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18/04/2023Automotive News

BMW electric car sales doubled in the first quarter

BMW remains on track for slightly higher sales this year despite a dip in demand in the first quarter, including in the Chinese market, the automaker said.

BMW said it delivered 588,138 BMW, Mini and Rolls-Royce vehicles in the first quarter, down 1.5 percent on the previous year, while full-electric vehicle sales rose 83 percent year-on-year to 64,647 vehicles.

by region, BMW only saw sales growth in the USwith an 11.1 percent increase to 81,877 unit sales.

Sales in China fell 6.6 percent, but the company said the Chinese economy was expected to stabilize over the course of this

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17/04/2023Automotive News

2024 Acura Integra Type S delivers 320 hp, sporty styling

Acura has equipped the Integra Type S with a dual-axis front suspension — the same as the Civic Type R — and widened the tracks by 3.5 inches in the front and 1.9 inches in the rear. The front stabilizer bar adds 2 millimeters of thickness. The front and rear rotors are also larger, by 1.5 inches in the front and almost 1 inch in the rear.

The Type S gets a limited slip differential, a performance-tuned adaptive damper system and NSX-inspired, lightweight 19-inch wheels wrapped in sticky summer tires.

The souped-up compact sedan is the fourth performance variant from

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17/04/2023Used Cars

Why there may be no return to ‘normal’ for the used vehicle market

Customers browse in a used car lot on February 15, 2023 in Glendale, California.

Mario Tama | Getty Images

All new vehicles become used cars and trucks once they’re sold.

It’s an obvious statement, but one that needs to be laid out to explain the root cause for ongoing inventory and pricing issues in the US used vehicle market, which has been a barometer for the country’s inflation levels.

During the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in early 2020, automakers shuttered factories for weeks to stop the spread of Covid-19. This was an unprecedented action that eventually led to additional

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17/04/2023Automotive News

Renault’s Alpine Brand Is Developing Two Electric Crossovers for the US

2020 renault alpine a110 s — Alpine Developing Two Crossovers for the USGREG PAJO

Renault performance sub-brand Alpine is developing two electric crossovers for the United States market, the company’s CEO confirmed Thursday.

Alpine boss Laurent Rossi told journalists on a roundtable phone call the “US is the main destination for these cars,” reports Automotive News. The first will be a mid-size electric crossover, followed by a similarly designed full-size version, meant to compete against cars like the Macan and the bigger Cayenne. They’ll be the first Renault-built cars to be officially sold in the US since the early Nineties.

The new crossovers are

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16/04/2023Automotive News

VW’s Cariad, ThunderSoft partner on connectivity, infotainment

BERLIN — Volkswagen Group’s software unit Cariad will establish a joint venture with Chinese technologies provider ThunderSoft for connectivity and infotainment systems in China, with ThunderSoft holding a 51 percent stake.

The partnership will develop software products for car cockpits, infotainment systems and cloud development. These are consumer-facing areas where automakers are competing to set themselves apart and retain control over valuable data on consumer behavior.

“The needs and requirements of the Chinese customers are at the center of our strategic efforts,” VW Group China chief Ralf Brandstaetter said on Thursday.

Cariad will be the minority shareholder in the joint

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15/04/2023Automotive repair

CARS Executive Outlook 2023: James Channer

CARS reached out to leaders in the automotive repair and service sector of the automotive aftermarket to ask them about their thoughts about the industry over the next 12 months: How will this year be different, what will drive change and what will be the biggest challenge. We will present their answers in alphabetical order over the coming weeks…

You can view the full feature in the February 2023 issue.

James Channer, Co-founder, COO, In Motion Brands

When a business is as good as it has been for the last couple of years, a lot can go unnoticed. New business

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15/04/2023Used Cars

Join the AutoForm Global Webinar: Evolving BiW Assembly Process Development, April 13, 2023

Join the AutoForm Global Webinar: Evolving BiW Assembly Process Development, April 13, 2023 With the launch of AutoForm Assembly in 2021, users quickly became aware of the significance of developing their assembly processes while accounting for tolerances, gravity, part springback and hemming impact. We are now moving towards an evolution in assembly process development that with improved joining methods, optimized shimming and teaching capabilities, and better handling of scanned part geometries among the many capabilities.

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Registration April 13, 2023, Session: 9:00* (Duration approx. 1 hour)
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Content of this webinar:

The benefits of using AutoForm

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