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More carmakers caught in VW engine-rigging scandal

Apr 22, 2016 (AFP)

Major names in the auto industry found themselves caught in headlights of a global engine-rigging scandal on Friday as Volkswagen booked one of the biggest loss...

UA team revs up connected-vehicle technology

Apr 22, 2016 (SPX)

For all their anti-theft, fuel efficiency and satellite radio features, even the priciest new cars still travel on roads using decades-old traffic management te...

Engine-rigging scandal pushes VW into first loss in 20 years

Apr 22, 2016 (AFP)

Embattled German carmaker Volkswagen said Friday the massive engine-rigging scandal it is currently engulfed in pushed it into its first year-end loss in more t...

Carmakers focus on China as scorching market slows

Apr 22, 2016 (AFP)

The global car industry gathers for its biggest annual event in China as analysts say the brakes are coming on in the world's number one auto market, with the s...

VW to offer buyback, payout to owners of polluting cars

Apr 21, 2016 (AFP)

Volkswagen reached an agreement Thursday with US regulators to offer US owners of some 480,000 illegally polluting diesel cars options of "substantial compensat...

Automaker Mitsubishi admits falsifying fuel-efficiency tests

Apr 20, 2016 (AFP)

Japanese automaker Mitsubishi on Wednesday admitted it falsified fuel-efficiency tests in more than 600,000 vehicles, after reports of misconduct sent its Tokyo...

VW says top executives ready to accept 'sharp cuts' in bonuses

Apr 13, 2016 (AFP)

Volkswagen announced Wednesday that its top executives were willing to accept "sharp reductions" in their annual bonuses as the embattled carmaker struggles to ...

China auto sales up nearly 9% in March: industry group

Apr 12, 2016 (AFP)

Car sales in China jumped nearly nine percent in March from a year earlier, figures from an industry group showed Tuesday, a bright spot for the world's second-...

VW managers in hot seat over bonus payments

Apr 12, 2016 (AFP)

Public debate is raging in Germany this week over whether top executives at Volkswagen should be paid generous bonuses as the carmaker struggles to stem further...

Tesla recalls 2,700 Model X SUVs for seat problem

Apr 11, 2016 (AFP)

Tesla Motors is recalling 2,700 Model X sport utility vehicles to fix a locking hinge that could allow third-row seat backs to fold forward, the automaker said ...

China firm boosts self-driving technology with $1 bn overseas deals

Apr 08, 2016 (AFP)

A Chinese auto firm said Friday it is buying two foreign companies and their self-driving technologies for more than $1 billion, as the world's second-largest e...

Tesla Model 3 orders hit 325,000

Apr 07, 2016 (AFP)

Orders for Tesla's Model 3, its first mass-market electric aimed at taking the upstart automaker into the mainstream, have reached 325,000, Tesla said Thursday....

VW managers refuse to forego bonuses: report

Apr 07, 2016 (AFP)

Top executives at Volkswagen are refusing to forego their bonuses this year, despite prescribing belt-tightening for the carmaker's workforce in the wake of the...

Self-drive trucks 'future of Europe's busy highways'

Apr 06, 2016 (AFP)

Six convoys of semi-automated "smart" trucks arrived in Rotterdam's harbour Wednesday after an experiment its organisers say will revolutionise future road tran...

Tesla unveils cheaper model aimed at mass market

Apr 01, 2016 (AFP)

Tesla unveiled a new, cheaper model of its electric car aimed at the mass market on Thursday, taking more than 115,000 orders in the past 24 hours -- nearly thr...

US sues Volkswagen for deceptive 'clean diesel' campaign

Mar 29, 2016 (AFP)

The US government filed suit against Volkswagen on Tuesday, charging the German automaker deceived American consumers by promoting supposedly "clean diesel" veh...

Newest Tesla electric will aim at middle market

Mar 27, 2016 (AFP)

Tesla is set to unveil the Model 3, its long-anticipated pitch to middle class drivers and a key component in founder Elon Musk's vision to mainstream the elect...

US judge gives VW to April 21 for emissions fix plan

Mar 24, 2016 (AFP)

A US judge on Thursday gave Volkswagen until April 21 to come up with a plan to fix some 600,000 cars spewing illegal levels of pollutants due to emissions-chea...

US unveils emergency braking deal with automakers

Mar 17, 2016 (AFP)

US traffic safety authorities announced Thursday a voluntary deal with automakers to make automatic emergency braking a standard feature on new cars within the ...

VW dealers in Germany not obliged to take back diesel cars, court rules

Mar 16, 2016 (AFP)

Volkswagen dealers in Germany are not obliged to take back cars equipped with the emissions-cheating software at the centre of the global scandal currently engu...