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DS Automobiles, PSA Group’s upscale brand, unveiled the DS 7 Crossback, its new flagship SUV. The model is a crucial launch for DS, which has struggled to gain a foothold since it was established to challenge Audi, BMW and Mercedes.

Renault will call its Alpine sports car the A110. The coupe will rival the Porsche 718 Cayman and Audi TT, and provide a halo effect across Renault’s lineup.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has discussed China’s plan to set quotas for the number of electric vehicles it wants on its roads in a phone call with Prime Minister Li Keqiang.

UK engineering group GKN reported a 12 percent rise in adjusted pretax profit and said it would grow ahead of both its main autos and aerospace markets in 2017.

Volvo will use the new XC60 to move closer to two of its midterm goals: having a fully autonomous car on the road in 2021 and making sure no one is killed or seriously injured in one of its new vehicles by 2020.

Valeo set higher midterm sales and profit targets as the supplier to reassure investors that they need not wait too long for returns on its investments in hybrid, electric and self-driving cars.

Nissan has started European road tests of a self-driving vehicle in London using a modified Leaf EV. Britain’s flexible approach to testing autonomous vehicles helped Nissan to pick London for its first European tests.

Nissan has started its first European road test of a self-driving vehicle in London using a modified Leaf EV. The UK has been wooing developers of autonomous vehicles as it estimates the market could be worth 900 billion pounds worldwide by 2025.

Nissan has started European road tests of a self-driving vehicle in London using a modified Leaf EV. Britain hopes that by having a flexible approach to testing autonomous vehicles it will grab a slice of the lucrative self-driving car sector.

Chinese startup Hybrid Kinetic will reveal a Pininfarina-designed concept in Geneva that previews a potential future rival to the Tesla Model S.