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EU approves end to combustion engine sales by 2035
Jun 29, 2022 (AFP)
The proposal was raised in July 2021, and this decision will mean a de facto halt to sales of petrol and diesel vehicles and a complete shift to electric engine...
Range extenders: solar panels provide more juice to EVs
Jun 29, 2022 (AFP)
As it rolls under the blistering sun of northern Spain, the Lightyear 0 generates enough electricity every day to drive 70 kilometers (43 miles) thanks to the f...
Swedish electric carmaker Polestar announces NY listing
Jun 23, 2022 (AFP)
The carmaker, controlled by Sweden's Volvo Cars and its Chinese owner Geely, announced its plans to go public in September 2021, and said the listing would be c...
Researchers release open-source photorealistic simulator for autonomous driving
Jun 23, 2022 (SPX)
To that end, scientists from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) created "VISTA 2.0," a data-driven simulation engine where ve...
No petrol, no cars: Cubans turn to electric transport
Jun 18, 2022 (AFP)
As fuel shortages and US sanctions take their toll, and even though electricity generation can be spotty, Cubans are turning to smaller, cheaper, plug-in altern...
Life in the slow lane for Iraq's gridlocked traffic
Jun 15, 2022 (AFP)
"The first thing you see in the morning is traffic jams," said 40-year-old Mohammed, describing his "exhaustion" at the stop-and-go traffic he endures across th...
Tesla driver-assistance involved in 273 US crashes: report
Jun 15, 2022 (AFP)
The electric autos accounted for 273 of 392 crashes reported under a June 2021 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration directive requiring manufacturers ...
UK scraps subsidies for electric plug-in cars
Jun 14, 2022 (AFP)
"The government is today closing the plug-in car grant scheme to new orders after successfully kickstarting the UK's electric car revolution," the Department fo...
US expands safety probe into Tesla Autopilot
Jun 09, 2022 (AFP)
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating whether "Autopilot and associated Tesla systems may exacerbate human factors or behavioral s...
EU lawmakers pass ban on new petrol, diesel cars by 2035
Jun 08, 2022 (AFP)
The Commission last year unveiled plans to stop the sale of vehicles using internal combustion engines as part of an ambitious climate target to cut emissions b...
New model finds best sites for electric vehicle charging stations
Jun 07, 2022 (SPX)
"Ultimately, we feel the model can be used to inform the development of EV charging infrastructure at multiple levels, from projects aimed at supporting local c...
EU electric car adventurers should plan carefully
Jun 05, 2022 (AFP)
While fully electric cars have proved themselves in urban areas, winning fans for their ease of use and low emissions, many owners still suffer from "range anxi...
Fiat Chrysler pleads guilty to conspiracy in US 'dieselgate'
Jun 03, 2022 (AFP)
The auto giant was accused of installing "defeat devices" on cars to evade emissions standards and in January 2019 agreed to a $515 million US civil settlement ...
Ford to invest $3.7 bn, boosting legacy Midwestern plants
Jun 02, 2022 (AFP)
The 119-year-old carmaker plans to spend $3.7 billion to add manufacturing capacity for a mix of electric vehicles (EVs) and conventional gasoline-powered autos...
VW accused of 'slavery' practices under Brazil dictatorship
May 29, 2022 (AFP)
Volkswagen has been summoned to appear before a labour court in Brasilia on June 14, following a notification sent by the local judiciary on May 19, ARD public ...
Traffic jams just a maths problem, says Israeli AI firm
May 29, 2022 (AFP)
ITC, or Intelligent Traffic Control, was one of the artificial intelligence players at Tel Aviv's recent EcoMotion showcase where high-tech and AI firms hope to...
Carnegie Mellon Roboticists go off road to compile data that could train self-driving ATVs
May 27, 2022 (SPX)
They drove the heavily instrumented ATV aggressively at speeds up to 30 miles an hour. They slid through turns, took it up and down hills, and even got it stuck...
Manufacturers getting to grips with airless tyres
May 22, 2022 (AFP)
The challenges that the technology faces were put on display at a Goodyear test track in Luxembourg, where a group of journalists put a Tesla equipped with airl...
German farmer sues Volkswagen over CO2 emissions
May 20, 2022 (AFP)
The organic farmer from the Rhineland town of Detmold, backed by the Greenpeace campaign group, says Volkswagen's emissions are significantly contributing to cl...
How a cognitive bias is blocking the rise of electric cars
May 20, 2022 (SPX)
The increase of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the atmosphere is one of the main causes of global warming. Among the GHGs is carbon dioxide - the well-known CO2 - of...
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