According to the latest data, annual EU investment into R&D by the automobile and parts sector has risen by 7.4% to reach an all-time high of €53.8 billion. This, and many other facts about the industry, were compiled by the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) in its ‘Automobile Industry Pocket Guide’, published on the occasion of … [Read more...]
Motorsport and automotive crowd-sourcing
A new crowd-sourcing website has gone live that allows customers to publish tenders or source quotes and credentials from a range of suppliers within motorsport and the automotive sector. Users are able to create Project Briefs containing a description of what work is required, deadlines, budgets and even file uploads, providing suppliers interested in … [Read more...]
Newslines 21 March
Analysis of Porsche trading figures revealed by Automotive News Europe show the company made almost £14,000 profit on each model sold around the world last year. By contrast, Daimler and BMW made about a third of that return. French investigators have cleared Opel of any diesel emissions cheating in its testing operations. But the watchdog has sent … [Read more...]
