CAR TECH

News About Automobile Technology

3,067 articles

Canada considering ban on Chinese tech in connected vehicles: minister
Sep 24, 2024 (AFP)
Electronics are increasingly integrated into modern cars, which can connect to personal devices, other vehicles, infrastructure and their manufacturers -- inclu...
WTO to examine China complaint over US electric vehicle subsidies
Sep 23, 2024 (AFP)
The United States slammed China's complaint, insisting the country was seeking "to distract from its own non-market policies and practices that undermine a fair...
US moves to bar Chinese, Russian tech from connected vehicles
Sep 23, 2024 (AFP)
The proposed rule is part of President Joe Biden's hardening approach to the world's second-biggest economy and comes after an announcement in February of a pro...
Ex-VW CEO's trial dates axed after accident
Sep 23, 2024 (AFP)
The ex-boss of Europe's top car maker went on trial at the start of September over the "dieselgate" scandal, nine years after the saga first plunged the auto ti...
EU, China hold 'constructive' talks on EV tariffs
Sep 19, 2024 (AFP)
The meeting came as divisions grow in Europe over the proposed tariffs, after Spain last week urged the EU to "reconsider" plans for duties of up to 36 percent ...
European auto industry urges assistance ahead of rule tightening
Sep 19, 2024 (AFP)
The European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) said the industry was trying its best to comply with decarbonisation targets, but was hamstrung by pro...
EU, China must avoid EV trade war: German vice chancellor
Sep 17, 2024 (AFP)
"We absolutely want to avoid a trade conflict with spiralling tariffs that ultimately harms both sides," said Habeck after meeting Chinese Commerce Minister Wan...
Electric cars overtake petrol models in Norway
Sep 17, 2024 (AFP)
Of the 2.8 million private cars registered in Norway, 754,303 are all-electric, compared to 753,905 that run on petrol, the Norwegian Road Federation (OFV), an ...
European electric car sales to rebound in 2025: study
Sep 17, 2024 (AFP)
Electric vehicles will represent as much as 24 percent of new cars sold in Europe next year, according to a report by think tank Transport & Environment (T&E). ...
Stellantis will no longer get EU funds for gigafactory: Italy
Sep 17, 2024 (AFP)
In June, ACC -- a joint venture including automakers Stellantis and Mercedes and French oil and gas giant TotalEnergies -- said it was pausing construction of t...
Chinese electronics group Luxshare swoops on German parts-maker Leoni
Sep 17, 2024 (AFP)
Luxshare will become Leoni's majority shareholder with a stake of 50.1 percent, the German group said in a statement. The Chinese group paid some 320 million eu...
Europe's EV troubles bubble up at Brussels Audi factory
Sep 16, 2024 (AFP)
The firm is considering closing the plant, a move that analysts say is symptomatic of the troubles afflicting Europe's wider electric car industry, amid low dem...
Thousands protest in Brussels as EV troubles threaten Audi plant
Sep 16, 2024 (AFP)
Audi said production at the plant, which employs about 3,000 people in the Belgian capital, will end in 2025 -- a move analysts say is symptomatic of the troubl...
China disappointed after EU rejects EV exports proposal as talks approach
Sep 13, 2024 (AFP)
The European Commission, which leads the EU's trade policy, announced last month it would slap import duties of up to 36 percent on electric vehicles imported f...
EU business lobby head says 'enormous waste' in Chinese EV sector
Sep 11, 2024 (AFP)
The world's number two economy is straining under the pressure of a highly indebted property sector, sluggish domestic spending and high youth unemployment. Amo...
Spain PM urges EU to 'reconsider' China EV tariffs plan
Sep 11, 2024 (AFP)
The European Commission, which oversees the bloc's trade policy, announced last month that it planned to levy five-year import duties of up to 36 percent on ele...
China's Hellobike looks to say hello to Europe
Sep 09, 2024 (AFP)
The Shanghai-based firm has submitted a bid in the French capital's tender for dockless bicycle-sharing service in 2025, the company's spokeswoman for France, B...
Paris to slap low speed limit on congested ring road
Sep 09, 2024 (AFP)
As well as raising hackles among drivers and conservatives, the Socialist mayor also faces an uphill battle for approval from the national government and police...
BMW eyes hydrogen-powered rollout in 2028, with Toyota help
Sep 05, 2024 (AFP)
Hydrogen has long been touted as an alternative to the combustion engine as countries tighten their climate targets, but it remains a niche technology plagued b...
Ex-VW boss tells trial 'dieselgate' charges are 'implausible'
Sep 04, 2024 (AFP)
"I think it is implausible to make a criminal accusation against me like (prosecutors) are trying to do with their charges," he told the court in the German cit...
Buy Advertising About Us Editorial & Other Enquiries Privacy statement
The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, is Copyright 1995-2026 Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principles for news reporting and research purposes.