Other divisions make construction equipment, engines and drive systems. Global demand for heavy trucks and equipment has proved mercurial for several years, rising and falling sharply since the mid-2000s.

to cut ties to the traditional internal combustion engine. From 2019, the company announced this week, all new cars sold by Volvo will be hybrid or electric. Five new fully electric launches are planned

are in effect specialised search engines, generating fees from clickthroughs to insurance suppliers as well as from commissions. GoCompare is renowned for its catchy but deeply irritating advertising,

cheat devices" on diesel engines which temporarily cut toxic emissions under laboratory conditions. The group has already admitted guilt in the case but placed all the blame on lower-level executives,

with a broad range of engine oils, transmission fluids and brake fluids, sold in more than 150 countries worldwide. The core brand in this sector is Castrol, one of the world's best-known motor oil brands,

engine oils and lubricants, including Pennzoil and Quaker State in the US, and owns the US-based Jiffy Lube oil change station network. Ben van Beurden, previously director of downstream operations, became

It licensed the first Thomas The Tank Engine theme park, which opened in the US in 2015. This so-called Entertainment division contributed sales of $978m in 2017. In 2014, the group set about strengthening

the synthetic natural gas used in Audi's gas-powered engine technology is made using wind power rather than fossil fuels, so it's still about as green as you can get. It's a charming ad too, made in Germany

and two vehicle assembly plants and an engine factory will be shuttered at a cost to Ford of around $500m. A restructured joint venture, which will be majority controlled by Sollers, will continue to

There are three main engines to the business. Warner Bros is the group's film and TV studio generating feature entertainment for cinema distribution as well as hundreds of hours of television content