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Chinese billionaire Li Shufu buys biggest single stake in Daimler

Feb 23, 2018 (AFP)

Li, who chairs auto giant Geely Automobile Holdings, bought a 9.69-percent stake in the carmaker, worth around 7.2 billion euros ($8.9 billion), according to th...

BMW plans electric Mini production in China

Feb 23, 2018 (AFP)

The Munich-based group is in "advanced discussions" aimed at "a new joint venture in China", it said in a statement, adding that the two firms had signed a so-c...

Judges delay ruling on diesel bans for German cities

Feb 22, 2018 (AFP)

The court "wants to deliberate very thoroughly" on the question, presiding judge Andreas Korbmacher said, adding that the ruling will be announced on Tuesday. W...

Prosecutors raid former Audi board members in diesel probe

Feb 22, 2018 (AFP)

"There is suspicion that the accused were partly responsible for at least a significant proportion of vehicles introduced into circulation with manipulative exh...

Though EV demand is growing, range anxiety remains a concern

Feb 21, 2018 (UPI)

British energy company BP reported in an annual forecast that it expected 180 million electric vehicles on the world's roads by 2035. That's expected to crimp g...

Daimler juices electric trucks with road tests, investments

Feb 21, 2018 (AFP)

Ten Mercedes-Benz electric eActros trucks from the Stuttgart-based group -- the world's largest manufacturer in the sector -- will hit the road in the coming we...

Optimizing recycling of scrap car parts yields big savings

Feb 20, 2018 (SPX)

Their analysis found that optimizing recycling could save Japanese steelmakers 31.6 billion yen ($287 million USD) on raw materials, and cut greenhouse gas emis...

German court could open way to bans on diesel cars

Feb 20, 2018 (AFP)

Eyes have turned to the Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig after years of failure by federal, state and local governments to slash harmful emissions. Fine ...

Maximizing the environmental benefits of autonomous vehicles

Feb 16, 2018 (SPX)

However, when savings from the driving efficiencies associated with self-driving vehicles are factored into the equation, the net result is a reduction in lifet...

VW, Daimler face more recalls over emissions cheating: report

Feb 16, 2018 (AFP)

VW in particular is still struggling to come to terms with the so-called "dieselgate" scandal which erupted in late 2015 after it admitted to fitting millions o...

Waymo, Uber end trade secrets theft trial with settlement

Feb 09, 2018 (AFP)

The surprise agreement ends a trial between the two Silicon Valley rivals competing in a race to develop autonomous cars, after four days of testimony before a ...

Tesla aims to calm fears over Model 3 production

Feb 07, 2018 (AFP)

In its quarterly earnings update, the carmaker led by entrepreneur Elon Musk said it is moving ahead toward its goal of producing 5,000 Model 3 vehicles per wee...

At trial, former Uber CEO seeks to fend off conspiracy talk

Feb 07, 2018 (AFP)

A key witness in the blockbuster trade secrets case, Kalanick appeared to offer no revelations as he underwent questioning for around 45 minutes from Waymo's la...

In court clash, Waymo says Uber decided 'to cheat' to get ahead

Feb 06, 2018 (AFP)

The accusations flew in the opening day of a blockbuster tech sector trial in which Google parent Alphabet's Waymo division is seeking at least $1 billion over ...

German prosecutors raid Audi again in 'dieselgate' probe

Feb 06, 2018 (AFP)

The raids on a private home and offices belonging to Audi in southern German states Bavaria and Baden-Wuerttemberg "focused on the use of technical devices to m...

Nissan to invest $9.5 billion in China to drive sales

Feb 05, 2018 (AFP)

Dongfeng Motor Company is the latest Sino-foreign car company to splash out as China rolls out new regulations to limit gas vehicles and boost production of ele...

NREL research determines integration of plug-in electric vehicles

Feb 05, 2018 (SPX)

Matteo Muratori, a transportation and energy systems engineer at NREL and author of the new Nature Energy paper, "Impact of Uncoordinated Plug-in Electric Vehic...

Tesla cars to have own motor racing competition

Feb 01, 2018 (AFP)

Electric GT Holdings said the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), motor sports' governing body, has approved circuit races for the Tesla Model S P1...

VW hid 'devastating' result from diesel exhaust tests on monkeys

Jan 31, 2018 (AFP)

The firm's suppression of the widely-condemned study emerged on the same day prosecutors in two German carmaking strongholds pressed forward with investigations...

Waymo ramps up self-driving fleet with 'thousands' of cars

Jan 30, 2018 (AFP)

Waymo, a unit of Google parent Alphabet, said the additional Chrysler Pacifica vehicles to be delivered from late 2018 will be used for expanding its self-drivi...