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Automotive giants General Motors and Honda have announced a joint venture to produce two electric vehicles (EVs) due for a North American showroom debut in 2024. The partnership will see the brands share GM’s global EV architecture for both vehicles, with production to take place at GM’s North American facilities.

Car enthusiasts across Australia are reportedly using their spare time during coronavirus lockdowns to detail their vehicles. Representatives for the car care industry say sales of automotive cleaning products remained strong in March as most major retailers stocked up to meet demand and brace for possible price rises driven by currency fluctuations.

New vehicle sales took a hit in March, as you might expect, although it wasn't the cataclysmic drop some might have projected. VFACTS data compiled by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries released today shows that car sales fell by 17.9 per cent compared to March last year, to 81,690 sales. You have to return to 2009, at the height of the global financial crisis, to find a lower figure for March. That year there were 75,650 new cars sold.

Police in New South Wales have fined a driver in a Lamborghini for travelling 70km/h over the legal speed limit on his way to get tested for coronavirus. The driver, a 35-year-old man, was detected travelling at speeds of 160km/h in a 90km/h zone on a stretch of the M4 motorway in Lidcombe in western Sydney. When he was stopped, the driver allegedly told police he was on his way to Westmead Hospital to get tested for COVID-19.

South Korean car maker Kia has overtaken its sibling rival Hyundai in the monthly sales race for the first time – 24 years after arriving in Australia. According to preliminary figures for March – one of the slowest months in memory for new-car sales due to coronavirus lockdowns – Kia posted a sales increase to rank fourth outright behind market leader Toyota, Mazda in second and Mitsubishi in third.