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China auto sales rise in Jan-Feb: industry group

Mar 11, 2013 (AFP)

Auto sales in China, the world's top car market, rose in the first two months of the year, an industry group said Monday, indicating strong demand as the countr...

Electric cars back into the shadows at Geneva car show

Mar 10, 2013 (AFP)

After being the starring act for several years, the electric car backed into the shadows at this year's International Geneva Motor Show as carmakers grow weary ...

Sometimes, the rubber meets the road when you don't want it to

Mar 07, 2013 (SPX)

Back in 2010, the ideas behind a squid's sticky tendrils and Spiderman's super-strong webbing were combined to create a prototype for the first remote device ab...

Toyota shake-up signals new direction: analysts

Mar 07, 2013 (AFP)

A management shake-up at Toyota heralds a new era which will force the firm to look beyond the narrow confines of corporate life in Japan and help it in the glo...

Drive across U.S. to use no gasoline

Mar 07, 2013 (UPI)

An alternative fuels researcher says he will drive across the United States from coast to coast starting Saturday -- and will use no gasoline in doing it. Cliff...

World car sales should grow 3% this year

Mar 06, 2013 (AFP)

Global sales of cars, buses, utility vehicles and trucks are expected to grow three percent this year, down from five percent in 2012, according to a forecast p...

China's Qoros takes European path to sell cars at home

Mar 06, 2013 (AFP)

Independent Chinese automaker Qoros wants to seduce European drivers in a bid to bolster sales back home, it said Wednesday at the Geneva Motor Show. "It's alwa...

China to surpass US as top luxury car market: study

Mar 04, 2013 (AFP)

China will overtake the United States as the world's biggest luxury car market as early as 2016, as rising incomes and desire for status boost premium auto bran...

Study: Left-hand turn, cellphone don't mix

Feb 28, 2013 (UPI)

Traffic accidents can happen because the brain has a hard time when both making a left-hand turn and talking on a hands-free cellphone, Canadian scientists say....

Formula E: China Racing join all-electric Formula E line-up

Feb 27, 2013 (AFP)

Promoters of the fledgling electric car Formula E motor racing competition on Wednesday unveiled China Racing as the second team to sign up for next year's inau...

Mobile apps reshape urban taxi landscape

Feb 24, 2013 (AFP)

Before the smartphone, riders summoned a taxi by waving an arm or calling a dispatcher -- but mobile apps are changing that, helping both drivers and passengers...

Estonia plugs electric cars as power prices soar

Feb 21, 2013 (AFP)

It brought the world Skype, Europe its first capital with free public transport, and now Estonia is touting the globe's first fast-charging network for electric...

China's Geely to set up research centre in Sweden

Feb 21, 2013 (AFP)

Chinese automaker Geely, owner of Sweden's Volvo Cars, said it would set up a research and development centre in the Scandinavian country to capitalise on advan...

Charge 'sharing' by electric cars could ease strain on power grid

Feb 20, 2013 (UPI)

While electric vehicles are good in terms of reduced oil consumption and air pollution they may strain an aging U.S. electrical infrastructure, researchers say....

Bridgestone reports soaring annual profit

Feb 18, 2013 (AFP)

Tyre maker Bridgestone said Monday its net profit last year soared 67 percent to $1.83 billion as it cemented a recovery from a year earlier when the quake-tsun...

NYC looks at electric vehicle charging

Feb 17, 2013 (UPI)

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says he wants 10,000 charging stations for electric vehicles across the city by 2019. Bloomberg made the comment in his State o...

Virtual vehicle vibrations

Feb 15, 2013 (SPX)

"Sit up straight in your chair!" That command given by countless parents to their children may one day be delivered by vehicle designers to a robot that is actu...

Nissan profit tumbles on China, Europe woes

Feb 08, 2013 (AFP)

Nissan's heavy exposure to China and recession-hit Europe slammed its earnings with the Japanese automaker saying Friday its net profit in the three months to D...

Japan's Suzuki sees April-December net profit rise 19%

Feb 07, 2013 (AFP)

Japan's Suzuki Motor said Thursday its net profit in the nine months to December jumped 19.2 percent to $517.8 million, thanks to strong Asian and domestic sale...

China auto sales hit record in January: industry group

Feb 07, 2013 (AFP)

Auto sales in China, the world's largest car market, hit a record 2.03 million vehicles last month, driven by robust demand ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year,...