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Cars

HANDOUT - 15 February 2022, US, Bibb County: Battery production at the Mercedes-Benz site in Alabama. German car-maker Mercedes opened a new battery factory in the southern US state of Alabama on Tuesday, a key part of its plans to ramp up production of electric cars in the US. Photo: Mercedes-Benz AG/dpa - ACHTUNG: Nur zur redaktionellen Verwendung im Zusammenhang mit der aktuellen Berichterstattung und nur mit vollständiger Nennung des vorstehenden Credits.

Economy & Business

CAR INDUSTRY

Mercedes opens battery factory in Alabama, eyeing electric car future

The Nomad Today/dpa 3/15/22

The focus on electric vehicles is part of a corporate offensive to bring eight fully electric vehicles to market, produced in seven different sites

car repair workshop by Pixabay.

Moving to Spain

ROAD SAFETY

Deadlines, mandatory documents for Spanish vehicle inspection test

The Nomad Today 2/23/22

The deadlines for taking the car to the inspection stations may vary depending on the age and nature of the vehicle

HANDOUT - 18 February 2022, Portugal, ----: Smoke rises from a freighter in the Atlantic Ocean south of the Azores. A freighter carrying about 4000 German cars belonging to the Volkswagen Group caught fire, according to the Portuguese Navy. The 22 crew members had abandoned the almost 200-metre-long Felicity Ace and were brought to safety, a spokesperson told dpa on Friday. (best quality available) Photo: ---/Marinha Portugal/dpa - ACHTUNG: Nur zur redaktionellen Verwendung im Zusammenhang mit der aktuellen Berichterstattung und nur mit vollständiger Nennung des vorstehenden Credits.

World

DISASTER

Firefighting efforts prove complex as ship burns with cars on board

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/19/22

Many of the vehicles on board are electric models whose batteries made putting the fire out even more complicated, he said

Economy & Business

CAR INDUSTRY

Mercedes-Benz recalls 800,000 cars worldwide due to technical fault

The Nomad Today/dpa 1/5/22

The replacement of the affected parts is scheduled to start in mid-to-late January, but it depends on the release of software and the availability of parts

Economy & Business

BUSINESS

Audi increases investment towards becoming all-electric

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/16/21

Audi wants to have more than 20 fully electric models on offer by 2025

A driver smokes a cigarette while driving his private car. Photo: Pixabay.

Lifestyle

HEALTH

Spanish health authorities want to ban smoking in cars and terraces

The Nomad Today 12/9/21

The Ministry of Health has just submitted the draft Comprehensive Plan for the Prevention and Control of Smoking 2021-2025 to the regional governments and scientific organizations to make their…

Hybrid electric cars charging. Photo: Pixabay.

Economy & Business

ECOLOGICAL TRANSITION

More than 1,000 Spanish gas stations to offer electric car charging

The Nomad Today 11/26/21

The proposal allows three general exceptions to the obligation

FILED - An electric car charges up at a BMW site in Leipzig, Germany. BMW chairperson Oliver Zipse on Wednesday warned that setting a date for the end of petrol and diesel cars could in fact harm the climate. Photo: Hendrik Schmidt/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB

Economy & Business

ENERGY

BMW boss: Petrol and diesel ban could be 'harmful for the climate'

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/10/21

He pointed out that there are not enough charging stations for electric cars in Europe

Stockholm

World

SWEDEN

200 cars burnt out in parking garage north of Stockholm

The Nomad Today/dpa 8/26/21

The cause of the fire is being investigated

01 October 2020, Belgium, Gent: An employee works on the first Volvo full-electric car at the Volvo Car plant of the electric vehicles. Photo: Kurt Desplenter/dpa.

Finland

AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR

Sales of electric and hybrid cars in Finland grew 57% in February

The Nomad Today 3/4/21

The best-selling car brands in Finland in January and February are Toyota, Skoda and Volvo.

01 October 2020, Belgium, Gent: Volvo full-electric cars are displayed at the Volvo Car plant of the electric vehicles. Photo: Kurt Desplenter/dpa.

Finland

BUSINESS

Car sales fall 17% compared to the previous year

The Nomad Today 11/5/20

Toyota, Skoda and Volkswagen are the Finns' favorite car brands so far this year.

Economy & Business

Toyota expects 64% fall in annual net profit amid pandemic

The Nomad Today 8/6/20

The best-selling car brand in Finland saw sales down by 40.4%.

BMW-by-Pixabay

Finland

RECESSION

Car sales fell 18.7% so far this year

The Nomad Today 8/6/20

In July 2020 the number of new passenger cars registered was 9,101

Economy & Business

Pandemic hits Volvo Cars hard

The Nomad Today 7/22/20

The company said it sold 269,962 cars in the January-June period, compared to the 340,826 cars it sold in the same period last year.

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Finland

BUSINESS

Car sales still sunk

The Nomad Today 7/6/20

Only 8,023 new passenger cars were registered in June, 23.9% down from the year before.

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Finland

Coronavirus crisis sinks car sales

The Nomad Today 5/8/20

The collapse of April sales is already reflected in the accumulated figures for the first four months of the year.

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Finland

Finland is a country of old cars

The Nomad Today 3/2/20

The vehicle stock grew by 2.4% in 2019. The number of electric cars grew by 93%, but their share is still under 1% of the total.

Finland

2020 began with a sales drop for the Finnish automotive sector

The Nomad Today 2/6/20

The most common passenger car models registered were Toyota Corolla, Skoda Octavia, Toyota Yaris, Nissan Qashqai and Ford Focus.

Mercedes-Car-sale

Finland

Passenger car sales fell 5.2% in Finland in 2019

The Nomad Today 1/8/20

The industry recorded eight consecutive months of declines in sales, which only grew in the last four months of the year.

Security triangle road traffic accident by Pixabay.

Finland

12 pedestrians and 15 cyclists died on Finnish roads so far this year

The Nomad Today 11/19/19

14 people were killed in traffic accidents in October.