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Apr 06, 2012 (UPI)

Leading U.S. automobile manufacturers are forecasting higher car sales amid research that shows fuel efficiency gains in new vehicles over five years. The upbea...

GM's China sales hit record high for March

Apr 05, 2012 (AFP)

US auto giant General Motors said Thursday that its China sales set a record for March, despite an overall slowdown in the world's biggest car market. The compa...

Fuel-efficient autos drive sales higher

Apr 03, 2012 (AFP)

US auto sales revved up in March amid an improving economy and as high gasoline prices boosted buying of fuel-efficient vehicles, US and foreign automakers said...

BMW, Guggenheim salvage Berlin 'lab' after threats

Apr 03, 2012 (AFP)

German automaker BMW and New York's Guggenheim Museum said Tuesday they have found a new site in Berlin for an urban design "laboratory" after irate residents o...

Japan auto sales soar by record 78.2% in March

Apr 02, 2012 (AFP)

Japanese automobile sales saw their biggest-ever monthly surge in March, data showed Monday, a year after domestic demand plummeted in the wake of the country's...

NRG Energy to Build Unprecedented Electric Vehicle Fast-Charging Infrastructure

Mar 30, 2012 (SPX)

The California Public Utilities Commission and NRG have entered into an agreement where NRG will build a comprehensive electric vehicle (EV) charging network in...

Anti-Iran lobby hits GM-Peugeot deal

Mar 28, 2012 (AFP)

An influential US anti-Iran lobby group on Wednesday called for newly tied General Motors and Peugeot to shut down Peugeot's Iran business due to Tehran's suspe...

China's Dongfeng Motor posts 4.6% profit fall

Mar 27, 2012 (AFP)

Chinese automaker Dongfeng Motor Group reported Tuesday its 2011 net profit fell 4.6 percent, due to lower prices and an overall slowdown in the world's biggest...

Three-cylinder cars coming to U.S.

Mar 21, 2012 (UPI)

U.S. automakers say new cars with three-cylinder engines can give better gas mileage with the same power as the four-cylinder compact sedans Americans buy now. ...

Space foil helping to build safer cars

Mar 20, 2012 (SPX)

A special foil sensor developed to measure the pressure on a spaceplane's wings during reentry into Earth's atmosphere is now helping to build safer cars. This ...

Hydrogen power in real life: clean and energy efficient

Mar 19, 2012 (SPX)

Since 2009, a hydrogen powered street cleaning vehicle has been undergoing testing on the streets of Basel. The project is intended to take hydrogen drives out ...

The twilight zone of traffic costs lives at stoplight intersections

Mar 16, 2012 (SPX)

Hundreds of lives are being lost each year in the United States because of mistakes made in what engineers call the "dilemma zone" - that area before a stopligh...

China's Lingyun acquires German car parts maker Kiekert

Mar 13, 2012 (AFP)

Chinese automotive supplier Heibei Lingyun Industrial Group Corporation has acquired Kiekert, a German maker of latch systems for cars, the German company annou...

Consumers line up to buy Chinese-Venezuelan cars

Mar 11, 2012 (AFP)

Just weeks after the opening of four Chery dealerships in Venezuela, dozens of people are lining up every day to buy the first Chinese cars being sold in the La...

Portable chargers, boosters to ease green car charging woes

Mar 11, 2012 (AFP)

Chevrolet Europe's president Susan Doherty drives to work every day in an electric car, and thanks to a recharging station at work, she never worries about runn...

China's auto sales up sharply in February

Mar 09, 2012 (AFP)

Vehicle sales in China, the world largest auto market, rose sharply in February from a year earlier, an industry group said Friday, but were capped by the Lunar...

SMEs launch electric car push

Mar 08, 2012 (AFP)

Small and mid-sized firms are jumping into the electric vehicle market in Europe, hoping that their niche product and the buzz surrounding green cars generated ...

Sports cars go green as environmental standards tighten

Mar 08, 2012 (AFP)

Sports cars, reputed for being energy guzzlers, are now trying to boost their green credentials as they seek to attract environmentally conscious consumers and ...

Global auto output to rise 3.0%, Asia leading: trade data

Mar 07, 2012 (AFP)

A global auto industry group forecast Wednesday world vehicle production will rise by 3.0 percent this year, in line with 2011, although carmakers warned that E...

Fuel economy in new autos up 18% since '07

Mar 06, 2012 (UPI)

New cars are gaining ground with rapid advances in fuel efficiency but a new study puts a figure on the savings made since October 2007 -- an impressive average...