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China tech firms shake up world's biggest car market

Apr 22, 2015 (AFP)

Chinese technology giants Alibaba and Tencent are promising to build the cars of the future, vehicles linked seamlessly to the Internet and offering shopping an...

Tesla struggling to electrify China car market

Apr 21, 2015 (AFP)

Serial entrepreneur Elon Musk has launched spacecraft into orbit, but popularising his Tesla electric cars in China is proving to be tougher than rocket science...

Luxury auto party over in China as growth slows, graft drive bites

Apr 21, 2015 (AFP)

When Italian luxury carmaker Maserati entered China a decade ago, with a brand virtually unknown to Chinese customers, it sold fewer than 40 vehicles its first ...

Carmakers race to China auto show despite market slowdown

Apr 16, 2015 (AFP)

China is crucial to foreign carmakers as the world's biggest auto market, but slowing economic growth and a corruption crackdown are denting its appeal as they ...

China 'Segway copycat' buys Segway company

Apr 15, 2015 (AFP)

A Chinese firm which makes self-balancing two wheeled scooter-like vehicles has bought its US rival Segway, it said Wednesday -- only months after being accused...

Toyota ends plant freeze with $1.0 bn Mexico factory

Apr 15, 2015 (AFP)

The world's biggest automaker Toyota ended its freeze on building new factories Wednesday, unveiling plans for a $1.0 billion plant in rising industry power Mex...

China's Ninebot buys US scooter firm Segway

Apr 15, 2015 (AFP)

A Chinese manufacturer of self-balancing two-wheeled scooters has bought Segway, only months after its US rival filed a complaint alleging it had copied its des...

France's ride-share site BlaBlaCar buys European rivals

Apr 15, 2015 (AFP)

France's ride-share champion BlaBlaCar announced on Wednesday the purchase of its main rival, Germany's Carpooling.com, as well as Hungary's Autohop, as it cons...

Toyota to build plant in China in investment splurge

Apr 11, 2015 (AFP)

Toyota is planning to build a new plant in northern China as the world's top automaker ramps up investment after a two-year freeze, reports said Saturday. Propo...

Discovery by Virginia Tech may be breakthrough for hydrogen cars

Apr 10, 2015 (SPX)

A team of Virginia Tech researchers has discovered a way to create hydrogen fuel using a biological method that greatly reduces the time and money it takes to p...

China auto sales up 3.3% in March: industry group

Apr 09, 2015 (AFP)

China's auto sales rose 3.3 percent year-on-year to 2.24 million vehicles in March, an industry group said Thursday, rebounding from a holiday slowdown. Vehicle...

Study of vehicle emissons will aid urban sustainability efforts

Apr 09, 2015 (SPX)

Vehicles churn out about 28 percent of the carbon dioxide (CO2) generated from fossil fuels in the United States, and their contribution keeps climbing, particu...

BMW recalls almost 80,000 vehicles in China

Apr 08, 2015 (AFP)

German top-of-the-range carmaker BMW has recalled almost 80,000 of its vehicles in China due to flaws in their engines, China's quality regulator said Wednesday...

Driverless Cars Poised To Transform Automotive Industry

Apr 05, 2015 (SPX)

The newest Mercedes autonomous car looks like a car on the outside but like a lounge on the inside, with four swivel seats facing each other in a multimedia bub...

Russia, Europe to Create Common Road Safety Space

Apr 05, 2015 (Sputnik)

The Russian-produced ERA-GLONASS emergency call system was commissioned in January and requires all new cars licensed in EEU founding nations Russia, Belarus an...

Tesla reports 'record' quarter for auto sales

Apr 03, 2015 (AFP)

Electric carmaker Tesla announced Friday it delivered a "record" number of vehicles in the first quarter, as it began more timely reporting of sales figures. Th...

Nissan pledges self-driving cars in Japan in 2016

Apr 03, 2015 (AFP)

The boss of Nissan wants to put self-driving cars on Japan's roads next year, and says they will be able to navigate busy urban environments on their own by 202...

Toyota to build new plants in China, Mexico: media

Apr 03, 2015 (AFP)

Japanese auto giant Toyota plans to invest a combined $1.3 billion to build new plants in China and Mexico, its first major investment in five years, reports sa...

New taxi app challenges Uber in S.Korea

Mar 31, 2015 (AFP)

South Korea's top mobile messenger operator launched a new web-based cab-hailing service Tuesday to compete with California-based Uber, whose service has been s...

Electric vehicles may be more useful than previously thought

Mar 31, 2015 (SPX)

In the first study of its kind, scientists at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) quantitatively show that electric ...