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China's electric carmakers bloom at Beijing auto show

Apr 26, 2018 (AFP)

Local carmakers and upstarts flaunted their latest plug-in models at the industry extravaganza this week, from sedans to SUVs and futuristic supercars fitted wi...

Head of Tesla Autopilot project leaves for Intel

Apr 26, 2018 (AFP)

The executive, Jim Keller, is moving to chipmaking giant Intel, both companies said Thursday. Keller's departure adds to the challenges of the electric car gian...

Global carmakers show off SUVs, electrics as China pledges reforms

Apr 25, 2018 (AFP)

Industry behemoths like Volkswagen, Daimler, Toyota, Nissan, Ford and others are displaying more than 1,000 models and dozens of concept cars at the Beijing aut...

Volkswagen makes 15-bn-euro bet on EVs in China; Auto show opens

Apr 24, 2018 (AFP)

"China is our second home," recently-installed chief executive Herbert Diess said at a Beijing press conference, with its market set to be "the biggest" worldwi...

Faster EV chargers to allay range anxiety

Apr 23, 2018 (UPI)

The company said it was working through its U.S. subsidiary, a division of Volkswagen and Electrify America LLC on a $2 billion investment in electric vehicle i...

Global carmakers gear up for China's auto show as sector opens

Apr 22, 2018 (AFP)

Industry giants such as Volkswagen, Daimler, Toyota, Nissan and Ford will be among the companies seeking the limelight in a country where 28.9 million vehicles ...

German police arrest Porsche manager over diesel scandal

Apr 20, 2018 (AFP)

Porsche chief Oliver Blume "informed the workforce that the prosecutor of Stuttgart has taken a manager into custody", a spokesman for Porsche told AFP on Frida...

Jack Ma says Alibaba 'doing a lot of research' on driverless cars

Apr 19, 2018 (AFP)

Despite fresh safety fears after a woman was hit and killed by a self-driving Uber vehicle in the US last month, many tech giants like Google as well as automak...

ULEMCo to Demonstrate First Zero Emission Combustion Engine Truck

Apr 19, 2018 (SPX)

Unlike other 'hydrogen fuelled' vehicles, the MLE truck uses hydrogen to power the vehicle using a combustion engine rather than via fuel cells and an electric ...

China to relax foreign ownership limits on cars, other industries

Apr 17, 2018 (AFP)

The liberalisation meets a longtime demand of the US and other countries seeking better access for their companies in the world's biggest car market and one of ...

EU unveils new consumer protections after 'dieselgate' scandal

Apr 11, 2018 (AFP)

The European Commission proposed a "new deal" for consumers following the Volkswagen "dieselgate" scandal where the bloc's consumers, unlike those in the United...

With bikes, transit, Uber unveils urban transport vision

Apr 11, 2018 (AFP)

Chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi presented the plans during a visit to Washington, where he said the ride-hailing pioneer would seek a more diversified model o...

Tencent-backed Meituan to buy China bike-sharing leader Mobike

Apr 04, 2018 (AFP)

The acquisition values Mobike's equity at about $2.7 billion and Meituan will also assume roughly $700 million in debt, Bloomberg News reported, citing unnamed ...

Tesla says 'Autopilot' was engaged during fatal crash

Mar 31, 2018 (AFP)

Autopilot is still far from a completely autonomous driving system, which would not require any involvement by a human. Autopilot is considered part of the seco...

Tougher US rules needed on autonomous cars: advocate

Mar 29, 2018 (AFP)

"Having some basic rules of the road that everyone follows will benefit everyone because if one company fails at ensuring safety, it will affect all companies a...

Research hints at double the driving range for electric vehicles

Mar 28, 2018 (SPX)

A battery's electrolyte solution shuttles charged atoms between electrodes to generate electricity. Finding an electrolyte solution that doesn't corrode the ele...

Amsterdam airport unveils new 'clean-air' bus fleet

Mar 28, 2018 (AFP)

More than 100,000 passengers will now step daily into battery-powered buses operated by Connexxion, French transport giant Transdev's subsidiary in the Netherla...

BMW sued in US over diesel emissions

Mar 28, 2018 (AFP)

The case, filed in federal court in New Jersey, will become a class-action suit once it is certified by a judge. The suit singles out the BMW X5 and 335D model ...

Road gets tougher for electric car innovator Tesla

Mar 28, 2018 (AFP)

Shares in the California electric car innovator skidded 7.7 percent Wednesday at the close, a day after an 8.22 percent slide. The declines have wiped out some ...

US investigating fatal Tesla crash in California

Mar 27, 2018 (AFP)

The California Highway Patrol reported that a 38-year-old man died Friday after his 2017 Tesla Model X collided with a highway barrier near the town of Mountain...