Tag: Europe

Lynk & Co Models Are Getting The What3Words Navigation Maps System

Lynk & Co Models Are Getting The What3Words Navigation Maps System | Carscoops <!– –><!– –><!—-><!—-> Other Carmakers like Mercedes, Tata , Lotus, and Lamborghini already use the what3words nav system instead of traditional apps like Google Maps <!––> by Brad Anderson 2 hours ago <!––> by Brad Anderson <!– –> Chinese car manufacturer Lynk […]

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VW Comfortably Leads EV Sales In Europe, Dacia Sandero Crowned April’s Overall Best-Seller

VW Comfortably Leads EV Sales In Europe, Dacia Sandero Crowned April’s Overall Best-Seller | Carscoops <!– –><!– –><!—-><!—-> The Dacia Sandero was April’s best-selling car with 18,659 examples sold <!––> by Brad Anderson May 26, 2023 at 08:35 <!––> by Brad Anderson <!– –> New passenger car registrations in Europe have jumped 16% to 960,191 […]

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Ukraine NATO Bid Mirrors West Germany’s During Cold War

Though peace seems distant, the United States and Europe are debating how to guarantee Ukraine’s security once the fighting with Russia stops, even without a total victory by either side. West Germany may provide a model, a precedent for admitting a divided country into NATO. Despite its division and unhappy role as the border between […]

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German Police Raid 15 Sites, Seize Assets Of Climate Activists Group That Glues Hands To Roads

German Police Raid 15 Sites, Seize Assets Of Climate Activists Group That Glues Hands To Roads | Carscoops <!– –><!– –><!—-><!—-> The protest group whose members famously glue themselves to highways and delayed the start of the Berlin E-Prix are under criminal investigation <!––> by Sebastien Bell 4 hours ago <!––> by Sebastien Bell <!– […]

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German Economy Slipped Into Recession in First Quarter

Why It Matters: Exports, a big driver of the economy, are down. Germany is Europe’s largest economy and its health directly affects the health of the 20-member eurozone and the wider European Union, the world’s third-largest economy, after the United States and China, in terms of output and purchasing power, according to the World Bank. […]

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France Bans Short Domestic Flights, But Not Much Changes

When the French government officially enacted a ban on short domestic flights this week, it hailed the measure as proof that France was at the vanguard of ambitious climate change policies. But critics say it’s much ado about almost nothing. “We are the first to do it,” President Emmanuel Macron wrote in a celebratory message […]

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2024 BMW 5-Series Launched In Europe With No 6-Cylinder ICE Option Until Next Year

2024 BMW 5-Series Launched In Europe With No 6-Cylinder ICE Option Until Next Year | Carscoops <!– –><!– –><!—-><!—-> Only combustion 5-Series models available in Europe at launch are low-tune 520i and 520d; four- and six-cylinder PHEVs follow in 2024 <!––> by Chris Chilton 5 hours ago <!––> by Chris Chilton <!– –> BMW has […]

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Dodge’s ‘Last Call’ Challenger Black Ghost Will Also Be Sold In Europe

Dodge’s ‘Last Call’ Challenger Black Ghost Will Also Be Sold In Europe | Carscoops <!– –><!– –><!—-><!—-> The Dodge Challenger Black Ghost is based around the potent SRT Hellcat Redeye Widebody <!––> by Brad Anderson May 24, 2023 at 06:41 <!––> by Brad Anderson <!– –> Just a couple of months after Dodge’s ‘Last Call’ […]

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China and Russia, Targets of a Contentious G7 Summit, Draw Closer

When Russian troops poured into Ukraine over a year ago, many experts foresaw a strategic windfall for China, with the United States distracted again by a war far from Asia. Now, Beijing is increasingly alarmed that the Western bloc backing Ukraine is entrenching itself in China’s neighborhood. The leaders of the Group of 7 nations […]

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China and Russia, Targets of a Contentious G7 Summit, Draw Closer

When Russian troops poured into Ukraine over a year ago, many experts foresaw a strategic windfall for China, with the United States distracted again by a war far from Asia. Now, Beijing is increasingly alarmed that the Western bloc backing Ukraine is entrenching itself in China’s neighborhood. The leaders of the Group of 7 nations […]

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To Find Europe’s Best Bike Routes, a Cycling Writer Asked the Crowd

You covered Greg LeMond when he was a cyclist, but you also wrote your previous book, “Cycling Atlas North America,” with him. How did that happen? The publisher, Rizzoli, asked me to do the book “Cycling Atlas North America.” I said I know some places but I need to have an American expert. Greg was […]

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Before Greek Vote, Leader Says Blocking Migrants Built ‘Good Will’ With Europe

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis of Greece has been accused of illegally pushing asylum seekers back at sea. He has acknowledged that the state’s intelligence service wiretapped an opposition leader. He has consolidated media control as press freedom in Greece has dropped to the lowest in Europe. It is the sort of thing that the guardians […]

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G7 Countries Borrow China’s Economic Strategy

Midway through his face-to-face meeting with President Biden in Indonesia last fall, the Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, offered an unsolicited warning. Mr. Biden had in the preceding months signed a series of laws aimed at supercharging America’s industrial capacity and imposed new limits on the export of technology to China, in hopes of dominating the […]

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Video Shows Greece Abandoning Migrants at Sea

The Greek government did not respond to repeated requests for comment. But campaigning on Lesbos last week ahead of general elections on Sunday, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis defended his government’s “tough but fair” migration policies and boasted of a 90 percent drop in the arrival of “illegal migrants.” The government has consistently denied mistreating asylum […]

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Stellantis Will Close UK Plants Unless Brexit Deal Revised

Stellantis Will Close UK Plants Unless Brexit Deal Revised | Carscoops <!– –><!– –><!—-><!—-> Automaker says existing deal will result in tarrifs when exporting electric vans to Europe from 2024 <!––> by Chris Chilton 5 hours ago <!––> by Chris Chilton <!– –> Britain’s beleaguered car industry risks being decimated unless the UK government acts […]

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Honda Justifies Its EV Strategy, Believes Europe’s Infrastructure Won’t Be Ready Until 2040 Or 2050

Honda Justifies Its EV Strategy, Believes Europe’s Infrastructure Won’t Be Ready Until 2040 Or 2050 | Carscoops <!– –><!—-><!—-> The slow rolout of Honda EVs in Europe is attributed to the region’s limited charging network, which is why the automaker insists on hybrids and PHEVs <!––> by Thanos Pappas 5 hours ago <!––> by Thanos […]

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New Ford Tourneo Courier Debuts With Rugged Active Trim, ICE, And EV Options

New Ford Tourneo Courier Debuts With Rugged Active Trim, ICE, And EV Options | Carscoops <!– –><!—-><!—-> The new generation of the Fiesta-based minivan brings boxier styling, more tech and practicality <!––> by Thanos Pappas 3 hours ago <!––> by Thanos Pappas <!– –> Ford took the wraps off the all-new Tourneo Courier and its […]

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Patents Reveal Geely’s Production-Ready Galaxy Light Electric Sedan

Patents Reveal Geely’s Production-Ready Galaxy Light Electric Sedan | Carscoops <!– –><!—-><!—-> The Geely Galaxy Light sedan will be underpinned by the carmaker’s E-CMA platform <!––> by Brad Anderson 2 hours ago <!––> by Brad Anderson <!– –> A handful of patent images have emerged online that appear to show the production-ready Galaxy Light electric […]

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Mitsubishi Riding The Profit Wave In North America Thanks To Outlander Popularity

Mitsubishi Riding The Profit Wave In North America Thanks To Outlander Popularity | Carscoops <!– –><!—-><!—-> Mitsubishi believes that global sales will jump by 10% to 917,000 vehicles in the current fiscal quarter <!––> by Brad Anderson 6 hours ago <!––> by Brad Anderson <!– –> Mitsubishi expects regional operating profit in North America to […]

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China’s Electric SUV Surge Sees 20 New Models Launch In April And Many Are Heading Worldwide

China’s Electric SUV Surge Sees 20 New Models Launch In April And Many Are Heading Worldwide | Carscoops <!– –><!—-><!—-> There are currently more than 90 electric SUVs currently on sale throughout China <!––> by Brad Anderson 5 hours ago <!––> by Brad Anderson <!– –> The number of all-electric SUVs available in China continues […]

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An Erdogan Loss in Turkey Would Stir Relief in the West and Anxiety in Moscow

Sunday’s presidential election in Turkey is being watched carefully in Western capitals, NATO headquarters and the Kremlin, with Turkey’s longtime mediating role in the complex and often vexing relations between the parties riding on the outcome. With President Recep Tayyip Erdogan slightly trailing his challenger, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, in recent polls, the prospect that the Turkish […]

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China’s Economic Needs May Take a Back Seat to Security

To revive its sluggish economy, China set out this year to woo foreign investors and stabilize its ties with the West. But these goals are colliding with what China’s leader, Xi Jinping, considers the paramount priority: bolstering national security in a world he sees as full of threats. Mr. Xi has warned that China must […]

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2023 Honda ZR-V Arrives In Europe As The Hybrid Twin Of The US-Spec HR-V

2023 Honda ZR-V Arrives In Europe As The Hybrid Twin Of The US-Spec HR-V | Carscoops <!– –><!—-><!—-> The European version of the Honda ZR-V e:HEV will compete in the compact SUV segment, slotting below the larger CR-V <!––> by Thanos Pappas 5 hours ago <!––> by Thanos Pappas <!– –> Honda expanded its European […]

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