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Apr 23, 2021 (AFP)

"Hybrid electric vehicles made up 18.4 percent of total passenger car sales in the EU, almost doubling their market share in a year," the European Automobile Ma...

VW demands billion-euro 'dieselgate' payout from ex-CEO: report

Apr 23, 2021 (AFP)

The sum would be the highest ever claim for damages against a company executive in Germany, according to the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper. Volkswagen has writ...

Honda aiming for 100% electric vehicles by 2040

Apr 23, 2021 (AFP)

The automaker's newly appointed CEO Toshihiro Mibe described the target as "challenging" but said the firm wanted to "set high goals". Honda has said it wants t...

Biden to end Trump-era California emissions battle: report

Apr 22, 2021 (AFP)

California had taken advantage of a provision under the US Clean Air Act that permits states to set fuel-economy standards that go beyond federal rules. But in ...

Tesla hits China speed bump with blowback over safety, service

Apr 22, 2021 (AFP)

Tesla's road in China had seemed paved with gold after founder Elon Musk was granted rare permission to build a wholly-owned factory in Shanghai that has allowe...

Graveyard of the bikes: China's failed share-cycle scheme from above

Apr 21, 2021 (AFP)

The turquoise, blue and yellow bicycles, arranged in long lines, some piled on top of each other, bear the logos of the companies that dominate China's bike-sha...

Complaints grow in China against Tesla autos

Apr 21, 2021 (AFP)

China's market watchdog agency and its consumer protection agency issued statements Wednesday referencing an incident at the Shanghai Auto Show that went viral ...

China tech stampede into electric cars sparks auto sector buzz

Apr 20, 2021 (AFP)

Cars are the next major prize in the battle for digital territory, industry insiders say, and the deep pockets and data muscle of big Chinese tech firms will fu...

Hybrid leader Toyota turns on electrics

Apr 19, 2021 (AFP)

The Japanese automaker announced at the Shanghai motor show its future bZ line, or Beyond Zero, which should see seven models hitting showroom floors by 2025. "...

Embattled Huawei plans push into smart-vehicle sector to survive

Apr 12, 2021 (AFP)

Rotating chairman Eric Xu said Huawei planned to invest one billion dollars in the projects -- in cooperation with major Chinese automakers -- of systems for el...

Intel to supply self-driving systems for delivery trucks

Apr 12, 2021 (AFP)

Udelv and the Mobileye unit at Intel aim to produce more than 35,000 driverless "Transporters" by the year 2028, the companies said in a joint release. "Our dea...

Tesla slams German bureaucracy, offers reform proposals

Apr 08, 2021 (AFP)

"Tesla has experienced first hand how obstacles in German authorisation procedures slow down industrial transformation," the company wrote in a letter to Berlin...

Uber entices drivers with $250 mn 'stimulus'

Apr 07, 2021 (AFP)

With more people in the United States getting vaccinated, cities are beginning to get back to business and demand for Uber rides is reviving, according to mobil...

Apple chief Tim Cook talks of autonomous cars

Apr 06, 2021 (AFP)

Talk of an autonomous vehicle bearing the Apple brand has long been among rumors swirling around the iPhone maker, which has remained tight-lipped about its pla...

The road not taken: South Korea's self-driving professor

Apr 02, 2021 (AFP)

Han Min-hong, now 79, successfully tested his self-driving car on the roads of Seoul in 1993 -- a decade before Tesla was even founded. Two years later, it drov...

China's smartphone maker Xiaomi to invest $10bn in electric vehicles

Mar 30, 2021 (AFP)

The company, which is already among the biggest smartphone makers in the world, said in a filing to the Hong Kong stock exchange that it will set up a subsidiar...

VW pulls a fast one: 'Voltswagen' rebrand a ruse

Mar 30, 2021 (AFP)

The German automaker's US subsidiary, which is launching a media blitz for a new all-electric sport utility vehicle, recrafted its social media pages Tuesday an...

VW seeks damages from ex-CEOs over dieselgate scandal

Mar 26, 2021 (AFP)

The company said in a statement it would demand compensation from Martin Winterkorn, ex-chief executive of the group, as well as Rupert Stadler, former head of ...

Germany postpones ex-VW boss's 'dieselgate' trial

Mar 24, 2021 (AFP)

The trial was initially set to start in February before being pushed back to April 20. The new date now is September 16, the Brunswick district court said. "The...

'Das Auto' goes electric as VW takes on Tesla

Mar 22, 2021 (AFP)

The bold proclamation raised some eyebrows, coming from a carmaker better known for its 2015 "dieselgate" emissions cheating scandal than its green credentials....