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Car of the future emerges at Las Vegas electronics show

Jan 07, 2015 (AFP)

It has four wheels, is always connected and the driver is optional: the car of the future is starting to take shape from collaboration between automakers and th...

Toyota to give away fuel-cell patents to boost industry

Jan 06, 2015 (AFP)

Toyota will give away thousands of patents for its fuel-cell cars, it said Tuesday, in an effort to encourage other automakers into the new industry. The world'...

Daimler gives look at autonomous 'living space' car

Jan 06, 2015 (AFP)

German automaker Daimler on Monday showed its vision of the driverless car, a prototype vehicle that allows four passengers to face each other as the vehicle fi...

Volvo acquires 45 percent of Chinese vehicle maker

Jan 05, 2015 (AFP)

Swedish truck maker Volvo Group said Monday it had completed the acquisition of 45 percent of a subsidiary to Chinese motor giant Dongfeng for $893 million (741...

BMW to pay subsidies Chinese dealers: report

Jan 05, 2015 (AFP)

German carmaker BMW has agreed to offer 5.1 billion yuan (686 million euros, $818 million) in subsidies to its Chinese dealers to help make up for losses from s...

Innate behavior determines how we steer our car

Jan 03, 2015 (SPX)

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology have solved a 70 year old mystery in traffic research: an until now inexplicable jerkiness when we steer a vehi...

Uber rings in New Year with two million rides

Jan 02, 2015 (AFP)

Car-sharing startup Uber on Friday bragged it rang in the New Year with two million rides, many of them apparently to revellers heading home in early morning ho...

Hyundai Motor to build two more plants in China

Dec 30, 2014 (AFP)

South Korea's Hyundai Motor said Tuesday it would build two more plants in China, each with a production capacity of 300,000 vehicles, to expand its share of th...

Swiss citizen dies in 50-car Slovenian highway crash

Dec 28, 2014 (AFP)

A Swiss national died and 30 people were injured, two of them seriously, in a highway pile-up Sunday after heavy snow in central Slovenia, police said. The acci...

Google self-driving car prototype ready to try road

Dec 22, 2014 (AFP)

Google on Monday announced that the first completed prototype of its self-driving car is ready to be road tested. "We're going to be spending the holidays zippi...

Rice study fuels hope for natural gas cars

Dec 19, 2014 (SPX)

Cars that run on natural gas are touted as efficient and environmentally friendly, but getting enough gas onboard to make them practical is a hurdle. A new stud...

Honda to recall almost 570,000 vehicles in China

Dec 17, 2014 (AFP)

Japanese carmaker Honda will recall almost 570,000 vehicles in China from February due to potentially defective airbags, China's quality watchdog said. Honda's ...

Underfire Uber ramps up rider safety

Dec 17, 2014 (AFP)

Uber is ramping up driver background checks and other security measures worldwide after the smartphone-focused car-sharing service was banned in New Delhi follo...

Switching to vehicles powered by electricity from renewables could save lives

Dec 16, 2014 (SPX)

Driving vehicles that use electricity from renewable energy instead of gasoline could reduce the resulting deaths due to air pollution by 70 percent. This findi...

Dutch launch 'intelligent bicycle' that warns of danger

Dec 15, 2014 (AFP)

The Netherlands on Monday launched its first-ever "intelligent bicycle", fitted with an array of electronic devices to help bring down the high accident rate am...

China's Baidu to invest in taxi app Uber: report

Dec 12, 2014 (AFP)

Chinese search engine Baidu, the country's equivalent of Google, will make a strategic investment of up to $600 million in the popular but controversial US taxi...

China auto sales up 2.3% in November: industry group

Dec 10, 2014 (AFP)

Auto sales in China, the world's biggest car market, expanded 2.3 percent year-on-year in November, an industry group said Wednesday, the slowest for any month ...

New woes may put brakes on Uber, ride-share growth

Dec 10, 2014 (AFP)

Uber, the ride-sharing service and Silicon Valley superstar startup, has hit problems around the world which threaten to put the brakes on its spectacular growt...

US city of Portland sues Uber

Dec 09, 2014 (AFP)

The US city of Portland, Oregon, has sued ride-sharing startup Uber, saying it was operating illegally, officials said Monday. The suit also asked the court to ...

Dutch judges ban taxi service UberPOP

Dec 08, 2014 (AFP)

Dutch judges on Monday banned the popular ride-sharing service UberPOP from taking bookings via its smartphone app, threatening the US company with fines of up ...