CAR TECH - ROBO DAILY

May 07, 2019 (AFP)

New registrations for all cars dipped 4.1 percent last month on a yearly basis to 161,064 vehicles as demand also continued to slide for high-polluting diesel v...

GM autonomous unit Cruise valued at $19 billion in funding round

May 07, 2019 (AFP)

The news comes as Cruise races toward deployment of self-driving ride-hailing vehicles in a battle with rivals such as Uber, former Google car unit Waymo, Tesla...

Porsche fined 535 mn euros over diesel cheating

May 07, 2019 (AFP)

"The Stuttgart prosecutor's office has levied a 535-million-euro fine against Porsche AG for negligence in quality control," the investigators said. Porsche "ab...

Driver protests, strikes cast shadow on Uber IPO; Lyft loss widens - unveils Waymo deal

May 07, 2019 (AFP)

Organizers in some cities were calling for a 24-hour stoppage while the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, which represents both app and traditional taxi drivers, ...

Uber hit with Australia class action ahead of stock listing

May 03, 2019 (AFP)

Thousands of cabbies are alleging that Uber gained an unfair advantage and destroyed their livelihoods by knowingly operating above the law, according to a fili...

Judge rules Lyft must follow New York rules for driver minimum wage

May 02, 2019 (AFP)

The company, which made its NASDAQ debut in March, has been fighting since January to block a city regulation starting in February requiring ride-sharing driver...

SwRI develops system to legally test GPS spoofing vulnerabilities in automated vehicles

May 01, 2019 (SPX)

"This is a legal way for us to improve the cyber resilience of autonomous vehicles by demonstrating a transmission of spoofed or manipulated GPS signals to allo...

GM reports lower sales in China, North America

Apr 30, 2019 (AFP)

The news undercut the company's share price, despite posting net income of $2.2 billion, twice that of the same period of last year, a gain boosted by the one-t...

Tesla CEO Musk strikes deal with market regulators over tweets

Apr 27, 2019 (AFP)

The settlement between Musk and the Securities and Exchange Commission sets out clearer guidelines on topics Musk should avoid on Twitter or other social media,...

Uber pulls back on valuation with IPO pricing

Apr 26, 2019 (AFP)

The ride-hailing firm said in a securities filing it would sell 207 million shares in a range of $44 to $50 dollars, raising up to $10 billion. That would give ...

Ford invests $500 mn in electric vehicle startup Rivian

Apr 24, 2019 (AFP)

The tieup will enable Ford to develop its own branded electric vehicle using Rivian's "flexible skateboard platform," according to a statement from the two comp...

New way to 'see' objects accelerates the future of self-driving cars

Apr 24, 2019 (SPX)

These Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) sensors are affixed to cars' roofs, where they increase wind drag, a particular disadvantage for electric cars. They c...

Tesla pushes autonomous driving with new chip; Probes Shanghai fire.

Apr 22, 2019 (AFP)

At an investor presentation, the electric carmaker revealed technical details of a new chip and computer being installed in all its vehicles to advance its goal...

Coming soon to China: the car of the future

Apr 19, 2019 (AFP)

With ride-hailing services booming and car-sharing not far behind, the need for vehicles tailored to these and other evolving mobility solutions is one of the h...

BMW to recall 360,000 China cars over Takata airbags

Apr 17, 2019 (AFP)

Around 20 people have died in accidents linked to defects in Takata airbags since 2013, prompting a massive worldwide recall of at least 100 million cars from a...

Mercedes 'very sorry' after China consumer gripe goes viral

Apr 16, 2019 (AFP)

The woman, whose name has not been revealed, has said she purchased a new Mercedes from an authorised dealer in the northern city of Xi'an only to discover afte...

German prosecutors charge ex-VW boss with fraud

Apr 15, 2019 (AFP)

Prosecutors in Brunswick, near VW's Wolfsburg HQ in northern Germany, said they had charged Winterkorn and four other managers. Among the accusations against th...

Global car makers face bumpy road as China hosts auto show

Apr 14, 2019 (AFP)

Fuelled by rising incomes and government sales incentives, China has been the golden goose upon which the global automotive industry has staked its future. But ...

Daimler faces probe over 'new cheating software'

Apr 14, 2019 (AFP)

The Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) has initiated a formal hearing procedure, Bild am Sonntag newspaper reported. The Stuttgart-based carmaker confirmed...

Tesla to stop selling $35,000 Model 3 online

Apr 12, 2019 (AFP)

The electric car maker plans to keep taking online orders for the Standard Plus Model 3, which starts at $39,500 and is now the lowest-price option available to...