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Rideshare vs. taxi: the war flares up in the Big Apple
Jul 10, 2014 (AFP)
The battle between ride-sharing and traditional taxi service is heating up in New York, with a new rival for ride-seekers declared illegal even before launching...
China to scrap purchase tax on electric vehicles
Jul 10, 2014 (AFP)
China will exempt electric cars and other types of "new energy" vehicles from purchase tax, the government said, as it seeks to reduce pollution and conserve re...
Colorado State University to receive four really smart cars this summer
Jul 08, 2014 (SPX)
Colorado State University is one of four universities nationwide that will receive four all-electric micro vehicles that will help drive sustainable transportat...
Volkswagen to build two new plants in China
Jul 07, 2014 (AFP)
German carmaker Volkswagen will build two new vehicle plants in China as it invests two billion euros ($2.7 billion) along with its partner, it announced Monday...
Toyota names price for new fuel cell car
Jun 25, 2014 (AFP)
Japanese auto giant Toyota will start selling its first fuel cell sedan this financial year, with a price tag of around 7 million yen ($70,000), the company ann...
Hybrid Vehicles More Fuel Efficient In India, China Than in US
Jun 25, 2014 (SPX)
What makes cities in India and China so frustrating to drive in-heavy traffic, aggressive driving style, few freeways-makes them ideal for saving fuel with hybr...
Google Android software spreading to cars, watches, TV
Jun 25, 2014 (AFP)
Google set out Wednesday to expand its Android empire beyond smartphones to cars, watches and televisions. The technology titan laid out a sweeping Android visi...
NMSU PACE team develops mobile transportation device
Jun 24, 2014 (SPX)
In July, engineering students from New Mexico State University will travel to Turin, Italy, having earned a spot in the second phase of a two-year global collab...
Riders whizz round Madrid in new electric bike-hire
Jun 23, 2014 (AFP)
Riders whizzed up and down Madrid's sunny avenues on white electric bikes on Monday as the Spanish capital launched its first shared-bicycle scheme. Madrid is s...
Global automakers split on 'green car' strategy
Jun 18, 2014 (AFP)
Global automakers are locked in a showdown evoking the video format wars of the 1980s, as they bet on what eco-friendly vehicles will prevail in the battle for ...
Tesla gives up patents to 'open source movement'
Jun 12, 2014 (AFP)
Electric carmaker Tesla announced Thursday it was giving up its patents to "the open source movement" to help spur electric vehicle technology. The unusual move...
European taxis cause chaos in app protest
Jun 11, 2014 (AFP)
Taxi drivers brought parts of London, Paris and other European cities to a standstill on Wednesday as they protested against new private cab apps such as Uber w...
Uber taxi app valued at $17 bn in new funding round
Jun 06, 2014 (AFP)
Internet Age taxi app Uber upshifted to the elite ranks of Silicon Valley on Friday with a round of funding that gives the California-based startup a whopping $...
Ford shows off 'smart' Mustang at Taiwan tech show
Jun 03, 2014 (AFP)
US auto giant Ford showed off its new Mustang at Asia's biggest tech fair Tuesday, billing it as "the smartest Mustang to date", with voice controls and early w...
Google revs up driverless car, axes steering wheel
May 28, 2014 (AFP)
Google unveiled plans to build its own self-driving car -- minus the steering wheel -- that it hopes to begin testing in the coming months. "They won't have a s...
Uber taxi app seeks capital at $12 bn value: report
May 23, 2014 (AFP)
Uber, the startup app that connects people with taxis and drivers, is seeking to raise fresh capital that would give it a $12 billion value, the Wall Street Jou...
US auto parts maker to outsource interiors to China
May 18, 2014 (AFP)
US auto parts supplier Johnson Controls will outsource its manufacturing of interior car parts in a merger with a subsidiary of Chinese automaker SAIC, accordin...
Nissan venture aims for 20% of China electric car market
May 14, 2014 (AFP)
Nissan's joint venture firm in China has said it is aiming to secure a fifth of the fledgling electric vehicle market, which it expects to boom as authorities g...
Google self-driving car coming around the corner
May 14, 2014 (AFP)
A white Lexus cruised along a road near the Google campus, braking for pedestrians and scooting over in its lane to give bicyclists ample space. The car eased i...
Two-stroke scooters are 'super-polluters': study
May 13, 2014 (AFP)
Scientists on Tuesday pointed the finger at two-stroke scooters, a ubiquitous sight in developing countries, for massively contributing to local air pollution. ...
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