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Boosting gas mileage by turning engine heat into electricity

Jul 27, 2015 (SPX)

Automakers are looking for ways to improve their fleets' average fuel efficiency, and scientists may have a new way to help them. In a report in the journal ACS...

GM earnings surge on solid sales in US, China

Jul 23, 2015 (AFP)

General Motors reported Thursday that quarterly earnings quadrupled on solid sales in the US and China as it pledged better results in the second half of 2015. ...

Software patch issued after hackers take over Jeep

Jul 22, 2015 (AFP)

Fiat Chrysler said Wednesday it is offering a software patch for some of its Internet-connected vehicles after a report showing hackers seizing control of a mov...

Chaos is an inherent part of city traffic

Jul 22, 2015 (SPX)

It's not unusual for two drivers to depart from the same location, head out to the same destination, drive more or less the same speed and nevertheless arrive a...

New fuel-cell materials pave the way for practical hydrogen-powered cars

Jul 16, 2015 (SPX)

Hydrogen fuel cells promise clean cars that emit only water. Several major car manufacturers have recently announced their investment to increase the availabili...

In Mexico City, once beloved 'Beetle' car nearly extinct

Jul 09, 2015 (AFP)

It was a symbol of the Mexico City landscape, zooming, honking and fuming in the mega-capital's infamously dense traffic. But the beloved Volkswagen Beetle is n...

China's Uber-style taxi app raises $2 bn

Jul 08, 2015 (AFP)

China's top taxi hailing app Didi Kuaidi announced Wednesday it raised $2.0 billion in two weeks, after reports said US rival Uber planned to invest $1.1 billio...

A learning method for energy optimization of the plug-in hybrid electric bus

Jul 03, 2015 (SPX)

Nowadays, the plug-in hybrid electric bus (PHEB) has been widely applied as a transportation in many cities of China. Compared with conventional bus, more prefe...

Physical study may give boost to hydrogen cars

Jul 01, 2015 (SPX)

The dream of a cleaner, greener transportation future burns brightly in the promise of hydrogen-fueled, internal combustion engine automobiles. Modern-day versi...

Researchers build mini Jeep that turns tire friction into energy

Jun 29, 2015 (UPI)

A newly developed nanogenerator could make vehicles more efficient by deriving power from the friction of rolling tires. The technology works by harnessing the ...

Digital messages on vehicle windshields make driving less safe

Jun 28, 2015 (SPX)

Augmented-reality head-up displays (AR-HUDs) that present digital images on windshields to alert drivers to everything from possible collisions to smart phone a...

Google self-driving prototype cars hit public roads

Jun 25, 2015 (AFP)

Google said on Thursday that its self-driving prototype cars have taken to streets in the Silicon Valley city of Mountain View where it has its headquarters. Th...

'Back to the Future' hoverboard comes to life

Jun 25, 2015 (AFP)

The future is here already -- or at least the one imagined for Marty McFly -- with a carmaker unveiling a real, working hoverboard, like that used in the "Back ...

Ford to support car-sharing with program for buyers

Jun 24, 2015 (AFP)

Ford Motor is launching a test program for customers in six US cities and London to lease their cars in the growing car-sharing market. Ford said the pilot prog...

Germany, world champion in car-sharing

Jun 21, 2015 (AFP)

Car-sharing, pioneered in Switzerland in the 1970s, is gaining popularity across the globe as people shy away from the cost of owning and maintaining an automob...

California ruling against Uber hits at business model

Jun 17, 2015 (AFP)

A California panel has ruled that a driver for cab service Uber is an employee -- a decision with potentially major implications for a global startup which reli...

India's booming taxi-app firms endure bumpy ride

Jun 14, 2015 (AFP)

India's ultra-competitive app-based taxi-hailing market has quickly become a multi-billion-dollar industry, but controversy surrounding safety, rejected licence...

China tech giant Baidu to develop driverless car: media

Jun 10, 2015 (AFP)

Chinese search engine giant Baidu plans to develop a driverless car, according to domestic media reports, following in the footsteps of fellow technology firm G...

Tesla boss downplays government subsidy as 'pittance'

Jun 02, 2015 (AFP)

Tesla Motors boss Elon Musk says his companies don't need an estimated $4.9 billion in government support they receive, but justified the aid in the cause of cr...

Self-driving cars vulnerable to cyberattack, experts warn

Jun 01, 2015 (AFP)

Hackers pose a real danger to self-driving vehicles, US experts are warning, and carmakers and insurers are starting to factor in the risk. Expected on the road...