CAR TECH - ROBO DAILY

Sep 04, 2015 (AFP)

Toyota on Friday announced plans to invest $50 million into building artificial intelligence into cars, an indication it could be joining the race to develop dr...

Self-driving golf carts

Sep 03, 2015 (SPX)

At the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems in September, members of the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) and th...

Foreign carmakers still driven to invest in China

Sep 02, 2015 (AFP)

Foreign carmakers that raced into China to profit from what has become the world's biggest automobile market by volume have no intention of backing out despite ...

Hong Kongers fight to save beloved trams

Sep 02, 2015 (AFP)

A controversial new proposal to take Hong Kong's beloved trams off the streets has sparked a wave of anger from residents who fear losing track of the city's pa...

French electric car-sharing service launches in US

Sep 02, 2015 (AFP)

An electric car-sharing service took to the streets of Indianapolis on Wednesday as its French owner hopes to plug into the vast US market. Bollore Group of Fra...

California Uber driver lawsuit gets class-action stamp

Sep 01, 2015 (AFP)

A federal judge on Tuesday granted class-action status to a suit filed by Uber drivers who argue they are treated like employees but paid as contractors who rec...

Tesla car gets best-ever rating from Consumer Reports

Aug 27, 2015 (AFP)

A new Tesla electric car has earned the best-ever vehicle rating from Consumer Reports, sending shares of the automaker racing higher Thursday. The new Tesla P8...

Madrid electrical bicycle share system takes off

Aug 20, 2015 (AFP)

They allow you to climb the steepest streets of Madrid without sweating, even on sultry summer days: more than 50,000 residents of the Spanish capital have sign...

Taxi-booking app GrabTaxi raises $350 million in fresh funding

Aug 19, 2015 (AFP)

Southeast Asian taxi-booking app GrabTaxi Holdings Pte Ltd said Wednesday it had raised more than $350 million in the firm's biggest ever fundraising to boost i...

Toyota says factory lines in Tianjin shut until weekend

Aug 19, 2015 (AFP)

Toyota on Wednesday said at least 67 employees were injured after giant explosions last week in the Chinese city of Tianjin, where the carmaker's factory lines ...

UAW blasts GM plan to sell Chinese-made cars in US

Aug 18, 2015 (AFP)

The United Auto Workers union blasted General Motors Tuesday for considering selling Chinese-built Buick Envisions in the United States and vowed to try to kill...

Toyota says workers injured, factory lines shut in Tianjin

Aug 17, 2015 (AFP)

Toyota on Monday said more than 50 employees were injured after two giant explosions last week in the Chinese city of Tianjin, where the carmaker's factory line...

China auto sales decline in July: industry group

Aug 11, 2015 (AFP)

China's auto sales fell in July for the fourth straight month, an industry group said Tuesday, as economic growth slows in the world's largest car market. Vehic...

Tesla courts hackers to defend high-tech cars

Aug 09, 2015 (AFP)

Hackers swarmed a Tesla sedan in a 'hacking village' at the infamous Def Con conference on Saturday as the high-tech electric car maker recruited talent to prot...

Car hack reveals peril on the road to Internet of Things

Aug 06, 2015 (AFP)

A software glitch that allows hackers to commandeer a Jeep Cherokee while on the move is just a glimpse of dangers on the road ahead for the Internet of Things....

Tesla loss widens as it gears for expansion

Aug 05, 2015 (AFP)

Tesla reported Wednesday its loss for the second quarter widened to $184 million as the electric carmaker geared up for expansion. The net loss tripled from the...

BMW says weaK China demand could hurt full-year earnings

Aug 04, 2015 (AFP)

German automaker BMW said Tuesday that weaker demand from China could weigh on its full-year earnings, as it reported a slight drop in its second-quarter profit...

Uber valuation tops $50 bn with latest funding: report

Jul 31, 2015 (AFP)

Global ridesharing startup Uber has closed a deal raising nearly $1 billion in fresh capital, pushing its valuation to more than $50 billion, the Wall Street Jo...

Nissan's three-month profit up 36% on sales in US, China

Jul 29, 2015 (AFP)

Nissan on Wednesday said net profit for the three months to June soared 36.3 percent to $1.3 billion on strong sales in North America and key market China. Japa...

GM to invest $5 bn on new Chevrolet for emerging markets

Jul 28, 2015 (AFP)

General Motors said Tuesday it would invest $5 billion to introduce a new family of smaller cars under the Chevrolet line targeting emerging markets and co-deve...