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Uber posts big loss as pandemic clobbers ridesharing, despite delivery offset

Feb 11, 2021 (AFP)

Thanks to that offset, the loss of $968 million was narrowed slightly from $1.1 billion in the same period a year earlier, according to Uber. Revenue in the qua...

Chip shortage puts the brakes on automakers

Feb 10, 2021 (AFP)

Ford announced Thursday that it would drastically reduce output of its top-selling F-150 truck because of the shortage of semiconductors, while General Motors h...

Hyundai, Kia deny Apple car talks, sending shares tumbling

Feb 08, 2021 (AFP)

The announcement came about a month after the country's cable broadcaster Korea Economic TV said the iPhone maker had approached Hyundai to discuss a potential ...

Chinese regulators summon Tesla over car security malfunction

Feb 08, 2021 (AFP)

The news comes several months after two recalls of the company's vehicles in China, the world's largest car market. "Consumers have cited multiple problems, rel...

Ford to speed up push to electric autos, digitization

Feb 05, 2021 (AFP)

The US auto giant, released fourth-quarter and annual results, and said it plans $22 billion in electric car investment through 2025, nearly twice the earlier p...

Apple near deal with Hyundai on autonomous cars: reports

Feb 04, 2021 (AFP)

A report by CNBC television, citing unnamed sources, said Apple was working with Hyundai and its Kia brand to produce the car in the southern state of Georgia. ...

Electric car of the future to be developed in Denmark

Feb 01, 2021 (SPX)

This difference could soon be history. In the years to come, researchers from Aarhus University will develop a completely new type of battery for electric vehic...

Ford to put Google cloud to work in cars and factories

Feb 01, 2021 (AFP)

The six-year partnership includes establishing a new group called Team Upshift devoted to interweaving online computing with on-road vehicles in new ways, such ...

Electric cars, fewer cows in New Zealand's climate change plan

Jan 31, 2021 (AFP)

The changes are among a raft of recommendations presented to the government by the Climate Change Commission on steps New Zealand must take to drastically reduc...

General Motors sets 2035 goal for eliminating emissions from most cars

Jan 28, 2021 (AFP)

The move is the latest by a major auto producer to shift away from gas-guzzling vehicles in favor of non-polluting alternatives over concerns that their industr...

Singapore launches new self-driving bus trial

Jan 28, 2021 (AFP)

Orderly and high-tech, the Asian city-state has become a testbed for self-driving vehicles and has developed home-grown technology while inviting foreign compan...

Volta Trucks set to launch urban electric lorry

Jan 27, 2021 (AFP)

Volta Trucks has developed what it bills as the world's first purpose-built fully-electric 16-tonne commercial vehicle which is designed to criss-cross cities f...

How to get more electric cars on the road

Jan 22, 2021 (SPX)

The researchers found that installing charging stations on residential streets, rather than just in central locations such as shopping malls, could have an outs...

EVgo latest in hot US electric auto sector to publicly list

Jan 22, 2021 (AFP)

The transaction with Climate Real Impact Solutions will provide capital to EVgo to build thousands of new fueling stations as major automakers market more elect...

No big potholes for Buttigieg in historic US Senate hearing

Jan 21, 2021 (AFP)

Buttigieg, the first openly gay person tapped for a US Cabinet post, faced a handful of thorny questions from Republicans on climate change and other topics. Bu...

VW misses EU emissions target despite e-cars boost

Jan 21, 2021 (AFP)

The VW group -- which includes the brands Audi, Porsche and Skoda -- now risks a fine of around 140 million euros ($170 million), according to AFP calculations....

Autonomous driving on intelligent road at Europe's edge

Jan 20, 2021 (ESA)

"If autonomous vehicles can drive well here, they can drive almost anywhere," says Sarang Thombre of the Finnish Geospatial Research Institute, managing the Arc...

Lotus looks to an electric future with Alpine deal

Jan 20, 2021 (AFP)

The joint venture was announced last week and is aimed at accelerating the two firms' electrification strategy. Chinese-owned Lotus makes all its cars in Britai...

Nottingham opts for IoT solution in pilot project to optimize its electric vehicle fleet

Jan 20, 2021 (SPX)

This enables the city's energy managers to maximize the use of locally produced renewable energy and cut carbon emissions and costs associated with charging EVs...

Electric vehicle maker Rivian valued at $27.6 bn in funding round

Jan 19, 2021 (AFP)

Investors included Amazon's Climate Pledge Fund and Fidelity Management and Research, according to Rivian. "This is a critical year for us as we are launching t...