Valeo, famous for making car auto parts like windscreen wipers and brake pads, will open a research center for artificial intelligence and “deep learning” with the aim of developing technologies…
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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>
AMICO Industrial Group, one of Iran’s commercial vehicle groups, has reached an agreement with China’s Huanghai automotive firm to produce the N1 single and double-cab pickup trucks in Iran.
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Head of Iran's Majlis (parliament) Industries Commission Aziz Akbarian, has said production of the substandard 25-year-old Kia Pride model should be stopped by before the fiscal year is out next…
Hyundai has unveiled the Kona in Goyang, South Korea on Tuesday, lauding the car’s “high-tech” styling as a key selling characteristic as the brand enters the booming subcompact SUV/crossover…
Karmania — a local automaker and official representative of China’s BYD— has delivered the first all-electric bus manufactured by BYD to Shiraz Municipality.
Shiraz Mayor Alireza Pakfetrat…
LG Chem based in Seoul has denied a media report that it has signed a 7 trillion won ($6.20 billion) deal to supply electric vehicle batteries to Volkswagen Group.
The South Korean Dong-A…
The second auto producer SAIPA will introduce two new models before the end of the current fiscal (March 2018), the company CEO Mehdi Jamali, said without elaboration.
The firm is to…
Austria’s ABL is in a joint venture with an Iranian company (unnamed) to produce fuel-efficient car engines, said Industries Minister Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh.
In a first for the domestic auto sector, the Persian Gulf Intelligent Technology and Industrial Company (PGITIC) has developed an automated driving system that can be connected to any vehicle with…
Iran's Automotive Policy Council is considering the possibility of merger of auto parts manufacturers to cut costs and to cater to the needs of the market which is facing shortage in auto parts…
The production of 100 Iran-made small electric cars called Yooz developed at a knowledge-based firm affiliated to the Islamic Azad University Qazvin, has started, according to the university dean…
The Industrial Development and Renovation Organization of Iran (IDRO) says firms wanting to benefit from its support must first meet its terms and conditions.
IDRO, created in 1967, is one…
A local firm, Kian Motor Varna, has reportedly come to an import agreement deal with Chinese-German carmaker Borgward.
According to local automotive website Aval Khodro, the deal was signed…
Sources familiar with the workings of Iran Khodro Group say the company is about to start presale of the long-awaited Peugeot 2008 crossover model.
Private carmakers barely account for 11% of the local auto manufacturing industry, local auto production data indicate.
New-car registrations in Russia increased 15% in May, the third consecutive month of higher sales after years of poor sales due to US and EU sanctions.
Registrations rose to 124,990…
Heavy goods vehicles producer Iran Khodro Diesel Co (IKD), a subsidiary of IKCO, the biggest auto producer in the country, has appointed Alireza Saji as its new chief executive officer. Saji…
A Swiss couple Magdalena and Benedikt, traveling across Europe and West Asia, are attempting to demonstrate that electric cars are a viable alternative to gasoline-fuelled vehicles.
Russia’s biggest auto manufacturer AvtoVAZ and the state tech corporation Rostec plan to build flying vehicles, according to AvtoVAZ boss Nicolas Moore. The “promising project” could come to…
After local media frenzy over the official launch of the production line of Peugeot 2008 by Iran Khodro, data released by the Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade indicate that during the…
There is an overall “geographical dispersion” in the automotive industry, but the distance between Iranian automakers and parts suppliers raises the question whether the distribution is logical or…
Bam Khodro will start the presale of GC6 from June 10 putting it under the category of high-quality affordable cars, according to automotive website Persian Khodro. The car should be available for…
Both Ford and General Motors say US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement does not affect their views on climate change, or their plans to reduce carbon emissions.
And some auto industry…
Over the past several years there has been a significant shift in how Iranians purchase new cars with the beginnings of broader range of cars and the flurry of financial incentives to support…
Iran Standards and Quality Inspection Company (ISQI) has released the latest report on the quality of 42 locally-made cars and seven pickup trucks.
Four models have joined the tiny club of…
