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		<title>Europe: EU is preparing bloc-wide incentive plan for EVs, Germany’s Scholz says</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jan 2025 12:23:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The European Union is working on a proposal for bloc-wide purchase incentives for&nbsp;electric vehicles&nbsp;to support the bloc’s struggling automakers, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said. Speaking at the World Economic Forum...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Germany: TÜV “Annual Car Inspection&#8221; Millions of Vehicles</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jan 2025 12:05:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TÜV has recently proposed a major change to the system of technical inspections of vehicles in Germany. The suggestion is that periodic inspection checks should be annual for cars and motorcycles, especially for older vehicles....]]></description>
		
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		<title>Czech Republic: Skoda, is bucking an economic downturn unfolding in its crucial ally Germany</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jan 2025 12:04:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a shadow hanging over the European economy. The ascent of Donald Trump to the White House has exposed brewing fragilities within the continent’s economy and military prowess. That...]]></description>
		
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		<title>France: In the Pays Bigouden, are mechanics becoming a rare pearl?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jan 2025 12:04:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the Bigouden region, are mechanics becoming a rare pearl? The shortage of skilled labour that led to the closure of a garage in Combrit this summer is indeed a...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Italy: Most damaged used cars: repair costs up to 14 thousand euros</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jan 2025 12:03:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new report from carVertical highlights the problems of damaged used cars and the average cost of repair in Italy Buying a used car can be a daunting task, especially when it...]]></description>
		
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		<title>France: Valeo and AWS Collaborate to Accelerate the Cloud-Native Revolution in Software-Defined Vehicles</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jan 2025 11:59:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Valeo and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have collaborated to help revolutionize the era of Software-Deﬁned Vehicles (SDV) within the automotive industry. The collaboration between Valeo and AWS helps enable faster...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Germany: These cars never have to go to the TÜV</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jan 2025 11:54:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Erlangen/Erlangen-Höchstadt district &#8211; 250 police vehicles are regularly checked in the workshop of the Erlangen police station. The boss is an old hand, about mileage, bodily fluids, two discontinued models and...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Germany: LIQUI MOLY closes financial year 2024 with record sales of one billion euros</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jan 2025 10:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The German expert for automotive chemicals also achieves new highs in oil and additive production and pays up to 7,000 euros in bonuses to its workforce. The number of employees...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Italy: Vehicle Inspector Centres New Deadline For Refresher Training</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2024 19:55:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With circular no. 35518 on 12th December, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport has set a new deadline for completing the mandatory training update for inspectors of private control centres...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Germany: Tesla Model 3 Ranks Dead Last In TUV Reliability Tests For Newer Cars</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2024 19:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a consumer report released earlier this week, over a ten-year period, Tesla EVs were the most cost-effective vehicles to operate. However, that does not guarantee ten years of...]]></description>
		
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		<title>France: Valeo Envisions Mobility of Tomorrow at CES 2025</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2024 19:42:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Valeo, the key technology partner of mobility players worldwide, invites you to join inenvisioning and experiencing the mobility of tomorrow at CES 2025. “For more than a decade, Valeo has...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Spain: Electric car batteries are a huge joke according to a Spanish mechanic</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2024 19:42:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the center of the controversy are graphene-based capacitors, touted as a game-changing battery technology that promised an unprecedented lifespan of half a million charge cycles. Manufactured in Dubai, these batteries...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Italy: The MOT bonus is back but expires at the end of the year: what it is, how to get it</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2024 19:41:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Somewhat surprisingly, among the measures contained in the 2025 tax decree linked to the Budget, the car inspection bonus has also reappeared , suspended for a year and now available again, although with...]]></description>
		
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		<title>France: Do licence-free vehicles in France require a roadworthiness test?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2024 23:40:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reader Question: Are contrôle technique tests now required for licence less cars? I remember plans for them to be included when tests on motorbikes were introduced. Yes, roadworthiness tests for&nbsp;voitures sans permis&nbsp;(licence-free...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Europe: Union says nearly 100,000 workers joined Volkswagen strikes across Germany</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2024 23:39:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Almost 100,000 workers joined walkouts at Volkswagen&#8217;s (VOWG_p.DE), opens new tab German plants in protest at management plans to cut wages and even close sites at Europe&#8217;s biggest carmaker, the IG Metall union said,...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Austria: The £6MILLION car crash: &#8216;Most expensive pile-up of the year&#8217; sees two Ferraris, a McLaren and a Bentley slam into each other on Austrian mountain road</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2024 23:38:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A car smash involving two Ferraris, a McLaren and a Bentley with a combined value of £6million has been branded the most expensive crash of the year. The incident took...]]></description>
		
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		<title>France: When finding a mechanic becomes a headache: the alarm call from garage owners</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2024 23:37:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recruiting a mechanic is difficult in some car garages. In Quimper, in Finistère, a company displays its ad in giant format outside its establishment while other garage owners turn to...]]></description>
		
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		<title>France: Drivers can compare local contrôle technique fees at new official French website</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2024 23:37:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Luke Martin]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new comparison site allowing drivers to see the price for mandatory vehicle tests at different garages in their area has been created by the French government. The site includes...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Portugal: Dozens of cars destroyed in a car workshop</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2024 23:35:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Luke Martin]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a small indication of the lives ruined by suspicious fires in a story carried by SIC Notícias of a car workshop in Travessa do Tronco, in Foz do Sousa,...]]></description>
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2024 23:34:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Luke Martin]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Drama occurred at the Montecchio MOT centre when a car unexpectedly caught fire According to what was reported and also with the help of the Bibbiano Carabinieri, the flames broke...]]></description>
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2024 23:31:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A car workshop with an attached car wash has been operating in Lauro without permission from the local authority. Seizure and charges for a 40-year-old have been filed. The operation...]]></description>
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Nov 2024 23:19:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Luke Martin]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Swedish BMW and Mini parts specialist found themselves with an unusual customer when the large animal snuck into their garage. Viktor Örtegren, company director of Schmiedmann in Fjärås, was...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Italy: Mechanic destroys customer&#8217;s Ferrari</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Nov 2024 23:17:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2008, the mechanic was driving a Ferrari from Rome to Frosinone to sell it. An accident destroyed it. But the man is only 50% responsible because the owner did...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Germany: The TÜV is changing: What the HU could soon look like</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Nov 2024 23:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cars have changed a lot in recent years, but the main inspection has remained the same. According to ideas from TÜV, Dekra and other inspection organizations, this should change fundamentally....]]></description>
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Nov 2024 23:16:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Luke Martin]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Valeo, a leading automotive technology provider and NTT DATA, aglobal digital business and IT services leader, are deepening their long-standing collaboration to address the rapidly expanding two-wheeler and small mobility...]]></description>
		
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