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New wheel units could bring vehicle costs down

Mar 21, 2019 (SPX)

The self-contained unit combines a wheel and an electric motor with braking, suspension, steering and a control system in a single module designed to be bolted ...

Fisker relaunches Tesla rivalry with $40k electric car

Mar 18, 2019 (AFP)

The move could relaunch the brand which attracted celebrity buyers before a 2013 bankruptcy. The brand led by former BMW designer Henrik Fisker underwent a leng...

Lyft revs up for an IPO seeking to raise $2.4bn

Mar 18, 2019 (AFP)

The San Francisco startup could be valued at more than $20 billion under the terms of the initial public offering unveiled Monday, setting a price per share of ...

Forget flying carpets, flying taxis are coming your way

Mar 15, 2019 (AFP)

According to experts gathered this week at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, that is likely to happen sooner than later, with flying taxis expec...

First autonomous driving shuttle bus for all weather conditions

Mar 15, 2019 (SPX)

The autonomous shuttle bus robo-taxi GACHA was designed in collaboration with Finnish autonomous driving company Sensible 4, who provided superior software for ...

German lawmakers raise hurdle for diesel bans

Mar 15, 2019 (AFP)

The upper house confirmed a Bundestag (lower house) vote to henceforth deem "disproportionate" driving bans in cities that only slightly exceed air pollution li...

Elon Musk's Tesla adds 'Model Y' SUV to line-up

Mar 15, 2019 (AFP)

Tesla chief executive Elon Musk showed off the "Model Y" late Thursday at the company's design studio in the southern California city of Hawthorne, and the comp...

$20 million settlement reached in Uber driver lawsuit

Mar 13, 2019 (AFP)

The settlement filed late Monday noted that parties involved in the six-year-old suit still have a "bona fide" dispute regarding whether any specific amount of ...

Fiat Chrysler to recall 863,000 autos over emissions

Mar 13, 2019 (AFP)

The voluntary recall involves models of the Dodge Journey, Avenger and Caliber and Chrysler 200 sedans as well as the Jeep Compass and Patriot SUVs produced for...

Tesla changes course, will keep more showrooms open

Mar 11, 2019 (AFP)

Tesla said in a statement late Sunday the new plan will mean a three percent rise in the cost of the vehicles, but won't apply that to the lowest-priced Model 3...

Tesla gets $520 mn funding for first Chinese plant

Mar 08, 2019 (AFP)

The funding, announced on Thursday, is an important boost for the California-based firm, which has been in negotiations with Beijing for years over building the...

China's Hainan province to end fossil fuel car sales in 2030

Mar 06, 2019 (AFP)

Beijing announced plans in 2017 to phase out petrol vehicles across the nation, but it did not set a date, as the country aims to cut pollution and reduce its d...

Tesla's Chinese rival NIO scraps factory plan after losses

Mar 06, 2019 (AFP)

US-listed NIO has been working with state-owned automaker JAC Motors in eastern Anhui province to make its ES8 model but wanted to add its own factory in Shangh...

Tesla says working on China import hiccup

Mar 06, 2019 (AFP)

Elon Musk's electric car firm denied the issue would impact sales of the vehicle in China, a key market for the automaker as it faces a battle to control costs ...

Waymo to sell its self-driving tech to outside firms

Mar 06, 2019 (AFP)

The California-based unit of Google parent Alphabet will offer its lidar sensors, which measure distance with pulses of laser light, to companies in robotics, s...

Volvo unveils driverless electric bus in Singapore

Mar 05, 2019 (AFP)

High-tech Singapore has become a testbed for self-driving technology and the world's first driverless taxis went into operation in a limited public trial in the...

How hacked self-driving cars would affect New York City traffic

Mar 05, 2019 (SPX)

This week at the 2019 American Physical Society March Meeting in Boston, Skanda Vivek will present his research on the cyber-physical risks of hacked internet-c...

Tesla sets March 14 'Model Y' unveiling

Mar 04, 2019 (AFP)

Musk tweeted on Sunday that the "Model Y," which had been discussed for several months, would be unveiled at the company's design studio in Los Angeles. The new...

Stricter emissions limits jolt Europe's auto industry

Mar 04, 2019 (AFP)

Europe's biggest annual car show, which will open its doors to the media on Tuesday and to the public two days later, has long been synonymous with new lines of...

With IPO due, Uber aims to be 'Amazon of transportation'

Mar 03, 2019 (AFP)

Uber laid out its vision of a transformed world of personal mobility as it steered toward a keenly anticipated stock market debut that will follow an initial pu...