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German car sales plunge as new pollution rules bite
Feb 05, 2020 (AFP)
A total of 246,300 new cars hit the road last month, down 7.3 percent year-on-year, the KBA transport authority said, the first decline in five months. It comes...
Hyundai suspends domestic production over China outbreak
Feb 04, 2020 (AFP)
The global car industry operates on tight supply lines and was thrown into turmoil when Japan's Fukushima earthquake and tsunami in 2011 knocked out a Renesas E...
UK to ban new petrol car sales from 2035
Feb 04, 2020 (AFP)
Johnson was to make the announcement at an event launching the 2019 United Nations Climate Change conference, COP26, which will be held in Glasgow in November. ...
GM revives Hummer as all-electric vehicle
Jan 30, 2020 (AFP)
GM will unveil the revamped GMC Hummer EV in an ad during Sunday's Super Bowl game, reviving the a vehichle launched in the 1990s but phased out after the 2008 ...
Tesla stock zooms as carmaker marks earnings 'turning point'
Jan 30, 2020 (AFP)
The company cautioned about a potential impact from the new coronavirus sweeping China, a hub for production and sales, but investors cheered as Tesla said it w...
Toyota keeping China plants shut through Feb 9 over virus
Jan 29, 2020 (AFP)
"Given the various factors including the guidelines by the local and regional governments and parts supply situation, as of January 29, we have decided to halt ...
Tesla shares rise after better than expected fourth quarter
Jan 29, 2020 (AFP)
The report was the latest in a spate of good news for the firm founded by controversial entrepreneur Elon Musk after it reported earlier this month that it deli...
Waymo to team with UPS on self-driving delivery plan
Jan 29, 2020 (AFP)
The two firms said they would collaborate on the project to shuttle packages from UPS Stores in the Phoenix, Arizona, area to the UPS Tempe hub, initially with ...
Vienna to reward car-free travel with concert tickets
Jan 27, 2020 (AFP)
A total of 1,000 users will start a test of the smartphone app from February 26. If the six-month test is successful, the app is expected to be rolled out to th...
Bugatti touts green ambitions while storming full speed ahead
Jan 26, 2020 (AFP)
The French automaker has implemented a series of measures to offset the carbon emitted by the 81 racers it produced last year, including a shift to biogas and o...
Dutch foundation launches 'Dieselgate' action against VW in France
Jan 23, 2020 (AFP)
The Diesel Emissions Justice Foundation (DEJF) had already initiated similar actions in the Netherlands and Belgium, and is now turning its attention to France ...
No pedals, no steering wheel: Cruise unveils autonomous shuttle
Jan 22, 2020 (AFP)
The vehicle is "our answer to the question about what transportation system you'd build, if you could start from scratch," said chief executive Dan Ammann in un...
Volkswagen in Canada ordered to pay CAN$196.5 mn over emissions scandal
Jan 22, 2020 (AFP)
The court accepted an agreement that the German automaker reached with the Canadian government, which in December filed a 60-count indictment against the compan...
Payout for Musk as Tesla value tops $100 bn
Jan 22, 2020 (AFP)
Shares in Tesla rose some six percent in early trade to lift the value of the fast-growing maker of electric vehicles to around $105 billion. Under a compensati...
EU auto market set for first drop in seven years: carmakers
Jan 22, 2020 (AFP)
With the EU launching its "Green Deal" to make the bloc's economy carbon neutral, the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) said it hopes the pl...
Extinction Rebellion protest disrupts Brussels Motor Show
Jan 18, 2020 (AFP)
The activists would be released once they had given their identity, a police spokesman told AFP. In a statement, the group's Belgium wing said it had called the...
More dieselgate fines as CEO says VW has 'one shot' to survive shift to digital era
Jan 16, 2020 (AFP)
"The time of the classic car manufacturer is over," Diess said in a speech to senior executives, as the industry undergoes "radical transformation" to make cars...
German minister confirms US threat of higher EU car export tariffs
Jan 16, 2020 (AFP)
"This expression or threat, as you will, does exist," Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer told a news conference during a visit to London after a report in the Washingto...
Bollywood star slams Uber after 'scariest experience'
Jan 16, 2020 (AFP)
The award-winning actress, 34, daughter of "Slumdog Millionaire" star Anil Kapoor, said her driver was apparently "unstable and was yelling and shouting" during...
Liability in the age of driverless vehicles
Jan 15, 2020 (SPX)
AVs remove people from the hands-on task of driving and thus pose a complex challenge to today's accident tort law, which primarily punishes humans. Legal exper...
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