Source: European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA)

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In the fourth quarter of 2017, demand for alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) in the European Union continued to grow – EU results were 35.1% higher than in the same period in 2016. The 227,378 alternatively-powered cars registered during the last quarter of 2017 accounted for 6.7% of total passenger car sales, while electrically-chargeable vehicles (ECVs) made up for 1.9% of all cars sold across the European Union...

In the first seven months of 2017, exports of automotive components reached 4.6 billion euros.

In year-on-year terms, there was an increase of + 6.8% compared to July 2016.

"I'm not playing the wheel from now on." If no one had told us this, we would not know that we had just entered autopilot. The Tesla Model S is on its own. The Bosch rider has his hands off the wheel and his feet away from the pedals.

"But is not it really touching anything?" We asked. "I assure you not," assures the pilot of the German supplier.

We are in Boxberg, a center created by the German brand for these presentations, 100 km from Stuttgart, city where Bosch was founded...

The Automotive Magazine was the only national publication to showcase - in loco - the participation of the Portuguese automotive component manufacturers, who participated for the first time in the Frankfurt Motor Show.
in Automotive Magazine, 09-29-2017