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SUVs rev up at Delhi auto show despite pollution crackdown

Feb 03, 2016 (AFP)

India's flagship auto show opened its doors in New Delhi Wednesday with a new batch of diesel-guzzling SUVs on proud display, despite industry uncertainty about...

Renault opens first China factory

Feb 01, 2016 (AFP)

French car giant Renault opened its first car factory in China on Monday, the last major manufacturer to set up a plant in the country as it looks to tap into t...

Dutch test first self-drive minibuses

Jan 28, 2016 (AFP)

The Netherlands started test-driving its first driverless minibuses on Thursday hoping to introduce a full-time autonomous passenger service in a central Dutch ...

Germany approves scandal-hit VW's recall plan for 2.0-litre cars

Jan 27, 2016 (AFP)

German authorities on Wednesday gave the green light to a plan by scandal-hit Volkswagen to recall thousands of vehicles fitted with devices designed to cheat p...

Toyota keeps top global automaker crown, sells 10.15 mn in 2015

Jan 27, 2016 (AFP)

Toyota on Wednesday kept the title of world's biggest automaker for the fourth straight year after saying it sold 10.15 million vehicles globally in 2015, drivi...

Conductive concrete could keep roads safer in winter weather

Jan 26, 2016 (SPX)

A 200-square-foot slab of seemingly ordinary concrete sits just outside the Peter Kiewit Institute as snowflakes begin parachuting toward Omaha on a frigid afte...

Bumpy road ahead for electric cars: Tesla boss

Jan 26, 2016 (AFP)

Electric car manufacturers will have to design futuristic vehicles to entice buyers in order to ride out the challenge of plunging oil prices, Tesla co-founder ...

Head of Apple electric car team to leave: report

Jan 23, 2016 (AFP)

The head of Apple's automotive team plans to leave the company, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing unnamed sources. Former Ford engineer Steve Z...

Renault hasn't used trickery, CEO says after failed emissions tests

Jan 22, 2016 (AFP)

Renault chief Carlos Ghosn said Friday his company, which is under pressure over failed emissions tests, had not committed any "deception", amid sector-wide que...

GM debuts car-sharing, 'personal mobility' brand

Jan 21, 2016 (AFP)

General Motors said Thursday it was launching a US car-sharing service under a new "personal mobility" brand dubbed Maven. GM said Maven, which will compete wit...

Renault emissions troubles raise question for auto sector

Jan 20, 2016 (AFP)

French carmaker Renault's efforts to clean up the emissions of some of its diesel vehicles after failing tests, in the wake of a pollution cheating scandal at G...

Charging a car could soon be as quick as filling a tank

Jan 20, 2016 (UPI)

Engineers say the power grid is holding back the development of the electric car. The storage capacity of batteries are continuously improving, as are the speed...

Renault recalls vehicles amid failed emissions test

Jan 19, 2016 (AFP)

Renault said Tuesday it was recalling thousands of vehicles to make engine tweaks as the French carmaker grapples with emission levels found to exceed anti-poll...

Daimler Trucks eyes swift return to post-sanctions Iran

Jan 18, 2016 (AFP)

German automaker Daimler said Monday that its heavy goods vehicles unit, Daimler Trucks, planned a swift return to the Iranian market, after the US and EU lifte...

Ghost town tests self-driving cars of tomorrow

Jan 15, 2016 (AFP)

Tucked away on a tree-lined US college campus, a sprawling ghost town has been built to test the self-driving cars of the future. MCity, which sprung up in an e...

Renault shares keep on skidding on emission fears

Jan 15, 2016 (AFP)

Shares in French automaker Renault and other car companies skidded again Friday amid fears that an emissions scandal engulfing Volkswagen may be spreading secto...

US pledges $4 bn to speed self-driving cars

Jan 15, 2016 (AFP)

The US administration pledged Thursday to help clear the way for autonomous vehicles with an investment of $4 billion to fund research and testing projects. US ...

Renault shares plunge after failed pollution tests, raids

Jan 14, 2016 (AFP)

Shares in Renault plunged by 10 percent Thursday after the company's diesel cars failed government-ordered pollution tests and investigators raided its faciliti...

Google reveals self-driving car slip-ups

Jan 13, 2016 (AFP)

Google on Tuesday said that while its self-driving cars have safely driven more than a million miles, there have been times when humans have had to take over to...

Volkswagen chief meets US regulators

Jan 13, 2016 (AFP)

Volkswagen chief executive Matthias Mueller met with the head of the US Environmental Protection Agency in Washington on Wednesday as the company seeks to resol...