Opel

7th September 2023

Stellantis’s Big Bet on Ellesmere as its Only BEV Plant

Stellantis has chosen the under-threat UK Vauxhall Ellesmere Port plant to create its first global BEV-only factory. While many in the UK have lauded this as a major step...

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8th March 2023

Opel Joins Driverless Pilot Aimed at Urban Mobility

Opel has joined a German autonomous driving pilot in a bid to develop a fully functioning driverless city-focused prototype within the next two years. The joint project STADT:up hopes...

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27th October 2022

Stellantis’s World First Mass Production Hydrogen Vehicle Plant

Stellantis is claiming to have opened the first mass production automotive plant able to mass produce hydrogen powered commercial vehicles. The factory in Hordain, France, will begin series production...

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30th July 2020

PSA Releases Free2Move to Expand Mobility Offering

French automaker PSA has let its mobility brand Free2Move become an autonomous standalone company in a bid to unleash its market potential. While some automakers are trying to rebrand...

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16th July 2020

PSA and FCA Reach For the Stars in Merger

The much publicized merger of the Groupe Peugeot Société Anonyme (PSA Group) and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) is looking to the stars in a bid to rival both automotive...

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29th July 2019

Vauxhall’s EV Future Outside UK Post Brexit

Vauxhall’s electrification strategy is hanging in the balance now that its parent company questions the viability of maintaining a UK production base in a hard Brexit. The Financial Times...

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4th June 2019

Driverless Needs Pan Auto Industry Agreement, Says German Project

A German project to standardize autonomous vehicle testing is claiming the technology can never be widely adopted without agreement between the whole automotive industry and regulators. The Pegasus project...

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24th May 2019

First Look at New BEV Vauxhall/Opel Corsa

Vauxhall/Opel has unveiled its first all-electric car in the shape of the supermini Corsa-e alongside a PHEV version of its full-size SUV the Grandland X. The brand, owned by...

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10th April 2019

Nissan Takes EV Punt Where GM Failed

Nissan is gambling on a hybrid system that General Motors tried in Europe and flopped. This high-risk strategy is now part of its wider electrification plan to, eventually, get...

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21st September 2018

Driverless Trucks to Start Work With PSA

PSA Group will start using driverless vehicles to carry out logistics duties at its production headquarters in France. In a collaboration with autonomous vehicle specialist EasyMile, PSA has trialed...

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4th September 2018

PSA Promises Smart Assistant in Vehicles by 2020

The PSA Group has promised to have a smart assistant in its vehicles within the next two years. It has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Silicon Valley start-up...

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11th June 2018

Opel’s Latest Infotainment System Arrives on Insignia Sedan

Personalization and intuitive ease-of-use are key features of Opel's next-generation infotainment system, which debuts on the Insignia nameplate.

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OEM Spotlight

3rd August 2023

BMW ‘Not Ready’ to Give Up on ICE

BMW is committed to continued investment in ICE powertrains despite its acceleration of development funds into BEV models. That’s because the...

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