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VW faces huge US lawsuit over pollution cheating

Feb 24, 2016 (AFP)

Volkswagen faces potentially huge damages to pay over pollution cheat devices on its diesel-engine cars in a class-action lawsuit filed in a San Francisco court...

Volkswagen chief predicts 'renaissance' in US business

Feb 23, 2016 (AFP)

Embattled German auto giant Volkswagen believes it may have a second chance in the United States despite being at the centre of a massive emissions-cheating sca...

Uber defends driver scrutiny in wake of shooting

Feb 23, 2016 (AFP)

Uber said Monday it was devastated by a deadly shooting spree by one of its drivers but had no plans to change its background check methods. In a phone briefing...

China auto sales jump nearly 8% in January: group

Feb 19, 2016 (AFP)

China's auto sales rose nearly eight percent year-on-year in January ahead of national holidays, an industry group said Friday, picking up pace in a traditional...

Plaintiffs sue Mercedes alleging emissions cheating

Feb 18, 2016 (AFP)

Mercedes-Benz was accused in a lawsuit Thursday of selling diesel cars in the US that spew excess emissions of nitrogen oxide and concealing the mechanism from ...

Volvo Cars high-end drive pays off in 2015 profits

Feb 18, 2016 (AFP)

Swedish carmaker Volvo, owned by the Chinese Geely group, said on Thursday that its five-year transformation into a premium player had paid off with a massive i...

Automakers aren't doing enough to cut emissions: NGO

Feb 17, 2016 (AFP)

European automakers are still not doing enough to cut carbon gas emissions, the non-governmental organisation that blew the whistle on the pollution-cheating sc...

Pirelli shareholders approve Marco Polo Industrial Holding merger

Feb 15, 2016 (AFP)

Shareholders of the leading Italian tyremaker Pirelli approved on Monday a proposed merger with the Chinese company Marco Polo Industrial Holding. The merger, d...

Toyota plants start again after six-day parts shortage

Feb 15, 2016 (AFP)

Toyota said Monday it had resumed operations at all vehicle assembly and parts plants in Japan after its longest domestic production suspension since the March ...

Renault profit up but headlights on struggling Russian unit

Feb 12, 2016 (AFP)

Renault said Friday net profit for 2015 was up nearly 50 percent to 2.96 billion euros ($3.3 billion) despite a hit from its Russian subsidiary which Renault sa...

Uber gets another $200 mn for emerging markets push

Feb 12, 2016 (AFP)

Global ridesharing service Uber said Friday it had raised $200 million in additional funding to help its push into emerging markets. The latest round comes from...

UK Aims to Increase EV Adoption with New Initiative

Feb 12, 2016 (SPX)

Cabinet minister Oliver Letwin recently announced that the country is set to undergo a major transport overhaul as the government seeks to cement Britain's plac...

A fifth of car fuel-efficiency savings are eroded by increased driving

Feb 11, 2016 (SPX)

Around a fifth of the energy-saving benefits of fuel-efficient cars are eroded because people end up driving them more, according to a study into British motori...

Getting more miles from plug-in hybrids

Feb 11, 2016 (SPX)

Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) can reduce fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions compared to their gas-only counterparts. Researchers at the Un...

India's Tata Motors profits dip on weak China sales

Feb 11, 2016 (AFP)

India's largest car maker Tata Motors reported a two percent dip in quarterly profits on Thursday as sales of its British luxury unit Jaguar Land Rover slumped ...

US regulator says Google car could be its own driver

Feb 10, 2016 (AFP)

The US agency in charge of highway safety thinks that the autonomous car built by Google-parent Alphabet could qualify as being its own driver. In a written res...

New algorithm improves speed and accuracy of pedestrian detection

Feb 10, 2016 (SPX)

What if computers could recognize objects as well as the human brain could? Electrical engineers at the University of California, San Diego have taken an import...

Tesla ramps up sales, sets date for new model

Feb 10, 2016 (AFP)

Tesla said Wednesday its 2015 sales were up 51 percent as the electric carmaker reaffirmed plans for its new model that aims at a wider market. The California c...

Toyota says net profit jumps to $16 bn, raises FY forecast

Feb 08, 2016 (AFP)

Toyota on Friday said nine-month net profit jumped nearly 10 percent to 1.9 trillion yen ($16 billion), despite falling sales in most regions, with the world's ...

Chinese market electrifying for 'green' cars

Feb 07, 2016 (AFP)

Government subsidies are fuelling a boom in electric vehicles in China, driving hopes for the industry's global future as the world's biggest car market offers ...