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GM venture to recall over two million cars in China
May 27, 2016 (AFP)
US auto giant General Motors (GM) will recall more than two million vehicles produced through a joint venture in China because of an engine component flaw, the ...
Google to open Detroit-area autonomous car center
May 25, 2016 (AFP)
Google announced plans Wednesday to open a Detroit-area technology center for its self-driving car program. The new center in Novi, Michigan, will house enginee...
VW dieselgate: US judge cites progress toward settlement
May 24, 2016 (AFP)
The San Francisco judge handling the possible trial of Volkswagen in the emissions cheating scandal said Tuesday that there had been "substantial progress" towa...
Volkswagen, Toyota buy into ridesharing
May 24, 2016 (AFP)
Toyota and Volkswagen announced separate partnerships Tuesday with rideshare companies Uber and Gett, in the latest such moves by major carmakers. Japan's Toyot...
Fiat Chrysler suspected of emissions cheating
May 22, 2016 (AFP)
German regulators suspect that Italian-American auto maker Fiat Chrysler, like Volkswagen, used illegal software to cheat on emissions tests, a newspaper report...
Google patent glues pedestrians to self-driving cars
May 19, 2016 (AFP)
Google on Thursday had a fresh US patent for a sticky coating that could be applied to self-driving cars so pedestrians stick instead of bouncing off when hit. ...
Tesla raising cash to fund accelerated production
May 18, 2016 (AFP)
Luxury electric carmaker Tesla Motors announced Wednesday it planned to raise $1.4 billion in new capital to help fund stepped-up production of its new Model 3 ...
Ex-Googlers rev up plan for self-driving trucks
May 17, 2016 (AFP)
A former member of Google's autonomous car team and other Silicon Valley veterans on Tuesday introduced a startup devoted to self-driving trucks. Anthony Levand...
Waze squeezes into Uber's lane with carpool feature
May 16, 2016 (AFP)
Google-owned navigation application Waze on Monday began testing a carpool feature that rolls near the home turf of Uber and Lyft. Waze Carpool stressed that it...
Innovative traffic interchanges help drivers avoid crashes, save lives
May 16, 2016 (SPX)
The state of Missouri is a pioneer in adopting Diverging Diamond Interchanges (DDIs) named for their innovative design. At these interchanges drivers are divert...
General Motors' Opel unit in hot seat over emissions
May 13, 2016 (AFP)
German carmaker Opel, a subsidiary of General Motors, found itself in the spotlight Friday, with the transport ministry demanding explanations for media reports...
Apple invests $1 billion in China taxi app Didi
May 13, 2016 (AFP)
Apple said Friday it has invested $1 billion in Chinese ride hailing app Didi Chuxing, the bitter rival of US-based Uber, as the tech giant seeks to better unde...
Chilean cabbies block traffic in protest against Uber
May 12, 2016 (AFP)
Thousands of Chilean taxi drivers honked their horns and blocked traffic Thursday in a protest against ridesharing service Uber. Uber's service is not regulated...
France's Peugeot and Chinese partner to develop electric cars
May 11, 2016 (AFP)
French carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroen and its Chinese partner Dongfeng Motors said on Wednesday they had agreed to jointly develop electric cars from 2019. The tw...
Strolling and selfies as Paris' Champs-Elysees goes car-free
May 08, 2016 (AFP)
The sight of cars thundering down Paris's most famous boulevard was replaced Sunday by people strolling, cycling and taking selfies in the sun as the Champs-Ely...
Self-driving cars in a fast lane: Fiat Chrysler chief
May 07, 2016 (AFP)
Self-driving cars could hit roads within five years, the head of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles said Friday, days after the company announced an alliance with Google...
Paris' Champs-Elysees goes car-free on Sunday
May 06, 2016 (AFP)
The constant thunder of cars on Paris' most famous boulevard will be silenced Sunday when the Champs-Elysees goes pedestrian-only for the day in the first insta...
Volvo Cars gets junk rating as bond offer hits the road
May 06, 2016 (AFP)
Sweden's Volvo Cars said Friday it received a junk credit rating from the Standard and Poor's agency as it seeks to sell $500 million euros ($571 million) of bo...
Ford invests in cloud firm Pivotal in self-driving car push
May 05, 2016 (AFP)
Ford said Thursday it was investing $182 million into San Francisco cloud computing firm Pivotal as it deepens its work on connected and self-driving cars. The ...
New Zealand aims to double use of electric vehicles
May 05, 2016 (UPI)
The government of New Zealand said Thursday it was taking additional steps to adopt a low-carbon economy by creating incentives to use more electric vehicles. "...
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