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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...

Daimler seals ride-hailing deal with China's Geely

Oct 24, 2018 (AFP)

Based in Hangzhou, "the joint venture will provide ride-hailing mobility services in several Chinese cities using premium vehicles including but not limited to ...

Court orders top VW shareholder to pay 'dieselgate' damages

Oct 24, 2018 (AFP)

A Stuttgart court awarded shareholders in two cases a total of 47 million euros ($54 million), saying that Porsche SE failed to inform investors in a timely way...

German government moves to head off city diesel bans

Oct 24, 2018 (AFP)

A renewed focus on air quality in the wake of Volkswagen's 2015 "dieselgate" scandal -- in which the car giant admitted to cheating regulatory tests on 11 milli...

Tesla reports 'historic' profitable quarter

Oct 24, 2018 (AFP)

Tesla said net income reached $311.5 million on revenue that more than doubled to $6.8 billion in the quarter that ended September 30. Shares in the company lea...

Carbon fiber can store energy in the body of a vehicle

Oct 19, 2018 (SPX)

Passenger aircraft need to be much lighter than they are today in order to be powered by electricity. A reduction in weight is also very important for vehicles ...

New, durable catalyst for key fuel cell reaction may prove useful in eco-friendly vehicles

Oct 17, 2018 (SPX)

Now, researchers from Brown University have developed a new alloy catalyst that both reduces platinum use and holds up well in fuel cell testing. The catalyst, ...

Uber eyes valuation topping $100 bn in IPO: sources

Oct 16, 2018 (AFP)

The sources told AFP the global ridesharing giant is considering speeding up its plans for an initial public offering (IPO) to the first half of 2019, rather th...

German prosecutors raid Opel over diesel allegations

Oct 15, 2018 (AFP)

Federal transport authority KBA accused Opel of "selling cars with manipulated exhaust control software", senior prosecutor Nadja Niesen told AFP. She added tha...

Bioinspired camera could help self-driving cars see better

Oct 12, 2018 (SPX)

The new camera accomplishes this feat by detecting a property of light known as polarization and featuring a dynamic range about 10,000 times higher than today'...

BMW plans to take control of China joint venture

Oct 11, 2018 (AFP)

BMW will acquire a further 25 percent stake in the venture with Brilliance China Automotive for 3.6 billion euros ($4.2 billion), the company said, bringing its...

Tough CO2 targets 'could cost 100,000 jobs': VW chief

Oct 11, 2018 (AFP)

If ministers aimed to slash carbon dioxide (CO2) output by 40 percent between 2020 and 2030, "around a quarter of the jobs in our factories would have to go in ...

German car industry warns CO2 targets risk jobs

Oct 10, 2018 (AFP)

"It's already clear that the EU will not reach these overambitious objectives for its car industry, and no comparable goal has been set anywhere else in the wor...

To crash or swerve? Study reveals which actions taken by self-driving cars are morally defensible

Oct 10, 2018 (SPX)

The vehicle could have come to a complete stop in three seconds but did not employ emergency braking until 1.3 seconds before impact. Should emergency braking h...

Divided EU ministers agree auto emission curbs

Oct 09, 2018 (AFP)

Auto-making giant Germany in a fierce resistance succeeded in imposing a compromise plan tabled by Austria, which currently holds the rotating presidency of the...

Germany probes Audi over SKorea 'fraud': report

Oct 08, 2018 (AFP)

Basing its report on documents from Munich prosecutors probing the case, the Sueddeutsche Zeitung said employees at Audi are suspected of having modified result...

Spanish cities grapple with invasion of electric scooters

Oct 05, 2018 (AFP)

In Madrid public opinion is divided over the hundreds of electric scooters which California-based start-up Lime -- partly owned by ride-hailing Uber and Google ...

'Not right away': Electric cars still have long road ahead

Oct 05, 2018 (AFP)

Does that mean the 70-year-old retiree, who says he hasn't missed an edition of the Paris Motor Show since 1966, is ready to join what carmakers insist will be ...

Honda joins forces with GM's Cruise to develop autonomous vehicles

Oct 03, 2018 (AFP)

Honda's investment promises broader market access for the new cars once they are ready for the public. The Japanese government hopes to showcase self-driving ca...

Germany to present plan for polluting diesel cars

Oct 02, 2018 (AFP)

After Chancellor Angela Merkel and key ministers deliberated late into Monday night, her conservative CDU/CSU alliance and coalition partners the Social Democra...