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Car-hacking researchers hope to wake up auto industry
Jul 26, 2013 (AFP)
Computer geeks already knew it was possible to hack into a car's computerized systems and potentially alter some electronic control functions. But new research ...
Toyota, Ford end hybrid partnership
Jul 23, 2013 (AFP)
Toyota and Ford have ended a partnership to jointly develop gas-electric hybrid systems for trucks and sport utility vehicles, the automakers said Tuesday. "We ...
Hydrogen cars quickened by Copenhagen chemists
Jul 23, 2013 (SPX)
Climate friendly fuel cells for hydrogen cars have come one step closer. Researchers at the Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, have shown how to...
LADWP Officials Announce Expanded Electric Vehicle Program
Jul 22, 2013 (SPX)
The Los Angeles Board of Water and Power Commissioners on Tuesday approved expanded and improved electric vehicle (EV) charger rebates for home, workplace and p...
New Model to Improve Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication for 'Intelligent Transportation'
Jul 18, 2013 (SPX)
Imagine a transportation system where vehicles communicate directly with each other in real time, giving drivers warnings about traffic delays, allowing a singl...
States back EU-wide sales block in Mercedes aircon row
Jul 17, 2013 (AFP)
National auto experts meeting in Brussels Wednesday recommended an EU-wide block on the sale of Mercedes cars produced in breach of single-market rules. The con...
Auditors attack EU over multi-million subsidy waste
Jul 16, 2013 (AFP)
The European Court of Auditors (ECA) criticised the EU Tuesday for widespread waste in a programme worth hundreds of millions of euros in subsidies to shift fre...
EU largely backs France in German Mercedes row/
Jul 16, 2013 (AFP)
EU Industry Commissioner Antonio Tajani gave France some succour and Germany's Daimler cause for concern Tuesday in a row over new cars that Brussels fears were...
EU bids to fix French-German Daimler auto row
Jul 15, 2013 (AFP)
EU experts meet on Wednesday to tackle a French-German row over a delay by auto giant Daimler in using a new air conditioning coolant deemed more environment-fr...
China auto sales up 11.2% year-on-year in June
Jul 10, 2013 (AFP)
Auto sales in China, the world's largest car market, increased by 11.2 percent year-on-year in June, an industry group said Wednesday. A total of 1.75 million v...
France bans sale of latest Mercedes cars
Jul 09, 2013 (AFP)
The latest models of Mercedes cars cannot be sold in France as they still use an air conditioning refrigerant the EU says emits excessive greenhouse gases and s...
Dongfeng, Renault to set up $1.8 bn JV: media
Jul 08, 2013 (AFP)
Ambitious Chinese automaker Dongfeng Motor and France's Renault may sign a deal this month for an 11 billion yuan ($1.8 billion) joint venture after a decade of...
New Catalyst replaceable platinum for electric-automobiles
Jul 08, 2013 (SPX)
Affordable and scalable process of a carbon nanotube-based catalyst outperforming platinum for electric-automobiles. Korean researchers from Ulsan National Inst...
British speed record car project falling behind schedule
Jul 08, 2013 (UPI)
The British team building a car intended to go faster than 1,000 mph says the project's schedule has slipped and may take 12 months longer than anticipated. The...
Vote against EU carbon limit saved auto jobs: Merkel
Jul 05, 2013 (AFP)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said her government vetoed tough EU automotive carbon emission limits to protect jobs in her country's powerful car industry, in...
China's Dongfeng in talks to buy PSA stake: report
Jul 03, 2013 (AFP)
China's second biggest automaker has held talks about buying a stake in troubled French car firm PSA Peugeot Citroen, a state-backed newspaper said Wednesday. T...
France's PSA opens car plant in China
Jul 02, 2013 (AFP)
Troubled French automaker PSA Peugeot Citroen on Tuesday opened a new plant in central China, vowing to raise its share of the world's biggest car market. The p...
GM, Honda partner on fuel cell vehicle development
Jul 02, 2013 (AFP)
General Motors and Honda will combine forces to develop hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in the hopes of delivering them to customers by around 2020, the US and Japa...
Study: Electric cars no greener than gasoline vehicles
Jul 01, 2013 (UPI)
Electric cars, despite their supposed green credentials, are among the environmentally dirtiest transportation options, a U.S. researcher suggests. Writing in t...
British team cracks 200 mph in electric car, sets record
Jun 25, 2013 (UPI)
A British team says it's pushed its lightweight electric powered car to a speed of 204.2 mph, a new world record for such a vehicle. The vehicle developed by Dr...
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