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Lyft puts driverless cars to work in Boston
Dec 06, 2017 (AFP)
The launch of the driverless test program stemmed from a collaboration between Lyft and nuTonomy announced earlier this year. "As the pilot progresses, select B...
Hearing hybrid and electric vehicles while quieting noise pollution
Dec 06, 2017 (SPX)
Noise is an oft-overlooked environmental issue within densely populated regions. Vehicles, railways and airports operating within or near cities all contribute ...
London's iconic black cabs go electric
Dec 05, 2017 (AFP)
The new-look cabs will meet the strict new emissions regulations required for all new London taxis from 2018. They are replacing the old diesel cabs, with more ...
Traffic-weary Chinese man fined for repainting road lines
Dec 01, 2017 (AFP)
The man, identified only by his surname Cai, was seen in surveillance footage painting his own arrows at a junction in the eastern city of Lianyungang to redire...
GM recalling 1 million cars in China
Dec 01, 2017 (AFP)
It is the latest recall to hit car companies in China in recent months. GM and its joint venture partners SAIC and Wuling Automobile will recall 938,686 vehicle...
GM sees 2019 launch for self-driving taxi fleet
Dec 01, 2017 (AFP)
The US auto giant told an investor call its strategy is based on zero emissions and autonomous technology that will eliminate most crashes. "If we continue on o...
SoftBank offer for Uber shares to cut valuation: reports
Nov 28, 2017 (AFP)
The reports from the Wall Street Journal and other outlets said SoftBank's investment would come at a big discount to Uber's latest valuation of $68 billion, wh...
Norway puts brakes on plans for 'Tesla tax'
Nov 23, 2017 (AFP)
Plans for the tax, which was to have entered into force in 2018, were halted after a budget compromise was reached between the right-wing government and its cen...
Driverless, electric future just round the corner for urban cars
Nov 23, 2017 (AFP)
As more and more countries announce a phasing-out of pure petrol and diesel cars, early versions of tomorrow's models are already on the streets: hybrid cars, f...
'Robo-taxis' hold promise, and perils, for automakers
Nov 23, 2017 (AFP)
Sarah doesn't have a car and has no plans to buy one. Living in a suburb, she has run the numbers and the result is clear: It's much cheaper to order a car only...
Hydrogen cars for the masses one step closer to reality
Nov 23, 2017 (SPX)
The device could make hydrogen cars affordable for many more consumers because it produces hydrogen using nickel, iron and cobalt - elements that are much more ...
Singapore to deploy driverless buses from 2022: minister
Nov 22, 2017 (AFP)
Singapore has so far avoided the massive traffic jams that choke other Asian cities like Manila and Jakarta by imposing road tolls, spending massively on public...
Free wheelin' in New York: the Big Apple bike boom
Nov 21, 2017 (AFP)
For years, the city of 8.5 million -- which has the most extensive public transport network in the United States -- stood and watched the bike boom take off in ...
India opens first-ever EV charging station
Nov 20, 2017 (UPI)
State-owned Indian Oil Corp. and online transportation network company Ola said they took a "big leap" toward a greener India with the launch of the country's f...
Volvo to supply Uber with self-driving cars
Nov 20, 2017 (AFP)
Volvo -- which is owned by China's Geely and has yet to build a self-driving system -- said in a statement that it would supply Uber with "autonomous driving co...
Want safe travels? Find freeways with these features
Nov 20, 2017 (SPX)
"I think the speed limit was the shocker," said statistics professor Matt Heaton, who coauthored the study, recently published in Statistical Modelling. "We fou...
UK to have driverless cars by 2021: govt
Nov 19, 2017 (AFP)
Hammond will announce regulation changes to allow Britain's driverless car industry, which the government estimates will be worth 28 billion by 2035, to get car...
UK budget aims for driverless cars by 2021
Nov 19, 2017 (AFP)
Hammond will announce regulation changes to allow Britain's driverless car industry, which the government estimates will be worth 28 billion by 2035, to get car...
Tesla unveils its all-electric semi truck
Nov 17, 2017 (AFP)
"We designed the Tesla truck to be like a bullet," said Tesla co-founder and CEO, Elon Musk. The billionaire South African-born inventor unveiled the new vehicl...
Volkswagen China to invest billions in new energy cars
Nov 16, 2017 (AFP)
Volkswagen is also establishing a new joint venture with state-owned JAC Motors to make electric vehicles, with an aim to get the first electric car to market b...
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