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UC Discoveries Could Help Quiet The World's Cities

Aug 17, 2012 (SPX)

They're sleek. They're fast. They're powerful. And, they are deafening. Furthermore, those Top Gun military jets need to be up in the air in the wee hours - ove...

UC Research Promises Quiet Cars - Even When Hitting Unexpected Bumps in the Road

Aug 16, 2012 (SPX)

All noise is not necessarily equal - especially when it comes to sound minimization in automobiles. For instance, automakers have long used sound-absorbing mate...

Asbestos found in Chinese-made cars in Australia

Aug 15, 2012 (AFP)

Some 23,000 cheap Chinese-made cars were Wednesday recalled in Australia after asbestos was found in their engines, with unions demanding to know how they came ...

Japan's Isuzu plans China, India truck plants: report

Aug 14, 2012 (AFP)

Japan's Isuzu Motors will spend 30 billion yen ($382 million) to build new factories in China and India to tap rising demand for pickup trucks in the fast-growi...

China's auto sales slow in July: industry group

Aug 09, 2012 (AFP)

Growth in Chinese auto sales slowed to 8.2 percent on-year in July, traditionally a slack season in the world's largest car market, an industry group said Thurs...

GM says China sales hit record high in July

Aug 06, 2012 (AFP)

US auto giant General Motors said Monday that its sales in China surged to a record 199,503 vehicles in July, defying a market slowdown and moves by a major Chi...

Saab, Spyker file $3bn claim against GM

Aug 06, 2012 (AFP)

Dutch carmaker Spyker said Monday that it has filed a three-billion-dollar (2.4-billion-euro) claim in a US court against General Motors, whose actions it said ...

Poll: Many think in-car technology a risk

Aug 03, 2012 (UPI)

Most American car owners think automakers have gone too far with in-car connectivity technology that is distracting and dangerous, a poll found. In a Harris Pol...

Toyota says quarterly profit skyrockets to $3.71 bn

Aug 03, 2012 (AFP)

Toyota said Friday that its quarterly net profit skyrocketed to $3.71 billion and it upped sales targets, as the Japanese auto giant recovered from last year's ...

Toyota recalls 600,000 vehicles in Europe

Aug 02, 2012 (AFP)

Japanese automaker Toyota said Thursday it was recalling 600,000 vehicles in Europe to check for loose nuts in the rear wheel area, following a similar recall i...

Pedestrianised Left Bank could spell Paris logjam: report

Aug 02, 2012 (AFP)

Plans to pedestrianise a stretch of the Left Bank in Paris could spell traffic chaos for the French capital, regularly ranked among Europe's most congested citi...

US auto sales grow but GM, Ford stumble

Aug 01, 2012 (AFP)

US auto sales posted their best July performance since 2007 on Wednesday, but results were mixed as Ford and General Motors stumbled to a loss as rivals Chrysle...

Honda quarterly profit jumps fourfold to $1.7 bn

Jul 31, 2012 (AFP)

Honda Motor said Tuesday its net profit surged more than fourfold to $1.7 billion for the three months to June, underscoring a recovery from the impact of last ...

Nissan's profit down 15% on strong yen, Europe woe

Jul 26, 2012 (AFP)

Nissan on Thursday posted a 15 percent drop in quarterly profit as a strong yen and weak European market dented earnings, but Japan's second-biggest automaker s...

Why Some Types Of Multitasking Are More Dangerous Than Others

Jul 25, 2012 (SPX)

In a new study that has implications for distracted drivers, researchers found that people are better at juggling some types of multitasking than they are at ot...

Mechanical engineers develop an 'intelligent co-pilot' for cars

Jul 24, 2012 (SPX)

Barrels and cones dot an open field in Saline, Mich., forming an obstacle course for a modified vehicle. A driver remotely steers the vehicle through the course...

Calling all truckers ... not!

Jul 16, 2012 (SPX)

Researchers in India are developing a new technology that will prevent truck drivers and other road users from using their cell phones while driving. The techno...

Carnegie Mellon's smart headlight system will have drivers seeing through the rain

Jul 12, 2012 (SPX)

Drivers can struggle to see when driving at night in a rainstorm or snowstorm, but a smart headlight system invented by researchers at Carnegie Mellon Universit...

Skoda Auto posts record first-half sales on China surge

Jul 12, 2012 (AFP)

Skoda Auto, a Czech unit of the German giant Volkswagen, said Thursday that it sold a record 493,000 cars in the first half of 2012, with a surge in China accou...

China auto sales up 9.9% in June: industry group

Jul 11, 2012 (AFP)

China's auto sales rose 9.9 percent year-on-year in June, an industry group said Wednesday, with growth weakening from May as the world's biggest car market los...