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Paris mayor wants limits on cars in centre, end to diesel
Dec 07, 2014 (AFP)
The mayor of Paris on Sunday laid out a plan to limit cars in the city's historic centre and said she wanted to ban diesel vehicles by 2020. "In the four centra...
Uber now valued at $40 bn
Dec 04, 2014 (AFP)
Popular but controversial US ride-sharing startup Uber is now valued at $40 billion, it said Thursday, twice what it was worth six months ago, after raising a f...
Researchers develop a magnetic levitating gear
Dec 02, 2014 (SPX)
This research is being carried out under the auspices of MAGDRIVE, a European research project coordinated by Professor Jose Luis Perez Diaz, from the UC3M Inst...
Foreign automakers find Iranian market has gone local
Nov 30, 2014 (AFP)
Foreign automakers seeking a return to the potentially huge Iranian market with the lifting of international sanctions will find the business environment has ch...
US automakers aim for luxury market in China
Nov 27, 2014 (AFP)
China is the new El Dorado for US automakers looking to develop sales of their luxury brands, which globally are lagging behind German and Japanese competitors....
Sydney International Airport Tests the World's Longest Range Electric Bus
Nov 26, 2014 (SPX)
Carbridge has begun a six-month Electric Bus pilot program at Sydney International Airport. The bus selected for the pilot was made by BYD Company Ltd, which ha...
Uber hits brakes on talk of finding dirt on reporters
Nov 18, 2014 (AFP)
Uber chief Travis Kalanick on Tuesday took to Twitter to condemn an executive's suggestion to dig up dirt on reporters who write critically of the car-sharing s...
Toyota rolls out world's first mass market fuel-cell car
Nov 18, 2014 (AFP)
Toyota said Tuesday it would start selling the world's first mass market fuel-cell car in Japan next month and elsewhere in 2015, in what its top executive call...
QUT leading the charge for panel-powered car
Nov 10, 2014 (SPX)
A car powered by its own body panels could soon be driving on our roads after a breakthrough in nanotechnology research by a QUT team. Researchers have develope...
Funding for Uber could push value past $30 bn: report
Nov 08, 2014 (AFP)
The popular car-sharing startup Uber could see its value top $30 billion after a new round of funding, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday. The San Franci...
Toyota racing to record profit, but China flashing red signal
Nov 05, 2014 (AFP)
Toyota on Wednesday said it was on track to book a record $17.5 billion full-year net profit, as Japan's major automakers wrapped up a bumper earnings season, b...
Electric car revs to world record in Switzerland
Nov 03, 2014 (AFP)
A racing car designed and built by students in Switzerland on Monday set a world record for acceleration in electric vehicles, their universities said Monday. T...
Hyundai, Kia to pay $100 million over fuel economy suit
Nov 03, 2014 (AFP)
Hyundai and Kia agreed to pay $100 million Monday to settle a US government investigation into exaggerated fuel efficiency on 2012 and 2013 car models sold in t...
Renault chief sees Europe auto market slowing in 2015
Oct 25, 2014 (AFP)
French carmaker Renault chairman, Carlos Ghosn, said Saturday that he expects slower growth in Europe's auto market next year as it continues to recover from th...
A Big-Data Approach To Estimating EV Range
Oct 23, 2014 (SPX)
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed new software that estimates how much farther electric vehicles can drive before needing to recha...
Tritium targets Europe for its EV fast charger
Oct 22, 2014 (SPX)
As part of its international expansion programme, Australian-based electric vehicle (EV) specialist, Tritium, has signed its first preferred-supplier agreement ...
Dongfeng, Huawei partner for Internet-enabled cars
Oct 21, 2014 (XNA)
Telecommunications giant Huawei and Chinese carmaker Dongfeng Motor Corporation have launched a project to develop Internet-enabled cars, beginning with the ins...
EU regulators target Honeywell, DuPont over coolant
Oct 21, 2014 (AFP)
EU anti-trust regulators said Tuesday that US firms Honeywell and DuPont may have hindered competition when they produced the only environmentally acceptable au...
Report: Better mpg, switch in fuels means lower expense
Oct 21, 2014 (UPI)
Better fuel efficiencies and a change in fuels used for home heating means most people are spending less on energy than before, the U.S. Energy Department said....
Volvo says will recruit 1,300 in Sweden as sales boom
Oct 16, 2014 (AFP)
Chinese-owned Volvo Car Group said Thursday it was expanding its Swedish workforce by about 1,300 as sales peak, bucking trends in the global auto industry whic...
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