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Google's Waymo adds 100 Chryslers to self-driving fleet

Dec 19, 2016 (AFP)

Google's spinoff self-driving car division Waymo announced Monday it added 100 Chrysler Pacifica minivans to its fleet of self-driving vehicles being tested. "W...

French cars lead EU list of low CO2 emitters, Ferrari fined

Dec 16, 2016 (AFP)

The European Union on Friday said luxury carmakers Ferrari and Aston Martin would receive a fine for exceeding their carbon emission targets, as French cars lea...

Uber defies California, keeps self-driving cars rolling

Dec 16, 2016 (AFP)

Uber said Friday it planned to keep its self-driving cars on the streets of San Francisco, defying a state order to halt the test program. The ridesharing giant...

California shuts down Uber's self-driving cars

Dec 15, 2016 (AFP)

California shut down Uber's testing of self-driving cars shortly after the ride-sharing service launched its pilot in San Francisco, citing a lack of permit and...

GM probed in China for antitrust violations: source

Dec 14, 2016 (AFP)

Chinese antitrust officials are investigating General Motors in the wake of escalating tensions between Beijing and US President-elect Donald Trump, a person fa...

US unveils 'V2V' plan for cars to talk to each other

Dec 13, 2016 (AFP)

US officials announced a proposal Tuesday to help speed up the adoption of autonomous vehicles by requiring new cars to communicate with each other and "speak t...

Google self-driving car unit spins off as Waymo

Dec 13, 2016 (AFP)

Google's self-driving car unit is being spun off and rebranded as Waymo as it aims "to make it safe and easy for people and things to move around." The company ...

GM first to deliver mid-priced, all-electric car

Dec 13, 2016 (AFP)

General Motors began deliveries Tuesday of the first all-electric car model aimed at the middle market, getting a head start on Tesla Motors and other competito...

China auto sales peak in November: group

Dec 12, 2016 (AFP)

Auto sales in China, the world's biggest car market and crucial to manufacturers worldwide, reached a new peak in November, data from an industry group showed M...

Keeping electric car design on the right road

Dec 12, 2016 (SPX)

Does it really help to drive an electric car if the electricity you use to charge the batteries come from a coal mine in Germany, or if the batteries were manuf...

Electric vehicle market footprint growing

Dec 09, 2016 (UPI)

Europe and China are expected to dominate the consumer electric vehicle market as the footprint grows into double-digit percent, a market report finds. "Signifi...

Taking back control of an autonomous car affects human steering behavior

Dec 07, 2016 (SPX)

There you are, cruising down the freeway, listening to some tunes and enjoying the view as your autonomous car zips and swerves through traffic. Then the fun en...

S. Korea fines Volkswagen $32 mn for false advertising

Dec 07, 2016 (AFP)

Seoul's anti-trust agency slapped the South Korean unit of German carmaker Volkswagen with a 37.3 billion won ($32 million) fine Wednesday for false advertising...

Uber steps up efforts on artificial intelligence

Dec 05, 2016 (AFP)

Uber announced Monday it was buying the artificial intelligence group Geometric Intelligence, to form the core of the ride-sharing giant's own research center. ...

Apple reveals autonomous vehicle ambitions

Dec 03, 2016 (AFP)

Apple has revealed it is investing heavily in autonomous vehicles in a letter asking the government to make it easier to develop self-driving cars. The company ...

China slaps new 10% tax on super-luxury cars

Dec 01, 2016 (AFP)

China has imposed an extra 10 percent tax on ultra high-end cars costing over 1.3 million yuan ($190,000) such as Lamborghinis and Ferraris, the government said...

MPs to grill Merkel over VW 'dieselgate' scandal

Dec 01, 2016 (AFP)

German lawmakers will question Chancellor Angela Merkel in March on how much she knew about Volkswagen's dieselgate emissions cheating scandal before it became ...

Car manufacturers to juice Europe with e-charging network

Nov 29, 2016 (AFP)

German carmakers BMW, Daimler, Porsche and Audi and US competitor Ford said on Tuesday they would cooperate on a Europe-wide network of electric charging statio...

Could moving walkways be the key to car-free cities of the future?

Nov 23, 2016 (UPI)

Scientists in Switzerland are considering the future of the city, specifically a metropolis without cars. Without vehicles, how will people move quickly and eff...

How much attention do drivers need to pay

Nov 21, 2016 (SPX)

If it were possible to determine exactly what constitutes inattention while driving, it might be possible to detect inattention before bad things happen. That's...