Automotive

China’s ambassador to China has announced “ideas” that Chinese car manufacturers could set up assembly line factories in Portugal. Chinese electric cars are widely seen as among the most [...]

Coindu, a Portuguese company that has produced upholstery for the automotive industry in Arcos de Valdevez near Viana do Castelo (now closed) and Joana near Vila Nova de Famalicão (Braga) has [...]

The French group Nexteam, which has a factory in Arcos de Valdevez in the Minho, has acquired the premises of failed car components company Coindu. Nexteam, which produces components for the [...]

Hundreds of million euros of incentives had to be provided to Volkswagen to convince the German manufacturer to produce its new electric low-cost vehicle at its Autoeuropa plant in Palmela. Under [...]

Five executive directors at Bosch Portugal, including its CEO, Carlos Ribas, were fired last summer by the German company’s head office without the right to compensation or severance pay over [...]

The Portuguese government is to offer incentives to encourage consumers to buy electric vehicles selling for up to €55,000 + VAT for those families who need more seats than are normally provided [...]

Volkswagen has chosen Portugal’s Autoeuropa factory to produce its recently-presented VW iD.Every 1 – a compact electric city car which will sell for a starting price of €20,000. The [...]

Portugal’s vehicles market fell 5.4% in the first two months of the year, with around 40,000 new vehicles put on the road, according to data from the Automobile Association of Portugal. (ACAP) By [...]

Shares in the multinational car manufacturer Stellantis tanked on Monday on the Milan, Paris and New York stock markets after its CEO, Carlos Tavares resigned. The group, which manufactures [...]

German multinational Bosch, which recorded sales of more than €2,000 million euros in Portugal last year and employs more than 7,000 in the country, does not rule out that Portugal may be part of [...]