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Demand for new cars falls in Germany as virus cases rebound

Sep 03, 2020 (AFP)

Registrations fell 20 percent compared with August 2019, a large drop compared to July, when registrations were down only 5.4 percent year-on-year, data publish...

Uber seeks Hong Kong govt meeting after court defeat

Sep 02, 2020 (AFP)

Hong Kong was one of the first international cities Uber moved into as it rapidly expanded outside the United States. But for the past six years it has operated...

When cars fly: Japan firm says day is nearing

Sep 02, 2020 (AFP)

Video from engineering company SkyDrive shows its manned compact vehicle using eight propellers to hover into the air and make its way -- with a few wobbles -- ...

Uber-Lyft back off plans to suspend California ride services

Aug 20, 2020 (AFP)

A judge had originally given Uber and Lyft until Friday to comply with a labor law on the matter, which went into effect at the start of this year. "The petitio...

Uber-Lyft to stop California services absent reprieve

Aug 19, 2020 (AFP)

The companies are awaiting word from an appeals court whether they will be able to delay having to abide by a new state law that officials argue requires them t...

Uber chief: law could idle operations in California

Aug 12, 2020 (AFP)

The comments from Uber's chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi to MSNBC come after a court gave Uber and rival Lyft until the middle of next week to reclassify driv...

Uber calls for new deal for 'gig economy' workers

Aug 10, 2020 (AFP)

The ride-hailing giant described "a new model for independent platform work" in an 18-page document it hopes can be used as blueprint for Uber and similar firms...

Road test: Chinese 'robotaxis' take riders for a spin

Aug 09, 2020 (AFP)

It is expected to be years before cars that operate completely without human intervention are unleashed owing to lingering technological, regulatory, and safety...

Uber earnings hit hard as pandemic stalls revenue

Aug 06, 2020 (AFP)

Overall revenues skidded 29 percent from a year ago to $2.2 billion, as gains from delivery failed to offset a massive 75 percent drop in its ride-hailing booki...

Uber keeps Asia HQ in Singapore, ditching Hong Kong move

Jul 30, 2020 (AFP)

The decision came weeks after China imposed a controversial national security law on Hong Kong -- although Uber did not mention the legislation in its announcem...

Volkswagen has paid $9.5 bn to US drivers over 'dieselgate'

Jul 28, 2020 (AFP)

The international scandal -- known as "dieselgate" -- has tarnished Volkswagen's image ever since. The auto giant admitted in 2015 to cheating emissions tests o...

BMW vows to tie executive pay to climate goals

Jul 27, 2020 (AFP)

Speaking to reporters in Munich, chief executive Oliver Zipse said BMW wanted to reduce CO2 emissions by millions of tonnes a year by 2030 as part of its "very ...

Raids in Fiat Chrysler, Iveco 'dieselgate' probe: German prosecutors

Jul 22, 2020 (AFP)

Coordinated cross-border raids were being carried out at "ten commercial properties" across the three countries, the public prosecutor for the German state of H...

Tech to help autonomous vehicles better scan for nearby fast-moving objects

Jul 20, 2020 (SPX)

The autonomous vehicle industry is exploring "frequency modulated continuous wave" (FMCW) lidar to solve this problem. Researchers have built a way that this ty...

Bikes wedge their way into heavy Paris traffic

Jul 19, 2020 (AFP)

"Not too long ago, I was all alone on that street," he said. An avid cyclist and spokesman for the community-led biking advocacy organisation Collectif Velo Ile...

Long road ahead for fully self-driving cars, despite Tesla claim

Jul 10, 2020 (AFP)

Musk's suggestion that Tesla is nearing "Level 5" autonomy appeared to stun the sector, which has repeatedly pushed back forecasts for vehicles able to operate ...

Musk says Tesla close to developing fully autonomous car

Jul 09, 2020 (AFP)

Musk, who has made premature predictions about the advent of completely autonomous cars before, offered the updated timetable in a pre-recorded message to a Sha...

Volkswagen can be sued anywhere in the EU, says top court

Jul 09, 2020 (AFP)

The case stemmed from Austria, where a consumer organisation is seeking at least 3.6 million euros ($4.1 million) on behalf of hundreds of car owners. "A motor ...

Uber to buy Postmates to extend delivery footprint

Jul 06, 2020 (AFP)

The acquisition steps up the effort by the ridesharing giant to diversify its business to meet growing delivery demands after failing to win a battle for US mea...

Elon Musk mocks regulators, short-sellers as Tesla soars

Jul 02, 2020 (AFP)

The taunts came as shares in the electric carmaker revved on the news it produced more than 82,000 vehicles and delivered approximately 90,650 in the recently e...