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Volkswagen faces first mass diesel lawsuit on home turf

Sep 27, 2019 (AFP)

The first hearing in what is likely to be a grinding, years-long trial opens at 10 am (0800 GMT) in Brunswick, around 30 kilometres (19 miles) from VW headquart...

Revamped Uber app adds transit options, passenger safety features

Sep 26, 2019 (AFP)

The new app is intended to let Uber users see, and ideally tap into the company's array of options for getting around or having meals delivered. "We want Uber t...

Daimler says to pay 870 mn euro fine over diesel recalls

Sep 24, 2019 (AFP)

"The company has refrained from taking a legal remedy against the fine notice," Daimler said in a statement. In their own statement, Stuttgart prosecutors said ...

Fiat Chrysler manager charged in US diesel emissions case

Sep 24, 2019 (AFP)

The company in January agreed to pay more than $500 million to settle the charges it intentionally manipulated software to allow its vehicles to spew more pollu...

Five things to know about VW's 'dieselgate' scandal

Sep 24, 2019 (AFP)

Here are key points about "dieselgate". - Exposed in 2015 - On September 18, 2015, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reported that VW had installed i...

California sues Trump administration over auto emissions

Sep 20, 2019 (AFP)

The lawsuit is in response to President Donald Trump's announcement this week that his administration was revoking a waiver accorded to California over the past...

US fines Hyundai $47 mn over dirty diesel engines

Sep 19, 2019 (AFP)

Between 2012 and 2015, the company imported nearly 2,300 diesel-powered heavy construction vehicles with engines that did not meet US emissions standards, the U...

Trump revokes California's authority to set auto emissions limits

Sep 18, 2019 (AFP)

The move came after the state reached a deal with major automakers to produce more fuel-efficient cars for the US market, infuriating federal authorities who cl...

California vows to fight Trump administration's plan on emissions

Sep 17, 2019 (AFP)

The call to arms followed news reports that California's power to impose stricter emissions rules than those set by the federal government would be scrapped on ...

Blame game as wheels come off India's auto sector

Sep 15, 2019 (AFP)

They started a campaign using ironic hashtags such as #BoycottMillennials and #SayItLikeNirmalaTai last week to push back against older generations blaming them...

Protests against German car industry rev up in Frankfurt

Sep 14, 2019 (AFP)

Between 15,000 and 25,000 people -- according to estimates from the police and the organisers respectively -- turned out calling for radical change, in a sign o...

DLR unveils the Urban Modular Vehicle

Sep 13, 2019 (SPX)

This intelligent, modular electric city car brings together DLR research in the fields of automated and networked driving, propulsion technology, vehicle design...

California law on rideshare drivers may hurt 'gig economy'

Sep 12, 2019 (AFP)

A landmark bill was approved 29-11 late Tuesday in the state senate, with the assembly -- which has already approved the measure -- expected to send it to Calif...

Slovak PM woos foreign automakers vowing state aid for e-cars

Sep 11, 2019 (AFP)

Insisting that it was "crucial" for global carmakers operating in Slovakia to launch electric car production on its soil, Peter Pellegrini pledged "all availabl...

US opens probe of 4 automakers over California emissions pact

Sep 06, 2019 (AFP)

The developments together escalate a burgeoning conflict over environmental laws between Washington and California, the nation's biggest economy. A July agreeme...

DLR at IAA New Mobility World 2019

Aug 30, 2019 (SPX)

From 10 to 15 September 2019, visitors to the DLR stand (Hall 5, D04) will experience how automated and networked driving enables new mobility concepts and thus...

Brussels mulls car use tax to cut traffic jams

Aug 28, 2019 (AFP)

It would be linked to the length and frequency of journeys, replacing a fixed-rate tax already in place, said Elke Van den Brandt, a deputy for the Greens. They...

Singapore to trial driverless buses booked with an app

Aug 20, 2019 (AFP)

Well-organised and high-tech, Singapore has become a testbed for self-driving vehicles, developing home-grown technology and inviting foreign companies to trial...

Seoul to fine Volkswagen over 'illicit' emissions devices

Aug 20, 2019 (AFP)

The environment ministry said over 10,000 vehicles sold in South Korea by Volkswagen and Porsche from May 2015 to January 2018 were fitted with the devices, res...

Uber shares skid as quarterly loss soars

Aug 08, 2019 (AFP)

The San Francisco company said revenue grew 14 percent to $3.2 billion but it lost $5.2 billion as compared to losing $848 million in the same period last year....