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Madrid orders removal of electric scooters

Dec 04, 2018 (AFP)

The city justified the move on the grounds that Lime, Wind and VOI were not doing enough to inform people of their usage rules. Lime, which is partly owned by r...

China agrees to 'reduce and remove' tariffs on US cars: Trump

Dec 03, 2018 (AFP)

Asia stocks had rallied on the news that Washington and Beijing would not impose any new tariffs during a three-month grace period, during which the two sides a...

Traffic report: To curb congestion, stop building roads

Nov 29, 2018 (UPI)

"There's sort of a vicious cycle: We widen roads, people drive more; we widen roads, people drive more," Eric Sundquist, managing director of the State Smart Tr...

Sparks fly in Berlin and Brussels over cancelled diesel meet

Nov 22, 2018 (AFP)

It was "pointless" to hold a meeting on the increasingly unpopular fuel without Europe's largest car-manufacturing country present, Bienkowska told business new...

Volkswagen to spend 44 bn euros on 'electric offensive'

Nov 16, 2018 (AFP)

Over the coming five years, VW said it aims to spend "almost 44 billion euros" ($50 billion) on electric, self-driving and connected cars as well as mobility se...

Diesel driving bans 'self-destructive', says German minister

Nov 16, 2018 (AFP)

Speaking a day after a court in Essen became the first to order that sections of a major western highway be closed to older diesel vehicles, Andreas Scheuer las...

Germany tweaks law to limit diesel car bans

Nov 15, 2018 (AFP)

Major cities like Hamburg, Frankfurt and Stuttgart have put in place or are preparing exclusion zones for older diesel vehicles in order to bring NO2 levels und...

Waymo to expand fledgling self-driving car service

Nov 13, 2018 (AFP)

About 400 "early riders" are already taking part in the fledgling service Waymo began testing early last year, Krafcik said at a Wall Street Journal technology ...

German court orders diesel bans in Cologne, Bonn

Nov 08, 2018 (AFP)

The Cologne administrative court said the western city must ban the dirtiest diesels from its centre and other streets from April 2019 to tackle dangerously hig...

Electriq~Global launches water-based fuel to power electric vehicles

Nov 05, 2018 (SPX)

The Electriq~Global system contains three key elements: the liquid fuel (Electriq~Fuel) which reacts with a catalyst (Electriq~Switch) to release hydrogen on de...

Driverless vehicle experts get hands on experience in South Australia

Nov 01, 2018 (SPX)

Rita Excell, the Executive Director of the Australia and New Zealand Driverless Vehicle Initiative (ADVI) and organiser of the summit said much had changed sinc...

Carbon-busting system to launch at massive Las Vegas auto week

Nov 01, 2018 (SPX)

South Australian company Hydroflex will launch its DCARB system at Automotive Aftermarket Industry Week in Las Vegas from October 30 - November 2. The week attr...

Ford and Baidu partner up on testing self-driving cars in China

Oct 31, 2018 (AFP)

On-road testing will start by the end of 2018 Ford said in a press release. The two companies will conduct tests in Beijing on roads that are specifically desig...

Lyft and Uber out to be everyday rides with passes

Oct 30, 2018 (AFP)

Uber on Tuesday introduced "Ride Pass" in five cities to let users lock in lower rates by paying monthly subscription fees. Uber "Ride Pass" costs $14.99 a mont...

New driverless car technology could make traffic lights and speeding tickets obsolete

Oct 29, 2018 (SPX)

At the University of Delaware, Andreas Malikopoulos uses control theory to develop algorithms that will enable this technology of the future. In two recently pu...

European car stocks surge on report of China tax cut

Oct 29, 2018 (AFP)

Citing people familiar with the plans, Bloomberg News reported that Chinese regulators want to scut tax on passenger vehicles with engines smaller than 1.6 litr...

After 'historic' quarter, Tesla looks to Europe, China

Oct 25, 2018 (AFP)

Tesla chief executive Elon Musk said he expects the company to stay profitable from this point forward, and appeared to calm fears about his behavior, company d...

How should autonomous vehicles be programmed

Oct 25, 2018 (SPX)

The survey has global reach and a unique scale, with over 2 million online participants from over 200 countries weighing in on versions of a classic ethical con...

Driverless hover-taxis to take off in Singapore

Oct 24, 2018 (AFP)

Millions of commuters in the region's cities have to contend with chronic gridlock every day, sparking a race to develop new ways to avoid the snarl-ups. While ...

Do or die? Study gives crash course in driverless ethics

Oct 24, 2018 (AFP)

It's one of the thorniest issues faced by policymakers and manufacturers as we edge closer to a future where autonomous vehicles fill our roads, and a new study...