patterns put forth by Peugeot for the sales and exports of new models that will be jointly produced with the French…
