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Electric vehicle sales up, but incentives needed to drive growth
Jun 07, 2017 (UPI)
The International Energy Agency reported in an annual review that 2 million electric vehicles were on the road last year, though three markets -- China, the Eur...
Lyft to bring autonomous rides to Boston with partnership
Jun 06, 2017 (AFP)
Under the partnership, nuTonomy and Lyft will collaborate to gain insights into "all aspects of ensuring a passenger's comfort and safety" in self-driving vehic...
Uber probe of cut-throat workplace triggers firings
Jun 06, 2017 (AFP)
The on-demand ride service said the terminations came as it looked into a total of 215 claims of discrimination, harassment, unprofessional behavior, bullying, ...
Waymo turning tech talent to self-driving trucks
Jun 02, 2017 (AFP)
Tests taking place currently at a private track in California are to be followed up by trying out rigs, with drivers ready to take the wheels, on roads in Arizo...
Daimler, VW eye China's electric car market
Jun 01, 2017 (AFP)
Coinciding with a visit to Berlin by Chinese premier Li Keqiang, Daimler and VW were among a string of top German companies to unveil major business deals with ...
Germany finds emission-cheating gear on 24,000 Audis in Europe
Jun 01, 2017 (AFP)
The software was discovered on the carmaker's diesel A7 and A8 sedans with V6 and V8 motors, built between 2009 and 2013, Dobrindt told Germany's DPA news agenc...
Continental partners with Baidu on connected cars
May 31, 2017 (AFP)
"Both partners intend to develop technologies, products and business models... for automated driving, connected vehicles and intelligent mobility services," the...
Engines fire without smoke
May 31, 2017 (SPX)
Although today's passenger vehicle engines are cleaner than ever before, their exhaust can still contain significant numbers of nanoscopic soot particles that a...
Researchers find computer code that Volkswagen used to cheat emissions tests
May 26, 2017 (SPX)
During a year-long investigation, researchers found code that allowed a car's onboard computer to determine that the vehicle was undergoing an emissions test. T...
China's Geely boosts expansion with Proton, Lotus stakes
May 24, 2017 (AFP)
The deal would allow the automaker to "strengthen our global footprint and develop a beachhead in Southeast Asia," a region of more than 650 million people, Gee...
Hong Kong police arrest 21 Uber drivers in sting
May 23, 2017 (AFP)
The sting comes as the San Francisco company has encountered regulatory roadblocks around the world, despite its huge popularity, and after five Uber drivers in...
China scrambles to tame bike chaos
May 23, 2017 (AFP)
The authorities, scrambling to catch up, are considering new regulations to curb the chaos -- from capping the number of bikes to even barring people they consi...
China's JAC says electric car tie-up with VW approved
May 22, 2017 (AFP)
Volkswagen, the world's largest automaker, is also the market leader in China. It sold four million cars in the country last year but only a few hundred of them...
Singapore car 'vending machine' dispenses with tradition
May 19, 2017 (AFP)
Used car dealer Gary Hong has taken to displaying his wares in a glass-fronted, 15-storey building. Like choosing a chocolate bar, the buyer can see everything ...
Volvo says may pull brake on diesel engines
May 17, 2017 (AFP)
"From today's perspective we will no longer develop any new generation diesel engines," Hakan Samuelsson told the daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ). Th...
Judge curbs Uber engineer in trade secrets case
May 15, 2017 (AFP)
A partial injunction issued by US District Court Judge William Alsup, the text of which was released Monday, fell short of the compete shut-down of Uber's self-...
GM announces drive for sustainable rubber
May 15, 2017 (AFP)
Steven Kiefer, senior vice president for global purchasing and supply chain, said the move would push the auto industry and its supply chain towards "net-zero d...
Judge seeks criminal review of Uber-Alphabet dispute
May 12, 2017 (AFP)
Judge William Alsup, in an order posted late Thursday, said he was referring the case to the Justice Department "for investigation of possible theft of trade se...
Experiments show that a few self-driving cars can dramatically improve traffic flow
May 12, 2017 (SPX)
"Our experiments show that with as few as 5 percent of vehicles being automated and carefully controlled, we can eliminate stop-and-go waves caused by human dri...
Judge blesses $1 bn compensation deal in VW diesel case
May 11, 2017 (AFP)
The development brought the scandal-plagued German auto giant a step nearer to closing the book on the 'dieselgate' affair, which rocked the company for nearly ...
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