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US authorities rebuff VW diesel recall plan

Jan 12, 2016 (AFP)

US environmental regulators turned down Volkswagen's initial recall plan for its diesel cars equipped with illegal emissions cheat devices Tuesday, a day before...

Auto industry's green push challenged by low gas prices

Jan 12, 2016 (AFP)

Beneath the hoods of the cars showing in Detroit this week lie engines that are as powerful as ever, but are smaller and, helped by direct injection, guzzle les...

China 2015 auto sales growth hits three-year low

Jan 12, 2016 (AFP)

Vehicle sales in China, the world's largest car market, increased at their slowest pace in three years in 2015, industry group data showed Tuesday, as slowing g...

War of words among China ride-share rivals

Jan 11, 2016 (AFP)

The controversial boss of ride-sharing app Uber said Monday its biggest Chinese rival is spending as much as $80 million a week or $4 billion a year on subsidie...

Diesel cars' prospects in US dim with VW scandal

Jan 11, 2016 (AFP)

Diesel cars have never been popular in the United States and hopes they could gain greater acceptance under tougher fuel economy standards are fading in the wak...

German automakers to push diesel in US despite VW scandal

Jan 11, 2016 (AFP)

German automakers will continue to push diesel sales in the United States despite the Volkswagen pollution-cheating scandal, the head of the VDA automaker's ass...

VW chief apologizes over emissions scandal on first US trip

Jan 11, 2016 (AFP)

Volkswagen chief executive Matthias Mueller on Sunday apologized for cheating diesel car emissions tests on his first official US visit since the scandal broke ...

BMW reports record sales in 2015, but sees slowdown in China

Jan 11, 2016 (AFP)

German top-of-the-range carmaker BMW said Monday that it sold a record number of vehicles worldwide last year, powered by new models, but its performance slowed...

GM bets Americans will buy cars made in China

Jan 10, 2016 (AFP)

General Motors will be placing a big bet the American public is willing to drive a car built in China when it unveils the Buick Envision on Sunday night. The la...

End of the road for rearview mirror?

Jan 09, 2016 (AFP)

With forward-looking car technology, the rearview mirror as we know it may soon become a thing of the past. Technology at the Consumer Electronics Show showed h...

VW chief hopes to shift gears in Detroit

Jan 08, 2016 (AFP)

When the world's leading carmakers unveil glitzy new models at the Detroit auto show next week, Volkswagen's chief executive Matthias Mueller will be in town on...

Car talk is electric at Vegas tech show

Jan 08, 2016 (AFP)

Talk by automakers attending the CES tech show this week in Vegas was nothing short of electric. Ford, General Motors and Volkswagen have made it clear they are...

US states say Volkswagen stonewalling emissions probe

Jan 08, 2016 (AFP)

Volkswagen has been uncooperative with US states probing its emissions-cheating technology, citing German privacy law in refusing to share documents, two prosec...

Volvo gears up to play with big boys

Jan 08, 2016 (AFP)

Swedish carmaker Volvo, owned by the Chinese Geely group, said on Friday it had turned the corner towards becoming a major international player as it posted rec...

Volkswagen expects to buy back 115,000 diesel cars in US: report

Jan 07, 2016 (AFP)

Embattled German auto giant Volkswagen expects to have to buy back around 115,000 diesel vehicles in the United States that are affected by the massive pollutio...

GM unveils Bolt electric car in Vegas

Jan 07, 2016 (AFP)

General Motors on Wednesday unveiled the production version of its Chevrolet Bolt electric car, on which the US auto giant is pinning its hopes for the emerging...

Volkswagen launches 'smart' electric revamp of minivan

Jan 06, 2016 (AFP)

Meet the revamped Volkswagen Kombi. Once a hippie favorite, the minivan has been transformed into an electric, connected vehicle of the future. BUDD-e, unveiled...

Kia sees autonomous cars by 2030

Jan 06, 2016 (AFP)

South Korean automaker Kia said Tuesday it envisions introducing an autonomous car using its own technology by 2030 under a new initiative dubbed "drive wise." ...

Norway leads world in electric car market share

Jan 06, 2016 (AFP)

Electric cars represented almost one in five new vehicles registered in Norway last year, a market share unparallelled anywhere in the world thanks largely to c...

US lawsuit turns up heat on VW

Jan 05, 2016 (AFP)

The decision by the US government to sue Volkswagen over the massive pollution-cheating scandal turned up the heat on the former paragon of German industry on T...