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Oct 13, 2020 (AFP)

Volkswagen-owned Audi and its Chinese joint-venture partner FAW signed a memorandum of understanding for the "establishment of a company for the production of a...

The Safe Light Regional Vehicle makes its debut

Oct 05, 2020 (SPX)

"As a new mobility solution in the light vehicle class, the SLRV demonstrates that we can combine vehicle technology, usage conditions and cost-effectiveness. I...

Investors load $500 mn into Uber's trucking business

Oct 02, 2020 (AFP)

The preferred stock financing values Uber Freight at $3.3 billion, and comes as the San Francisco-based company's core ride-sharing service is stalled due to th...

O2 launches UK's first driverless cars lab

Oct 01, 2020 (SPX)

5G could address many of the technical challenges faced by driverless cars by providing stronger, faster and more reliable data signals. While satellite technol...

European carmakers' leather use fuelling deforestation: NGO

Sep 30, 2020 (AFP)

The non-profit organisation said the automakers buy leather for vehicle interiors initially sourced from cattle ranching on illegally razed land in a part of Pa...

VW 'dieselgate' fraud: Timeline of a scandal

Sep 30, 2020 (AFP)

- 2014 - US researchers at the University of West Virginia discover that certain VW diesel cars emit up to 40 times the permissible levels of harmful nitrogen o...

Electric truck startup Nikola postpones December event

Sep 30, 2020 (AFP)

The Arizona-based company said the "Nikola World" event, which nad been billed a potential launch of new vehicles and technology on December 3, would be resched...

Volkswagen to pump 15 bn euros into China's electric cars

Sep 28, 2020 (AFP)

Global car makers are pegging hopes on an increasingly electric future with China at the forefront as a customer base and manufacturing hub. Beijing has targete...

Crowds in masks pack out China auto show after virus delay

Sep 26, 2020 (AFP)

Delayed for five months because of the pandemic, the 10-day event opened as China has largely brought the virus outbreak under control, although travel restrict...

Automakers sue US government over tariffs on Chinese imports

Sep 24, 2020 (AFP)

The lawsuits, which were filed in recent days in the New York-based Court of International Trade, concern tariffs imposed by the Office of the US Trade Represen...

California to ban sale of gasoline-powered cars by 2035

Sep 23, 2020 (AFP)

The transportation sector causes more than half of California's carbon pollution, and parts of the state are vexed by some of the most toxic air in the country,...

New composite material revs up pursuit of advanced electric vehicles

Sep 22, 2020 (SPX)

The research is aimed at reducing barriers to wider electric vehicle adoption, including cutting the cost of ownership and improving the performance and life of...

With its founder's exit, what's next for Nikola?

Sep 21, 2020 (AFP)

- Is Nikola a fraud? - Under Milton, an unabashed booster of the company's technology and the capacity for electric vehicles to remake the auto industry, Nikola...

Founder of truck maker Nikola resigns after fraud allegations

Sep 21, 2020 (AFP)

The Phoenix-based company said in a statement that it had accepted Trevor Milton's resignation and that he would be replaced by Stephen Girsky, a Nikola board m...

Man 'asleep' in speeding self-driving car charged in Canada

Sep 18, 2020 (AFP)

The incident took place near the town of Ponoka in Alberta province, the local force said in a tweet on Thursday. "The car appeared to be self-driving, travelli...

The first prototype of the futuristic U-Shift vehicle concept makes its debut

Sep 18, 2020 (SPX)

Modular design: combined driveboard and capsule The capsule-shaped structures for transporting people or goods. The U-shaped drive unit contains all of the valu...

Uber safety driver in autonomous car charged in 2018 fatality

Sep 16, 2020 (AFP)

The Maricopa County prosecutor's office said in a statement Tuesday that 46-year-old Rafaela Vasquez had been indicted in the death of Elaine Herzberg on March ...

Is zero-emission truck maker Nikola the new Tesla, or just hot air?

Sep 15, 2020 (AFP)

Founded in 2015 by Trevor Milton, the company is mainly working on the development of trucks and pick-ups powered by electric batteries or hydrogen fuel cells, ...

Uber says will be 'zero emissions' by 2040

Sep 08, 2020 (AFP)

The global ride-hailing giant said it was taking the initiative to help fight global climate change by reducing automobile emissions. "The world is at a critica...

General Motors to take stake in Nikola electric truck company

Sep 08, 2020 (AFP)

As more automakers join forces to work on ambitious advances, the old-school auto giant will help the Arizona-based startup with battery and fuel cell technolog...