CAR TECH - ROBO DAILY

Tech giants battle for control of the car

Jan 10, 2014 (AFP)

As the car becomes a connected Internet device, the titans of the tech sector are battling for control of the wheel. The war is shaping up a lot like the comput...

China auto sales up nearly 14% in 2013: industry

Jan 09, 2014 (AFP)

China's auto sales smashed through the 20 million mark last year, growing nearly 14 percent and extending its lead as the world's biggest car market, an industr...

Three-wheel $6,800 car gears for 2015 US launch

Jan 09, 2014 (AFP)

The sleek three-wheeled car looks futuristic, but, as its creator acknowledges, it uses no new technology. What makes the Elio Motors vehicle unique is its ultr...

Electronic valet parks the car, no tip required

Jan 09, 2014 (AFP)

There is no one inside the Range Rover in a Las Vegas parking lot. But it still guides its way to a parking place, after what looks like some hesitation. The se...

Self-driving vehicles offer potential benefits, policy challenges for lawmakers

Jan 07, 2014 (SPX)

Self-driving vehicles offer the promise of significant benefits to society, but raise several policy challenges, including the need to update insurance liabilit...

Google partners with automakers for on-board Android

Jan 07, 2014 (AFP)

Google joined Monday with automakers General Motors, Audi, Honda and Hyundai in a new partnership to bring the Android mobile system to vehicles. The companies,...

Chevrolet to roll out 4G-connected cars

Jan 06, 2014 (AFP)

The new Chevrolets coming out this year will be faster -- on the information superhighway. The General Motors division said Sunday it would deploy fourth genera...

Japan automakers accelerate China sales despite tensions

Jan 06, 2014 (AFP)

Two of Japan's top automakers Monday reported record sales in China last year, after an anti-Japanese consumer boycott depressed demand in the world's largest v...

Ford to unveil solar-powered hybrid car

Jan 02, 2014 (AFP)

Ford announced plans Thursday for a prototype hybrid car that uses solar energy from a rooftop charger, reducing gas use and avoiding the need for plugging into...

GM, Ford to recall more than 1.5 mln cars in China

Dec 27, 2013 (AFP)

US auto giant General Motors (GM) and its counterpart Ford will recall more than 1.5 million vehicles in China over defective parts, the country's quality watch...

Japanese automakers' sales in China surge in November

Dec 25, 2013 (AFP)

Leading Japanese automakers saw their best November sales ever last month, in stark contrast to a year ago when shipments plunged amid a deep territorial row be...

China city caps car-buying to curb pollution

Dec 22, 2013 (AFP)

Another Chinese city has capped the total number of car licence plates it will issue annually, state media said Sunday, following moves by Beijing and other met...

Golf skateboard aims to rejuvenate 'old man's sport'

Dec 20, 2013 (AFP)

Skateboarders and golfers may not normally have much in common, but a US entrepreneur hopes to appeal to both sporting types with a new device that lets you "su...

France sends famed De Gaulle Citroen to China for anniversary

Dec 18, 2013 (AFP)

France is to send a Citroen DS riddled with bullets during an assassination attempt on Charles de Gaulle to China for events to mark the 50th anniversary of Fra...

Renault signs $1.3 bn joint venture deal with China's Dongfeng

Dec 16, 2013 (AFP)

French carmaker Renault signed a $1.3 billion joint venture agreement with China's Dongfeng Monday, finally ending a decade without a manufacturing presence in ...

European scientists say device could let police remotely halt vehicles

Dec 12, 2013 (UPI)

European researchers are reportedly working on a device to allow police to use radio waves to disrupt the computers of a suspect car and bring it to a halt. A E...

Peugeot confirms in talks with Chinese carmaker, GM pulls out

Dec 12, 2013 (AFP)

Peugeot confirmed Thursday it is in talks with Chinese giant Dongfeng about a shareholder tie-up, while GM announced it was dropping its 7 percent stake in the ...

Ford to open plants in China, Brazil; add 5,000 US jobs

Dec 12, 2013 (AFP)

US automaker Ford said Thursday it will open two new plants in China and a third in Brazil next year while adding more than 5,000 jobs in the United States. "It...

China auto sales hit record high in November

Dec 10, 2013 (AFP)

Auto sales in China, the world's largest car market, rose 14.1 percent year-on-year to a record high in November, an industry group said Tuesday, citing solid d...

Britain pledges commitment to driverless car technology

Dec 05, 2013 (UPI)

The British government has announced it wants to make the United Kingdom a world center for the development of driverless cars. A review will be conducted in 20...