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S.Korean cars recalled in China as row hits sales
Jun 28, 2017 (AFP)
Authorities on June 23 announced a recall of 43,764 Hyundai Santa Fe models over a defect that can cause the engine to fail. The General Administration of Quali...
New Zealand puts more emphasis on electric vehicles
Jun 27, 2017 (UPI)
The government said the number of electric vehicles on the road was high, but more progress was needed to meet national goals. Transport Minister Simon Bridges ...
Part Plane, Part Car: Unique Russian Begalet Vehicle to Wow Enthusiasts
Jun 26, 2017 (Sputnik)
In an interview with Sputnik, Alexander Begak, director general and aircraft designer at the Russian scientific development and production center Aviation and S...
China's Futuristic Elevated Bus Scrapped, Accused of Being a Scam
Jun 26, 2017 (Sputnik)
The Transit Elevated Bus (TEB), a futuristic vehicle that had a passenger carriage about 15 feet off the ground and space for cars to drive two-by-two through, ...
Geely seals Proton deal, eyes Lotus production in China
Jun 23, 2017 (AFP)
DRB-HICOM group managing director Syed Faisal Albar said Geely will invest 170.3 million ringgit ($39.7 million) cash and its SUV Boyue platform worth 290 milli...
Tesla eyes manufacturing in China
Jun 22, 2017 (AFP)
The California company founded by entrepreneur Elon Musk said in an email it was in talks with the Shanghai Municipal Government "to explore the possibility of ...
Electric vehicles inefficient way to reduce CO2 emissions: study
Jun 22, 2017 (AFP)
"It's just a waste," said Germain Belzile, one of the authors of the study, which examined electric vehicle subsidies offered by Canada's two biggest provinces ...
Uber CEO Kalanick resigns under pressure
Jun 21, 2017 (AFP)
Kalanick had announced an indefinite leave of absence a week earlier following the release of a report on Uber's workplace troubles by former US attorney genera...
Ford to import Focus cars built in China
Jun 20, 2017 (AFP)
The move runs counter to the US car industry's recent efforts to highlight American production amid intense criticism from President Donald Trump. Ford, which a...
China's Mobike raises $600 mn to fund bike-sharing expansion
Jun 16, 2017 (AFP)
Since its launch in April 2016, Mobike has rolled out its brightly coloured pushbikes across China and Singapore, and is now planning to take its rental service...
Wireless charging of moving electric vehicles overcomes major hurdle in new Stanford study
Jun 16, 2017 (SPX)
Now Stanford University scientists have overcome a major hurdle to such a future by wirelessly transmitting electricity to a nearby moving object. Their results...
Prized Hong Kong parking space sold for record $664,000
Jun 14, 2017 (AFP)
The space is on the first floor at a luxury apartment complex near the harbourfront in the west of Hong Kong Island, according to records from the city's Land R...
Mumbai's adored Padmini taxis near the end of the road
Jun 14, 2017 (AFP)
The compact black-and-yellow cabs, based on an Italian Fiat and often boasting elaborately patterned interiors, were once ubiquitous across the congested roads ...
Scientists inch closer to wirelessly charging moving electric vehicles
Jun 14, 2017 (UPI)
In 2007, MIT researchers wirelessly charged a stationary object a few feet away. In recent experiments, scientists were able to wirelessly transmit electricity ...
Embattled Uber CEO Kalanick to take leave of absence
Jun 14, 2017 (AFP)
The pioneering company has been facing pressure to rein in a no-holds-barred management style led by Kalanick and to reform its workplace culture, which has spa...
Apple sees autonomous cars as 'core' technology
Jun 13, 2017 (AFP)
Cook told Bloomberg television that Apple wants to move into the automotive sector because "there is a major disruption looming" from new technologies. The auto...
Uber loses key executive as inquiry report looms
Jun 12, 2017 (AFP)
A source familiar with the matter said Emil Michael, a senior vice president reported to be close to chief executive Travis Kalanick, was out at Uber, without p...
Uber woes mount ahead of workplace probe report
Jun 08, 2017 (AFP)
The executive, Eric Alexander, read and discussed medical information about a woman raped in India in 2014 during an Uber ride, according to reports in the New ...
New millimeter-wave technology could make future vehicles much safer
Jun 08, 2017 (SPX)
The W-band covers the frequencies used by automotive radars. Sophisticated driver-assistance and selfdriving will require radars with millimeter-wave beam scann...
New benchmark set for global electric vehicle sales
Jun 08, 2017 (UPI)
A campaign steered by North American, European and Asian powers aims to drive the sale of electrical vehicles higher under plan outlined at a clean-energy confe...
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