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Stellantis pulls plug on hydrogen fuel cell vans
Jul 16, 2025 (AFP)
The company, whose stable of brands also includes Peugeot, Citroen and Fiat, had planned to begin serial production of commercial vans equipped with hydrogen fu...
China's Baidu to deploy driverless cars on Uber
Jul 15, 2025 (AFP)
The multi-year partnership will see "thousands of Baidu's Apollo Go autonomous vehicles on the Uber platform across multiple global markets", the companies said...
Volvo takes $1.2-bn hit from US tariffs, product delays
Jul 14, 2025 (AFP)
"Due to import tariffs the company is currently unable to sell the Volvo ES90 profitably in the United States, while ES90 margins are also under pressure in Eur...
Volkswagen stops production at Chinese plant in electric push
Jul 11, 2025 (AFP)
"Volkswagen Group and its joint venture partners are accelerating the transformation towards electric, intelligent, connected vehicles," the spokesman said. "Ma...
Stellantis warns of plant closures as e-van sales stall
Jul 02, 2025 (AFP)
Jean-Philippe Imparato also said EU targets for increasing the bloc's fleet of e-van vehicles would be impossible to reach, putting the company at risk of billi...
Indian capital bans fuel for old cars in anti-pollution bid
Jul 01, 2025 (AFP)
The city is regularly ranked one of the most polluted capitals globally with acrid smog blanketing its skyline every winter. At the peak of the smog, levels of ...
China's Xiaomi receives almost 300,000 SUV pre-orders in minutes
Jun 27, 2025 (AFP)
Lei Jun, founder and CEO of the electronics-turned-car company, said he was astonished by the reaction from customers. "My goodness, in just two minutes, we rec...
US following up on possible Tesla robotaxi infractions
Jun 24, 2025 (AFP)
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it is following up on videos posted online of Sunday's launch in Texas showed questionable driving. "NHT...
Tesla launches long-discussed robotaxi service
Jun 22, 2025 (AFP)
"Super congratulations to the @Tesla_AI software & chip design teams on a successful @Robotaxi launch!!" Musk posted on the X platform that he owns. "Culminatio...
Tesla expected to launch long-discussed robotaxi service
Jun 22, 2025 (AFP)
The launch -- which comes as Musk refocuses on his business ventures following a controversial stint in Donald Trump's administration -- will employ the Model Y...
EU countries back recycled plastic targets for cars
Jun 17, 2025 (AFP)
Environmental ministers from the bloc's 27 nations approved a proposal by the European Commission to make sure at least 25 percent of the plastic in new cars ha...
Trump moves to block California electric cars program
Jun 12, 2025 (AFP)
Trump's action, a rebuke of Democratic climate change policies, comes after the Republican-led Congress revoked the state's waiver allowing it to set more strin...
Latest GM investments in US in line with slowing EV demand: exec
Jun 11, 2025 (AFP)
GM late Tuesday announced plans to invest $4 billion over two years to expand production of plants in Michigan, Kansas and Tennessee, making use of unused capac...
Waymo leads autonomous taxi race in the US
Jun 11, 2025 (AFP)
As Tesla preps to launch its first driverless taxi service in Austin, Texas, this month after numerous delays, Waymo already claims to have more than 250,000 we...
Uber to launch driverless taxis in London next year
Jun 10, 2025 (AFP)
Under the Uber pilot scheme, services will initially have a human in the driver's seat who can take control of the vehicle in an emergency, but the trials will ...
Auto sector reels from China's rare earth restrictions
Jun 06, 2025 (AFP)
With a near monopoly on the output of rare earth elements, Beijing is using them as a key weapon in its trade war with Washington. Here we look at the implicati...
Lebanon on bumpy road to public transport revival
Jun 03, 2025 (AFP)
The 19-year-old says the spacious public buses are "safer, better and more comfortable", than the informal network of private buses and minivans that have long ...
Chinese automakers get stern 'price war' warning after discount spree
May 31, 2025 (AFP)
"Since May 23, a certain automaker has taken the lead in launching a substantial price drop campaign... triggering a new round of 'price war' panic," the China ...
Brazil sues China's BYD over 'slavery' conditions on build site
May 29, 2025 (AFP)
The case concerns 220 Chinese workers found last December in conditions "analogous to slavery" at a BYD plant under construction in Camacari, in the northeaster...
EU adopts CO2 targets reprieve for car industry
May 27, 2025 (AFP)
Starting this year, the European Union is cutting the average carbon emissions that new vehicles sold in the 27-country bloc are permitted to produce, with stee...
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