Volvo has unveiled the world’s first on-board 22 kW fast-charger that operates on a three-phase supply and is compact enough to be fitted in a C30 Electric.
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U.S. Bill introduced to give away OEM parts patents to boost aftermaket competiton
U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), current member and former Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, along with Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), introduced the Promoting Automotive Repair, Trade and Sales Act of 2013 (PARTS), a bipartisan bill which would expand consumer choice for automobile collision repair parts, cut costs paid by insurers and drivers, and ensure competition in the automobile repair parts market.
BMW M1 to be auctioned by RM Auctions
A while back BMW decided to build a competitor for the supercars that where the dream of every young boy.
S-class rival would contradict Volvo’s image says CEO
Volvo will not develop a flagship sedan to challenge the BMW 7 series, the Mercedes-Benz S class or the Audi A8.
Certainly not now, and maybe not ever. Volvo CEO Hakan Samuelsson said such a flagship doesn’t fit Volvo’s green image and is not, in fact, the sort of vehicle that Volvo customers would even consider.
Daimler human rights case to be heard by U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear Daimler AG’s appeal of a lawsuit claiming the company violated human rights against workers at an Argentina plant in the 1970s.
The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had ruled in favor of plaintiffs in allowing claims to proceed in federal court.
Workers or relatives of workers at an Argentina-based plant operated by Mercedes-Benz, a wholly owned subsidiary of Daimler, sued over the alleged conduct.
