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Does everyone think someone else should drive a green car?
Jan 15, 2013 (AFP)
The green car market is only inching along in the United States, hampered by high comparative costs and limited ranges on pure electric vehicles, but automakers...
Toyota regains global auto sales crown
Jan 14, 2013 (AFP)
Toyota on Monday regained the global sales crown lost when the 2011 Japanese tsunami devastated its supplies as US rival General Motors saw its share of the glo...
Nissan cuts price of electric Leaf
Jan 14, 2013 (AFP)
Nissan said Monday it would slash the price of its pioneering all-electric Leaf sedan to boost sales, after a disappointing 2012. The company announced at the D...
Honda chief hopes for end to China, Japan dispute
Jan 14, 2013 (AFP)
Honda chief Takanobu Ito expressed hope Monday that China and Japan will resolve their row over disputed islands given the key economic ties between the two cou...
GM says China car sales hit record high in 2012
Jan 14, 2013 (AFP)
US auto giant General Motors said Monday that its sales in China, the world's biggest car market, hit a record 2.84 million vehicles last year, despite the coun...
Luxury models dazzle Detroit auto show
Jan 14, 2013 (AFP)
Stand-out styling, performance and luxury were on display Monday as global automakers sought to stake out ground in the high-profit premium car sector at the De...
Daimler could take stake in China's BAIC
Jan 14, 2013 (AFP)
German auto power Daimler could take a stake in its Chinese partner BAIC as it seeks to raise funds on capital markets, Daimler chief Dieter Zetsche said Monday...
VW hits global sales record, still trails Toyota
Jan 13, 2013 (AFP)
Volkswagen posted record-breaking global sales in 2012, up 11 percent at 9.07 million, but the ambitious German automaker continues to trail Japanese rival Toyo...
Triumphant Detroit set to shine at auto show
Jan 12, 2013 (AFP)
The Detroit Three carmakers return triumphantly to their hometown auto show Monday flush with profits from popular vehicles and the rewards of successful -- tho...
EU raps Daimler over new coolant rules
Jan 11, 2013 (AFP)
The EU cautioned German auto giant Daimler Friday it must upgrade the air conditioning coolant used in its new models to meet greenhouse gas emission targets if...
China auto sales disappoint in 2012: industry group
Jan 11, 2013 (AFP)
Auto sales growth in China, the world's biggest car market, fell short of expectations last year, an industry group said Friday, as the economy slowed and citie...
GM to hire 1,000 workers for new tech center
Jan 10, 2013 (AFP)
General Motors will hire 1,000 high-tech workers to staff a new information technology center near Atlanta, Georgia, the company announced Thursday. The Atlanta...
Toyota hit US production, sales records in 2012
Jan 10, 2013 (AFP)
Japanese auto giant Toyota set new records for vehicle productions, sales and vehicle launches in the United States and said Thursday it has "strong momentum" g...
Driverless car concept gains traction at CES
Jan 09, 2013 (AFP)
Automakers and technology firms are jumping on the bandwagon of the driverless car, which remains a concept as well as a platform for new technologies to improv...
2013 Fiat 500e Offers Unsurpassed 108 Highway MPGe Rating and Class-Leading 87 Miles of Driving Range
Jan 08, 2013 (SPX)
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has rated the stylish Fiat 500e's highway-cycle performance at 108 MPGe, which is unsurpassed by any electric vehicle ...
Using data from traffic app to identify high frequency accident locations
Jan 08, 2013 (SPX)
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers reveal that data culled from geosocial networks like the GPS traffic app Waze can help prevent traffic inci...
Japanese car sales slump in China on island row
Jan 07, 2013 (AFP)
Japan's top three automakers said Monday annual sales in China last year slumped as a consumer boycott sparked by a nasty Tokyo-Beijing territorial row took a h...
China fund mulls buying stake in Daimler: report
Jan 07, 2013 (AFP)
China's sovereign wealth fund is considering buying a four to 10 percent stake in German automaker Daimler, the website of the official People's Daily newspaper...
2013 sees cleaner trucks and buses across EU
Jan 04, 2013 (AFP)
Under new European Union rules to combat pollution, trucks and buses rolling off assembly lines this year will produce significantly less harmful exhaust fumes....
US auto sales jump 13% in 2012 as Toyota leads pack
Jan 03, 2013 (AFP)
US auto sales jumped 13.4 percent in 2012 to their best performance since the crash of 2008, as better economic times, hot new models and the need to replace ag...
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