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VW gets preliminary approval for US emissions settlement

Jul 26, 2016 (AFP)

A federal judge in California granted preliminary approval on Tuesday to a $14.7 billion settlement over Volkswagen's emissions cheating scandal. At the close o...

S.Korea's Samsung invests $450 mn in China carmaker

Jul 22, 2016 (AFP)

A subsidiary of South Korean conglomerate Samsung will buy a $450 million stake in China's electric carmaker BYD, which is partially owned by US investment guru...

Volvo Cars confident of setting sales record

Jul 21, 2016 (AFP)

Volvo Cars, owned by China's Geely, said Thursday it was on track to sell a record number of cars this year thanks to the success of its new high-end SUV. The S...

Tesla plans new truck, bus and car-sharing system

Jul 21, 2016 (AFP)

Tesla plans to build a new pick-up truck, and an urban bus, and launch a sharing system of self-driving cars, the company's founder Elon Musk announced Wednesda...

Volkswagen execs named in new emissions lawsuits

Jul 19, 2016 (AFP)

New York and Massachusetts filed lawsuits Tuesday against Volkswagen that suggested that senior executives were aware early on of efforts to hide high emissions...

Partially automated cars provide enough benefits to warrant widespread adoption

Jul 19, 2016 (SPX)

Carnegie Mellon College of Engineering researchers have concluded that the public could derive economic and social benefits today if safety-oriented, partially ...

California rejects VW plan to fix 3-liter diesel cars

Jul 14, 2016 (AFP)

California regulators on Wednesday rejected a plan by Volkswagen to fix some 16,000 diesel vehicles involved in the carmaker's costly emissions-cheating scandal...

Tesla won't disable Autopilot despite accidents

Jul 12, 2016 (AFP)

Tesla does not plan to disable the Autopilot self-driving function in its cars despite accidents possibly linked to it, founder Elon Musk told The Wall Street J...

GM sees self-driving cars as gradual rollout

Jul 11, 2016 (AFP)

General Motors believes in autonomous vehicles as a safer mode of transport, and expects the technology to come more quickly than most people think, a top execu...

Tesla readies updated 'secret masterplan'

Jul 11, 2016 (AFP)

Electric carmaker Tesla is preparing an updated "secret masterplan" as the company looks to rebound from concerns over the safety of its "Autopilot" semi-autono...

China auto sales speed up 14.6% in June: industry group

Jul 11, 2016 (AFP)

Car sales growth in China, the top global auto market, accelerated for the second consecutive month, an industry group reported Monday, despite continued woes i...

German parliament to investigate government's role in 'Dieselgate' scandal

Jul 07, 2016 (AFP)

Germany's parliament on Thursday was to launch a probe into whether the government colluded in the engine-rigging scandal engulfing auto giant Volkswagen. The s...

Tesla fatal crash is setback to autonomous cars

Jul 01, 2016 (AFP)

It could be a wakeup call for the self-driving car movement. The Tesla Model S cruising on "Autopilot" failed to pick up a crossing tractor-trailer against a br...

Volkswagen out to fix big diesels in emissions scandal

Jun 30, 2016 (AFP)

An attorney for Volkswagen on Thursday told a US judge that the carmaker thinks it can fix larger diesel vehicles involved in a costly emissions-cheating scanda...

VW still long way from drawing line under engine-rigging scandal

Jun 29, 2016 (AFP)

Volkswagen cleared a big hurdle with a US deal over compensation for its engine-rigging scam, but the embattled auto giant is still a long way from drawing a li...

Ready for the car with a licence to kill

Jun 28, 2016 (SPX)

The first autonomous vehicles are expected in the next few years. They should ease traffic and reduce pollution and accidents compared with today's cars. But th...

Record VW payout in US 'dieselgate' settlement

Jun 28, 2016 (AFP)

Volkswagen has agreed to a record $15 billion US payout over its emissions-cheating diesel cars, pledging to buy back or fix vehicles that tricked pollution tes...

Driverless cars: Who gets protected

Jun 28, 2016 (SPX)

Driverless cars pose a quandary when it comes to safety. These autonomous vehicles are programmed with a set of safety rules, and it is not hard to construct a ...

VW to pay $15 bn to settle emissions scandal in US: report

Jun 27, 2016 (AFP)

Volkswagen's cost for ending civil lawsuits over its emissions-cheating scandal has grown to $15 billion, Bloomberg News reported Monday on the eve of the autom...

VW to pay $10 bn in US over emissions scandal: source

Jun 23, 2016 (AFP)

Volkswagen has agreed to pay $10 billion to settle a huge US civil case over its diesel emissions-cheating scandal, a person familiar with the negotiations told...