CAR TECH - ROBO DAILY

Nov 15, 2017 (AFP)

The Huracan sports car, which boasts a 610 metric horsepower, was blessed by the pontiff, who bent to scrawl his signature on its gleaming bonnet before it was ...

Horrific highway pile-up kills 18 in China

Nov 15, 2017 (AFP)

Grisly footage from the aftermath in the city of Fuyang in Anhui province showed sedans violently crushed to around half their original size under large cargo t...

Uber comes of age with SoftBank tieup

Nov 14, 2017 (AFP)

The deal is giving the world's most valuable startup an additional $1 billion in capital and could allow SoftBank to acquire as much as 14 percent of Uber over ...

Lyft takes Uber challenge north to Canada

Nov 13, 2017 (AFP)

"Our passports are packed and we're crossing the border. Before you know it, Lyft will be coming to you live in Toronto," a blog from the California company sai...

Auto workers at Chinese-owned US plant reject bid to unionize

Nov 10, 2017 (AFP)

UAW officials blamed what they called the company's aggressive anti-union tactics, and labor experts said it showed that companies have the advantage over effor...

S. Korea to fine BMW, Mercedes, Porsche over emission rule breaches

Nov 09, 2017 (AFP)

BMW will face the largest penalty, of 60.8 billion won ($54 million), the ministry said in a press statement, with the automaker accused of forging emission tes...

Introducing autonomous vehicles sooner could save hundreds of thousands of lives

Nov 09, 2017 (SPX)

Allowing wide use of autonomous vehicles when they are just 10 percent better than current American drivers could prevent thousands of road fatalities over the ...

Uber joins forces with NASA to develop flying taxis

Nov 09, 2017 (AFP)

It also announced Los Angeles will join two other previously revealed "UberAIR" pilot schemes in Dallas Fort-Worth, Texas, and Dubai. California and Texas are t...

Uber IPO 'target' is 2019: CEO

Nov 09, 2017 (AFP)

Speaking at a New York Times conference, Dara Khosrowshahi said "2019 is the target" and that co-founder and former CEO Travis Kalanick and the rest of the boar...

Ford, Chinese firm to invest $756 million on electric cars

Nov 08, 2017 (AFP)

Ford's investment with Zotye comes as China has signalled it plans to force gas-guzzling vehicles off the road, though the country has yet to lay out a formal t...

Waymo cars hit the the road without drivers

Nov 07, 2017 (AFP)

The subsidiary of Google parent Alphabet has been testing autonomous cars for years, but with a driver behind the wheel to take over if needed. Waymo chief exec...

Sandia improving fuel economy, reducing emissions using optical diagnostics

Nov 06, 2017 (SPX)

An optical setup developed by researchers at Sandia's Combustion Research Facility and the Technical University of Denmark can now quantify the formation of soo...

UK car sales skid in October: industry body

Nov 06, 2017 (AFP)

New car registrations sank 12.2 percent year-on-year to 158,192 vehicles last month, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders said in a statement. The SMM...

Texas applauds free-market move on electric vehicles

Nov 03, 2017 (UPI)

At least six sections of the 429-page bill meant to overhaul the federal tax code extend into the energy sector. While some considerations are extended for sola...

Tesla slides on murky outlook for fixing Model 3 production woes

Nov 01, 2017 (AFP)

Shares in Tesla, a longtime favorite of Wall Street, sank 4.7 percent in after-hours trade to $306.00 following its quarterly update, which also showed its net ...

Investors fuel a multibillion-dollar ride-sharing frenzy

Oct 29, 2017 (AFP)

The frenzied pace of investment suggests optimism over a new model that has disrupted local taxi and transport operations around the globe. A recent Goldman Sac...

'Dieselgate' costs choke Volkswagen profits

Oct 27, 2017 (AFP)

VW reported net profit attributable to shareholders down 53.4 percent year-on-year, at 1.06 billion euros ($1.23 billion), but lifted its forecast for the full ...

Energy firms back investment into diesel engine

Oct 27, 2017 (AFP)

The Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI), which includes BP, Saudi Aramco, Royal Dutch Shell and Total and has a $1-billion investment fund for low-carbon tech...

Opel drives Peugeot's sales, but China stalls

Oct 25, 2017 (AFP)

PSA said in a statement that group-wide revenues jumped by 31.4 percent to 15 billion euros ($17.6 billion) in the period from July to September. In its core br...

Paris city bikes go electric

Oct 25, 2017 (AFP)

On Wednesday, the City of Paris unveiled two new, colourful models that will replace the existing, 20,000-strong Velib fleet from January, 30 percent of which w...