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The bicycle making its way through Bogota's hellish traffic

Sep 24, 2022 (AFP)

Gripping their handlebars, laborers, seamstresses and students are choosing pedal power over cars and buses. A cheap alternative to public transportation and an...

China EV builder Leapmotor chasing $1 bn Hong Kong IPO

Sep 20, 2022 (AFP)

The Hangzhou-headquartered company is offering around 131 million shares priced at HK$48-HK$62 ($6.10-$7.90), according to a prospectus filed with the Hong Kong...

Hertz to buy some 175,000 GM EVs through 2027

Sep 20, 2022 (AFP)

First deliveries, which will consist of BOLT EVs and EUVs, should take place in the first quarter of 2023, according to the joint statement. Subsequent purchase...

China's debt-laden Evergrande produces its first car

Sep 16, 2022 (AFP)

Despite fighting for survival with an enormous debt of an estimated $260 billion, Evergrande is active in several sectors and has high hopes for the automotive ...

Opel puts China entry on hold as trade tensions rise

Sep 16, 2022 (AFP)

The expansion, announced in July 2021, was stopped on a backdrop of "growing geopolitical tensions" between the Chinese leadership and the United States and Eur...

Gripes over electric car tax credit as Biden visits Detroit show

Sep 14, 2022 (AFP)

After months of inaction in Congress, Biden capped the summer by signing into law major new investments in semiconductor production and combatting climate chang...

Biden tours Detroit Auto Show, highlighting electric vehicle push

Sep 14, 2022 (AFP)

"The great American Road Trip is going to be fully electrified," Biden proclaimed after test-driving one auto during a gleeful spin through showroom floor. "Whe...

AI-powered autonomous driving vehicle

Sep 13, 2022 (SPX)

Moreover, the AI model can drive the vehicle safely in diverse environmental conditions under various scenarios. Evaluated under point-to-point navigation tasks...

MG revs up Chinese electric car presence in Europe

Sep 13, 2022 (AFP)

The MG4 is an all-electric sedan with a range of up to 450 kilometers (280 miles) and a competitive list price of 28,990 euros before any government incentives....

After pandemic hiatus, Detroit Auto Show reboots itself

Sep 11, 2022 (AFP)

The Detroit Auto Show, long a dead of winter mainstay that drew car industry brass and international media to America's "Motor City" ahead of a big public expo,...

Chinese carmaker BYD to build Thai electric vehicle plant

Sep 08, 2022 (AFP)

BYD, one of the most prominent Chinese brands in the electric vehicle market, will buy a 96-hectare plot to house the facility, from Thai property developer WHA...

Jeep's first electric SUV to arrive in Europe in 2023: CEO

Sep 08, 2022 (AFP)

"We have very strong DNA -- electrification is a means of reinforcing it," the French director of the US automaker told AFP as the company presented its first e...

China's car sales rise the most in a decade

Sep 08, 2022 (AFP)

A total of 1.87 million vehicles were sold last month, China's Passenger Car Association said, with sales of hybrid and electric units doubling on-year in the w...

GM unveils eSUV aimed at families; Jeep's eSUV to arrive in Europe in 2023

Sep 08, 2022 (AFP)

The 2024 Equinox EV, which will be available in fall 2023 has a starting price of $30,000, less than half the average price of EVs now available in the market. ...

End of the road for New York's horse-drawn carriages

Sep 01, 2022 (AFP)

For some, the equine-driven rides around Central Park are part of the fabric of the Big Apple, like yellow taxis and Broadway shows. But for others, the horses-...

Californians told not to charge EVs as grid struggles in heat wave

Aug 31, 2022 (AFP)

Temperatures as high as 112 degrees Fahrenheit (44 degrees Celsius) were forecast in some Los Angeles suburbs as a huge heat dome bakes a swathe of the western ...

ESA technology for safer, smarter European roads

Aug 30, 2022 (ESA)

The collaboration between ESA and ERTICO is intended to support and promote the development and commercialisation of future, more sustainable technologies in th...

Plenty of roadblocks for automakers seeking EV success

Aug 28, 2022 (AFP)

Will there be enough lithium and other vital raw materials to make electric car batteries? Will there be sufficient charging stations? How will carmakers ensure...

Musk envisions ties with China partners

Aug 25, 2022 (XNA)

Musk is the latest US entrepreneur to embrace a warm attitude toward Chinese partners in cutting-edge technologies, which will benefit the world, experts said. ...

California says new cars must be zero emission by 2035

Aug 25, 2022 (AFP)

The widely touted move has been hailed by environmentalists, who hope it will prod other parts of the United States to quicken the adoption of electric vehicles...