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China extends probe into US-listed tech firms after Didi blow

Jul 05, 2021 (AFP)

The country's major internet firms wield massive influence among its army of consumers, but have in recent months had their wings clipped in a regulatory crackd...

VW, Daimler, Volvo team up to build truck chargers

Jul 05, 2021 (AFP)

The initial plan foresees a 500 million euro ($600 million) investment to drive the five-year project, but the companies said they hoped to bring in additional ...

Nissan unveils UK battery gigafactory as electric drive accelerates

Jul 01, 2021 (AFP)

Prime Minister Boris Johnson hailed the post-Brexit investment totalling 1.0 billion ($1.4 billion, 1.2 billion euros) that is set to create an additional 6,200...

Canada mandates new cars to be zero-emissions by 2035

Jun 29, 2021 (AFP)

"Today, I'm announcing that we are accelerating our zero emission vehicles goal. By 2035, all new cars and light duty trucks sold in Canada will be zero emissio...

Volkswagen to stop selling combustion engines in Europe by 2035

Jun 27, 2021 (AFP)

Carmakers around the world have started setting timetables to phase out combustion engines in the face of increasingly strict anti-pollution standards put in pl...

Tesla to 'recall' over 285,000 cars in China due to faulty software

Jun 26, 2021 (AFP)

Tesla would contact affected users to upgrade their vehicle's software remotely for free, a State Administration of Market Regulation (SAMR) notice said, adding...

E-scooters as a new micro-mobility service

Jun 23, 2021 (SPX)

This study sheds light on the growing utility of e-scooters as a micro-mobility service in Singapore, and will also inform operators, planners, and policymakers...

Audi to stop making fossil fuel cars by 2033: CEO

Jun 22, 2021 (AFP)

"Audi is ready to make its decisive and powerful move into the electric age," CEO Markus Duesmann said in a statement. Starting in 2026, Audi plans to only laun...

Europe powers up electric car battery drive

Jun 20, 2021 (AFP)

China, Japan and South Korea produce most of the world's electric car batteries. Europe now has projects to build 38 gigafactories with a combined annual output...

Waymo raises $2.5 bn to rev self-driving cars

Jun 16, 2021 (AFP)

The infusion of cash comes just months after the departure of Waymo chief John Krafcik prompted concerns that the unit might be stuck in low gear despite boasts...

General Motors hits the gas on electric, autonomous push

Jun 16, 2021 (AFP)

The biggest US automaker announced it will raise spending by 30 percent to $35 billion through 2025 and plans to build two additional battery cell plants. Some ...

Chinese ride-hailing app Didi files for New York listing

Jun 11, 2021 (AFP)

The popular app has dominated the Chinese market ride-hailing market ever since it won a costly turf war against US titan Uber in 2016 and took over its local u...

Toyota targets carbon-neutral plants by 2035

Jun 11, 2021 (AFP)

The Japanese firm's chief production officer Masamichi Okada made the pledge during an online presentation on Friday, as the G7 leaders meet in Britain to discu...

Key to carbon-free cars? Look to the stars

Jun 10, 2021 (SPX)

Astrophysicists say that the benzene ring could be the fundamental building block of polycylic aromatic hydrocarbons or PAHs, the most basic materials formed fr...

'Dieselgate' fraud: Timeline of a scandal

Jun 10, 2021 (AFP)

Here is a timeline: - 'Defeat devices' - In 2014, US researchers at the University of West Virginia discover that certain VW diesel cars emit up to 40 times the...

Peugeot to be prosecuted in France over 'dieselgate'

Jun 10, 2021 (AFP)

"Two other subsidiaries of Stellantis, Automobiles Citroen S.A. and FCA Italy S.p.A, have been summoned to appear before the Judicial Court of Paris, on June 10...

China's factory prices soar in May but consumers avoid cost surge

Jun 09, 2021 (AFP)

Factories so far seem to be absorbing costs rather than passing them on to consumers as domestic demand recovers from the strict coronavirus lockdowns imposed l...

Lordstown Motors warns it needs more capital to keep going

Jun 08, 2021 (AFP)

The company, which had targeted commercial production to begin in September, has just $587 million in cash, which is "not sufficient to fund commercial scale pr...

Tesla scraps plan for ultra-luxe Plaid+ model

Jun 07, 2021 (AFP)

Musk said in a tweet Sunday that the juiced-up Plaid is "just so good," that there is no need to go further with the Plaid+ model. The planned Plaid+ priced at ...

Former boss to pay Volkswagen record sum over Dieselgate

Jun 06, 2021 (AFP)

"The supervisory board validated in its meeting Saturday the main points of amicable agreements" to settle the claim, a spokesman said without giving details. W...