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Ex-Volkswagen CEO goes on trial over 'dieselgate'

Sep 03, 2024 (AFP)

VW admitted in 2015 that it had installed software to rig emissions levels in millions of vehicles worldwide, setting off one of Germany's biggest post-war indu...

Norway's electric car sales set new world record

Sep 02, 2024 (AFP)

Boosted by the Tesla Model Y, which accounted for 18.8 percent of sales, and to a lesser extent Hyundai's Kona and Nissan's Leaf, electric vehicles made up 94.3...

Toyota shutters Japan factories as typhoon approaches

Aug 28, 2024 (AFP)

"From today's number-two (afternoon) shift through tomorrow's number-one (daytime) shift, we will suspend all the production lines at domestic factories," a Toy...

Chinese EV giant BYD posts half-year net profit rise of 24.4%

Aug 28, 2024 (AFP)

The firm posted a net profit of $1.91 billion in the January-June period, up from $1.54 billion in the same period last year, according to results published at ...

Canada slaps 100% tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles

Aug 27, 2024 (AFP)

Accusing China -- one of the world's largest exporters of electric vehicles (EVs) -- of "not playing by the same rules as other countries" in areas such as envi...

Chinese cars make inroads in Latin America

Aug 24, 2024 (AFP)

Perez, 47, is one of millions of car buyers in Latin America to have made the shift from US- and Brazilian-built cars to Chinese models in recent years. In 2019...

China tech giant Xiaomi posts solid quarterly sales growth

Aug 21, 2024 (AFP)

The brand's presence is strongly felt in China, with its wide range of products spanning mobiles, tablets, smartwatches, headphones, scooters and, recently, ele...

Ford adjusts EV lineup as it aims to lower vehicle cost

Aug 21, 2024 (AFP)

The adjustments -- which reflect a slower-than-expected transition to EVs in North America -- will result in around $1.9 billion in cost hits to Ford's earnings...

China's EV firm XPeng posts surging sales as price war drags on profitability

Aug 20, 2024 (AFP)

Founded in 2014 in the southern city of Guangzhou, XPeng is one of the country's dozens of young automotive firms to emerge in recent years as consumers shift t...

Tesla faces lower-rate EU tariffs on China-made EVs

Aug 20, 2024 (AFP)

Brussels last month slapped EVs imported from China with hefty provisional tariffs -- on top of current duties of 10 percent -- after an anti-subsidy probe foun...

China's growing 'robotaxi' fleet sparks concern, wonder on streets

Aug 16, 2024 (AFP)

China's tech companies and automakers have poured billions of dollars into self-driving technology in recent years in an effort to catch industry leaders in the...

BMW to recall 1.4 mn cars in China over airbags: regulator

Aug 16, 2024 (AFP)

Cars that have had steering wheel refits may have defective airbags from Japan's Takata Corporation that could rupture and "cause fragments to fly out and poten...

China launches appeal at WTO over EU electric vehicle tariffs

Aug 09, 2024 (AFP)

In July, the EU slapped extra provisional duties of up to 38 percent on Chinese EVs after its executive arm concluded in an investigation that they were unfairl...

EV transition worries French car industry workers

Aug 04, 2024 (AFP)

While there is plenty of optimism in certain regions of France, in particular in the north of the country where a "Battery Valley" is emerging, workers at parts...

Volkswagen profit dips on slowing Chinese demand

Aug 01, 2024 (AFP)

The 10-brand auto giant reported a net profit of 3.6 billion euros ($3.9 billion) for the April-June quarter, a 4.2 percent fall from a year ago. Revenues never...

BMW profits slip on weaker China sales

Aug 01, 2024 (AFP)

Net profit at the BMW group -- which also includes the Rolls-Royce and Mini brands -- declined by 8.6 percent to 2.7 billion euros ($2.9 billion) between April ...

Uber teams up with China's BYD for 100,000 EVs

Jul 31, 2024 (AFP)

The multiyear partnership, which the companies described as the largest of its kind, will start in Europe and Latin America before expanding to Australia, Canad...

Nissan shares plunge after profit warning

Jul 25, 2024 (AFP)

The company and its domestic rivals are also struggling to stand their ground in China's market as fast-growing electric vehicle firms backed by Beijing race ah...

In fuel-guzzling Saudi Arabia, electric cars pique interest

Jul 24, 2024 (AFP)

The 39-year-old is part of a small but growing EV consumer base in Saudi Arabia, which hopes to become a hub for the technology as it seeks to diversify its eco...

UK climate activists jailed over motorway protest plot

Jul 18, 2024 (AFP)

Roger Hallam, the co-founder of JSO and Extinction Rebellion, was handed a five year sentence -- thought to be the longest such sentence handed in the UK for a ...