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Honda, GM plan driverless taxis in Tokyo in 2026
Oct 19, 2023 (AFP)
Co-developed by San Francisco-based self-driving car operator Cruise, the project will offer "an entirely new kind of mobility experience" in Japan, Honda said ...
GM delays EV plant conversion, cites evolving 'demand'
Oct 17, 2023 (AFP)
The company said in a statement that it would "retime the conversion" of its Orion plant in Michigan by a year to "late 2025." The goal of the move was "to bett...
Vietnam automaker sends EVs to Laos for electric taxi service
Oct 13, 2023 (AFP)
The communist state's first homegrown car manufacturer is hoping to compete with EV giants such as Tesla, and is trying to crack international markets. The taxi...
French taxi drivers bring unfair competition case against Uber
Oct 13, 2023 (AFP)
Uber has had to battle a slew of legal challenges in the 12 years since it first began operating in France and this latest one pits them against some eight perc...
Chinese electric vehicle firm WM Motor files for bankruptcy
Oct 11, 2023 (AFP)
Analysts say China is leading the world when it comes to electric vehicle development, but the sheer number of brands and sluggish consumer spending make it tou...
Stockholm to ban petrol, diesel cars in city centre
Oct 10, 2023 (AFP)
"Nowadays the air in Stockholm causes babies to have sick lungs and the elderly to die prematurely. It is a completely unacceptable situation," Lars Stromgren, ...
Evergrande's EV unit resumes trading after deal suspension
Oct 09, 2023 (AFP)
Trading in Hong Kong was only open in the afternoon on Monday as the city's bourse was closed for the morning session due to a typhoon. Evergrande Vehicle's sha...
Vietnam EV maker VinFast reports jump in Q3 revenue
Oct 05, 2023 (AFP)
Despite posting a loss of $2 billion in 2022 and over $1 billion in the first half of 2023, VinFast has embarked on a major push to become a global player in th...
EU formally starts probe into Chinese electric cars subsidies
Oct 04, 2023 (AFP)
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen raised hackles in China when she announced last month that Brussels would start an anti-subsidy investigation...
Factory shutdowns hit Tesla's third quarter deliveries
Oct 02, 2023 (AFP)
The electric automaker led by Elon Musk said the sequential decline "was caused by planned downtimes for factory upgrades," according to a press release. Delive...
Swiss-led team drives electric vans from Geneva to Doha
Oct 01, 2023 (AFP)
The five-strong Swiss and German team set out from Geneva on August 28 in two electric Volkswagen vans on a 6,500 kilometre (4,000 mile) journey that ended in D...
UK government to push back on 'anti-car measures'
Sep 30, 2023 (AFP)
"The clamp down on drivers is an attack on the day to day lives of most people across the UK who rely on cars to get to work or see their families," Prime Minis...
VinFast boss insists share volatility 'normal'
Sep 29, 2023 (AFP)
Shares in the communist state's first homegrown car manufacturer have veered wildly since it listed on the Nasdaq in August, peaking above $82 before lurching b...
EU countries vote to weaken next car emissions norm
Sep 25, 2023 (AFP)
Led by France and Italy, the 27 nations voted for a less ambitious plan than the one put forward by the European Commission in November 2022, eyeing preservatio...
Tire maker honored for tackling electric car pollution
Sep 19, 2023 (AFP)
A British company selected as a finalist for Prince William's Earthshot Prize now promises more durable tires that increase vehicle range and decrease the emiss...
Taiwan's TSMC to help train German students for semiconductor careers
Sep 19, 2023 (AFP)
A shortage of skilled workers including in the crucial chip sector has emerged as a major challenge for Germany, Europe's largest economy, as vast cohorts of ol...
Novel AI system enhances the predictive accuracy of autonomous driving
Sep 19, 2023 (SPX)
Professor Wang Jianping, in the Department of Computer Science (CS) at CityU, who led the study, explained the critical importance of precise, real-time predict...
UK carmakers hope for delay to post-Brexit tariff
Sep 18, 2023 (AFP)
Britain left the European Union in early 2021 after clinching a last-gasp free trade deal, removing tariffs for the nation's largely foreign-owned carmakers. Ho...
China says EU car subsidy probe will have 'negative impact'
Sep 14, 2023 (AFP)
The investigation could see the EU impose duties on cars it believes are unfairly sold at a lower price, undercutting European competitors. China "believes that...
EU to probe China electric car subsidies
Sep 13, 2023 (AFP)
"Global markets are now flooded with cheaper Chinese electric cars. And their price is kept artificially low by huge state subsidies," von der Leyen said, durin...
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