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Renewable energy needed to drive uptake of electric vehicles

Apr 06, 2017 (SPX)

Plugging into renewable energy sources outweighs the cost and short driving ranges for consumers intending to buy electric vehicles, according to a new study. Q...

Tesla tops quarterly sales forecast

Apr 03, 2017 (AFP)

Tesla sold more than 25,000 vehicles in the first quarter, a record that beat analysts' forecasts, the electric carmaker said Sunday. The Palo Alto, California-...

NASA Kennedy Partners to Help Develop Self-driving Cars

Mar 30, 2017 (SPX)

Since its inception, NASA has been known as an agency that opens doors to the future. While focusing on exploration beyond our home planet, agency experts also ...

Ford boosts research in Canada for connected cars

Mar 30, 2017 (AFP)

US auto maker Ford announced Thursday it will invest Can$500 million (US$376 million) in Canada to create 300 research and engineering jobs amid its drive to co...

VW reaches $157 mn diesel settlement with 10 US states

Mar 30, 2017 (AFP)

German automaker Volkswagen AG said Thursday it reached a settlement with 10 US states on environmental and consumer claims stemming from its emissions cheating...

Mercedes, VW recall million vehicles in China

Mar 29, 2017 (AFP)

German automakers Mercedes Benz and Volkswagen will recall nearly one million vehicles in China, according to the country's quality regulator. Mercedes Benz wil...

India court bans sale of 800,000 vehicles over emission levels

Mar 29, 2017 (AFP)

India's top court Wednesday banned the sale of more than 800,000 new vehicles which fall short of new emissions standards, declaring public health more importan...

London, Paris, Seoul launch 'name-and-shame' polluting car index

Mar 29, 2017 (AFP)

The mayors of Paris, London and Seoul on Wednesday launched an initiative to rate the most polluting vehicles in a bid to keep them off the roads of their citie...

China's Tencent takes 5% stake in Tesla: SEC filing

Mar 28, 2017 (AFP)

China's giant Tencent Holdings has taken a five percent stake in the Tesla electric car company as it moves to ramp up production, according to an official fili...

Uber putting self-driving cars back on the road

Mar 27, 2017 (AFP)

Uber on Monday said its self-driving cars were being put back in action on roads after a weekend crash prompted the ridesharing giant to halt testing. Self-driv...

China's Geely opens UK plant for electric London taxis

Mar 22, 2017 (AFP)

Chinese carmaker Geely, owner of the London Taxi Company, opened Wednesday a 300-million pound UK factory making only electrical versions of the iconic London b...

Germany pushing e-mobility options

Mar 20, 2017 (UPI)

German energy company E.ON said Monday it was working within a government program to advance charging points for electric-powered mobility options. The company'...

Intel deal may fuel Israel's rise as builder of car brains

Mar 17, 2017 (AFP)

Intel's $15-billion purchase of Israeli firm Mobileye could help fuel the country's rise in the driverless car industry -- not as a builder of vehicles, but as ...

More gas guzzlers due to Trump? Not necessarily

Mar 16, 2017 (AFP)

The White House clashed with environmentalists on Wednesday over President Donald Trump's retreat from tough future auto emission standards, with both sides pre...

German prosecutors search Audi offices over 'dieselgate'

Mar 15, 2017 (AFP)

State prosecutors in southern Germany said Wednesday they had searched offices belonging to carmaker Audi over parent company Volkswagen's diesel emissions chea...

US launches probe after hoverboard fire kills two-year-old

Mar 15, 2017 (AFP)

A US safety agency said Wednesday it had launched an investigation into a hoverboard fire that killed a two-year-old girl, the first fatality involving the pers...

Renault chiefs implicated in decades-long emissions fraud: probe

Mar 15, 2017 (AFP)

Renault has cheated for more than 25 years on pollution tests for diesel and petrol engines with the knowledge of top management, according to a report by Frenc...

Trump in Detroit this week to talk cars and deregulation

Mar 14, 2017 (AFP)

US President Donald Trump will head this week to Detroit to meet with auto industry executives and workers to discuss deregulation, one of his major policy prom...

Intel buying Israeli car tech firm Mobileye for $15 bn

Mar 13, 2017 (AFP)

Intel will buy Israeli car tech firm Mobileye for more than $15 billion (14 billion euros), the companies said Monday, in a deal signalling the US computer chip...

California gives green light to self-driving car tests

Mar 12, 2017 (AFP)

The US state of California is easing its rules for autonomous car testing, by allowing testing of vehicles in which there is no human driver. The new rules have...