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Wolf urine, lion's roar keep deer from Japan transport
Jun 24, 2013 (AFP)
Transport operators in northern Japan are sprinkling wolf urine near roads and broadcasting the roar of lions near train tracks in a bid to keep deer away and r...
Arnie defends his Hummer fleet as eco-friendly
Jun 24, 2013 (AFP)
US actor and campaigner Arnold Schwarzenegger said people should be free to drive big cars and enjoy all-day jacuzzis without feeling guilty about environmental...
Electric car maker Tesla debuts quick battery swap system
Jun 21, 2013 (UPI)
Tesla Motors has introduced a system is says will allow a swap of a car's battery pack in less time than it takes to fill up a traditional car's gas tank. At a ...
Tesla recalls Model S cars over problem weld
Jun 19, 2013 (AFP)
Electric sports car maker Tesla announced a recall Wednesday for some of its Model S vehicles over possible weak welds on back seats. The recall applies to vers...
US auto giant GM plans to invest $11 billion in China
Jun 19, 2013 (AFP)
General Motors will invest $11 billion in China through 2016, executives said Wednesday, as the US car giant broke ground on a plant to produce luxury Cadillacs...
Tesla to demo quick-swap electric car batteries
Jun 18, 2013 (AFP)
Tesla Motors said Thursday it would demonstrate a way to quickly recharge electric cars by swapping drained batteries for fresh power cells. Tesla chief executi...
Ford to go back to buttons, knobs after complaints about touchscreens
Jun 17, 2013 (UPI)
After complaints about touchscreen controls, automaker Ford says it will return to physical radio tuning knobs and buttons in its car entertainment systems. The...
EU takes Germany to task over new auto coolant rules
Jun 13, 2013 (AFP)
The European Commission has taken a first step to ensure Germany's giant auto industry switches to a new air conditioning coolant deemed to be more environment ...
Study finds speech-to-text risks behind the wheel
Jun 12, 2013 (AFP)
Speech-to-text devices in new cars fail to overcome the well-known perils of hands-on texting while driving, a US study published Wednesday suggests. Developing...
French electric car share program sets sights on Indy
Jun 10, 2013 (AFP)
A French electric car share program has set its sights on the home of one of the top US race car events: Indianapolis. Bollore, which already runs a successful ...
China auto sales growth slows in May: group
Jun 10, 2013 (AFP)
Growth in China's auto sales slowed in May from a double-digit rise in April, an industry group said, as new data fuelled concerns that the world's second-bigge...
Elon Musk: 'We could definitely make a flying car'
Jun 09, 2013 (UPI)
Elon Musk, imaginative billionaire and CEO of SpaceX and Tesla Motors, said Monday at the British launch of the Tesla Model S that he often thinks about buildin...
Los Alamos catalyst could jumpstart e-cars, green energy
Jun 06, 2013 (SPX)
Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists have designed a new type of nanostructured-carbon-based catalyst that could pave the way for reliable, economical next...
Volvo chief acknowledges errors, says to stay in US
Jun 03, 2013 (AFP)
Volvo, owned by China's Geely, acknowledged making mistakes that hit sales in China and the United States, but denied Monday in a newspaper interview speculatio...
Monitoring system can detect dangerous fatigue in mine truck driver
May 28, 2013 (UPI)
U.S. firm Caterpillar says it installing a $10,000 Australian-developed system that can monitor drivers for fatigue in all its mining trucks. The Fatigue Monito...
Electric cars slow to gain traction in Germany
May 28, 2013 (AFP)
Germany plans to have one million electric vehicles on its roads by 2020, but so far that goal seems remote as the nation's motorists have shown little love for...
Space drives e-mobility
May 27, 2013 (ESA)
An ESA business incubation start-up company is helping major car manufacturers to develop electric vehicle concepts and improve safety systems by turning ideas ...
Better Place electric car firm to be dissolved
May 26, 2013 (AFP)
Better Place, an Israeli-American company making electricity-powered cars, announced on Sunday it was filing a court motion for dissolution after its shareholde...
Three-wheel Segway now available
May 21, 2013 (UPI)
A three-wheel electric vehicle designed for use by public safety personnel has been launched by Segway Inc. The vehicle is called the Segway SE-3 Patroller, pow...
Business-as-usual model for heavy-duty vehicles in Europe unsustainable
May 21, 2013 (UPI)
Emissions from heavy-duty vehicles will be monitored as a first step toward curbing pollutants on course to reach unsustainable levels, the EU said Wednesday. E...
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