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More Nepalis drive electric, evading global fuel shocks
May 03, 2026 (AFP)
Electric microbus driver Purushottam Adhikari said he was now shuttling more passengers along the 300-kilometre (186-mile) journey between his town in Chitwan d...
Cheaper, cleaner electric trucks overhaul China's logistics
Apr 29, 2026 (AFP)
While the country's prowess in electric passenger vehicles has long been known globally, electric trucks have only recently gained traction. Now powered by exte...
'Joint venture in reverse': foreign carmakers seek edge with China partners
Apr 27, 2026 (AFP)
The days when foreign firms saw such partnerships largely as a necessary entrance fee to the world's largest auto market are long gone. Legacy overseas brands a...
Chinese EVs, flying cars take centre stage at world's biggest auto show
Apr 24, 2026 (AFP)
Rows of influencers posed in front of gleaming models at the capital's cavernous international exhibition centre, darting to suitcases stuffed with outfit chang...
UK dieselgate lawsuit enters final journey for carmakers
Mar 02, 2026 (AFP)
The High Court, where the trial opened in October, will determine whether systems installed in Mercedes, Ford, Peugeot-Citroen, Renault and Nissan diesel vehicl...
China space firm tests two seat flying car concept in Chongqing
Feb 17, 2026 (SPX)
The prototype uses a configuration that merges elements of air vehicles and automobiles to operate as both a car and an aircraft. Developers describe the design...
China top court says drivers responsible despite autonomous technology
Feb 14, 2026 (AFP)
In its ruling the court referred to a case in which a man relied on the technology while drunk and asleep at the wheel. Chinese tech companies and carmakers hav...
Mercedes-Benz net profit nearly halves amid China, US woes
Feb 12, 2026 (AFP)
Net profit for 2025 was 5.3 billion euros ($6.3 billion), Mercedes said, down almost 49 percent from 2024 but better than had been expected in a poll of analyst...
Carney scraps Canada EV sales mandate, affirms auto sector's future is electric
Feb 05, 2026 (AFP)
In unveiling his plan to transform the sector, Carney said Canada's auto industry needed to be ready for a future where EVs are dominant, and where US President...
China to ban hidden car door handles, setting new safety standards
Feb 03, 2026 (AFP)
The new rules could prompt carmakers globally to rethink vehicle-door designs as China increasingly positions itself as a standards-setter in the rapidly expand...
China to ban hidden car door handles in industry shift
Feb 03, 2026 (AFP)
New rules, announced by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on Monday, will take effect from January 1, 2027, and will require door handles to h...
German brings back electric car subsidies to boost market
Jan 19, 2026 (AFP)
Sales of electric vehicles (EVs) in Europe's biggest auto market are growing but progress has been patchy, and the government and the struggling auto sector are...
Electric vehicles could catch on in Africa sooner than expected
Jan 14, 2026 (SPX)
"Many models have assumed that combustion engine vehicles will continue to dominate in Africa through mid-century," says lead author Bessie Noll, a senior resea...
EU offers China alternative to tariffs in electric cars dispute
Jan 12, 2026 (AFP)
The European Commission, in charge of EU trade policy, outlined in a document how electric carmakers in China can offer price undertakings -- which set minimum ...
GM announces $7.1 bn hit to profits on electric auto pullback
Jan 08, 2026 (AFP)
The Detroit auto giant's fourth-quarter results will be dented by $6 billion in charges connected to reversals on EV investments, according to a securities fili...
AI helps pave the way for self-driving cars
Jan 07, 2026 (AFP)
Letting go of the steering wheel is no longer a fantasy: Waymo's robotaxis in the United States and China's Apollo Go, which has been growing rapidly over the p...
Trimble positioning tech to enhance Lucid Gravity lane level navigation
Jan 07, 2026 (SPX)
The system combines Trimble RTX corrections with the ProPoint Go positioning engine to create a resilient sensor fusion platform for the Lucid Gravity. By fusin...
EV sales rebound in Germany as Chinese brands make inroads
Jan 06, 2026 (AFP)
EV sales rose 43.2 percent last year to 545,142 in total, the KBA federal transport authority said, representing 19.1 percent of all new cars sold. Chinese EV g...
Norway closes in on objective of 100% electric car sales
Jan 02, 2026 (AFP)
Although Norway is western Europe's largest exporter of petroleum products, it has led the shift to electric vehicles, setting a non-binding target of selling o...
Tesla loses EV crown to China's BYD in 2025 as sales slip
Jan 02, 2026 (AFP)
The American company led by Elon Musk logged 418,227 deliveries in the final three months of the year, taking its full-year sales figure to around 1.64 million ...
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