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Geely officially discloses new global B-segment automobile modular architecture: BMA; new BMA-based SUV to launch this year

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Automobile modular architectures—for example, TNGA of Toyota, and MQB, MLB and MEB of the Volkswagen Group—hav become a major trend in the auto industry. Production based on BMA will be launched in EU, Eastern Europe, Africa, South America, Middle East and Southeast Asia.

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Hitachi Automotive Systems, Keihin, Showa, and Nissin Kogyo begin operations as Hitachi Astemo; CASE-driven mobility solutions

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a provider of mobility solutions to the automotive industry. Driven by technological megatrend of CASE—Connected, Autonomous, Sharing and Electrification—the automotive industry is undergoing profound change requiring companies to have the scale and resources to create the technologies and solutions required for mobility demands.

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Booking Holdings invests US$500M in DiDi Chuxing; DiDi partners with Continental

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Booking Holdings has invested US$500 million in DiDi, recognizing DiDi as a leader in the mobile transportation industry. DiDi offers a full range of app-based transportation services for over 550 million users, and continues to innovate in shared mobility and smart transportation across China, South America, Australia and Japan markets.

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Tier 1 Musashi invests in solid-state battery company KeraCel; long-term partnership

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Japan-based Tier 1 Musashi Seimitsu Industry Co., Musashi is a global auto parts Tier 1 company for automobiles and motorcycles. It has 33 manufacturing sites spreading across Europe, North and South America, China, and South East Asia. has invested in KeraCel Inc.,

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Honda presents ‘Honda 0 Series’ EV concept models, new ‘H’ mark for EVs at CES 2024 – ET Auto

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In 2026, Honda will begin introducing the first model of the Honda 0 Series globally, starting from North America, then to Japan, Asia, Europe, Africa and the Middle East and South America. The new H mark: The current “H mark” has a long history, dating back to 1981 when it was renewed from the previous version.

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Honda Reveals Saloon Electric Concept, Announces New EV Line

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Honda used CES 2024 to reveal a couple of purely conceptual automobiles and then announced that one of them would serve as the basis for its new EV line coming in 2026. Considering how lackluster electronic steering has been, we’re hoping it offers better feedback than what the broader industry has had on offer these last few years.

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Volkswagen Group and Tata Motors Ltd. to explore strategic alliance for joint development projects; ŠKODA to lead

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Our aim with the envisaged strategic partnership with Tata Motors is to lay the foundations in the Group and the brands that will enable us to offer customer-oriented mobility solutions in the emerging, fast-growing automobile markets, as elsewhere. It also has an industrial joint venture with Fiat in India. billion in 2015-16.

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