Local automaker Kerman Motor is trying to shift focus from its Chinese-derived cars to South Korean vehicles – a move welcomed by car buyers and market observers.
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The Mexican government views the US proposal for tightening content rules for car manufacturing under NAFTA as not viable and likely to cause serious damage to the North American auto industry,…
Volkswagen will invest €22.8 billion in its main car brand over the next five years, it said on Saturday, a day after it announced a spending program aimed at bolstering its position as a maker…
The Iranian Ministry of Industry has instructed local carmakers and their foreign partners to submit reports of their activities and achievements.
Deputy minister of industries, Mohsen…
Electric vehicle charging facilities which draw on 100% renewable energy from street lampposts are set to be placed on the streets of Kensington and Chelsea, creating the largest network of its…
Volkswagen says it obeyed the law in the payment of its works council chief, Bernd Osterloh, whose office was raided on Tuesday along with those of its chairman, finance chief and head of…
A Tehran City Council member has censured the excessive amount of advertisements on Tehran’s Bus Rapid Transit fleet.
Nahid Khodakarami says, “The current bus advertisings go far beyond…
SAIPA, Iran’s second-largest carmaker, has announced the price of its latest model Quick. The company wants 420 million rials ($10,500) for the small hatchback, local automotive website Asbe…
Opel’s plan to shift car production from South Korea to Europe fueled concerns among workers about a sharp fall in output at General Motors’ South Korean unit, which is already grappling with…
Lack of liquidity has been strangling Iran’s auto industry for years and according to the director of Iran Auto Parts Makers Association suppliers have borne the brunt of the problem.
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Iran Khodro has said it will ‘start test production’ of Peugeot 301 in the coming week.
According to the Persian-language newspaper Donya-e-Eqtesad, IKCO will launch mass production of…
Toyota’s surprise plan to build a US factory with Mazda meets several challenges for Japan’s biggest automaker but increases risk for a company mostly known for being careful.
Data released by the Ministry of Industries says the domestic carmaker Kerman Motor has assembled the first 20 units of its Hyundai Accent in the past Iranian month that ended on Oct. 22.
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SAIPA and China’s Changan Automobile are set to increase collaboration.
Yang Liqiong, deputy director of Chongqing city’s Industrial Development Committee, which oversees the activities…
Left to their own devices, Iranian auto parts makers say they are reluctant to and uninterested in collaborating with Iran Khodro over its joint production deal with Peugeot.
Computers have changed cars at least as much as they have changed our daily lives, but a new partnership between Google and Volkswagen could transform transportation further still: The two are…
The president of Volvo Trucks says that the Gothenburg-based company will increase its investments in Iran.
During a visit to Tehran, Claes Nilsson told ISNA, “In 2016, Volvo Trucks…
The Iranian National Tax Administration says value-added tax would be exempted on hybrid electric-petrol cars.
According to the website of the Presidential Office for Science and…
The French government has begun the sale of 4.73% of carmaker Renault, paring its holding back to the 15% that preceded a 2015 power struggle with Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn and removing a…
Oghab Afshan Industrial and Manufacturing Company— producer of Scania buses in Iran — has unveiled its latest model it says is eco-friendly.
The company unveiled a city bus named ‘Parsin…
Tesla lost a record $671 million in the third quarter, but most investors preferred to avert their gaze from ‘mundane short-term problems’ and cling to their big vision for the future.
The government has issued a new mandate obliging Chinese carmakers in Iran to increase the share of locally manufactured parts in their vehicles.
Chery’s local operation in Iran, Modiran Vehicle Manufacturing Company, is planning to produce the new Tiggo 5X SUV. MVM is to start production of the vehicle by the end of the current fiscal (…
In light of mounting pressure from the public and officials Iran Khodro has increased its efforts for the production of Peugeot 2008.
According to Asbe Bokhar, IKCO has opened a line of…
BMW AG is recalling about 1 million vehicles in North America for two separate issues involving fire risks and said it may expand the recalls to other countries.
One recall covers 670,…
