In California, Porsche drops manual transmission for top-of-...
18 June 2021
UPDATE: Porsche and Californian authorities have reached a last-minute deal to allow the manual transmission GT3 to be sold in the state.
LOS ANGELES: On June 16, Pors...
China new energy vehicle sales to grow over 40%/yr in next 5...
18 June 2021
SHANGHAI: China's new energy vehicle (NEV) sales are expected to grow more than 40% each year in the next five years, a senior official at the China Association of Automobile Manuf...
Renault agrees deal with unions on remote working
18 June 2021
PARIS: Renault has signed an agreement with French trades unions that will allow thousands of its staff to work from home for up to three days a week, the company said today.
Th...
Ferrari and Amazon's AWS enter agreement on data
18 June 2021
MILAN: Ferrari and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have entered an agreement to make Amazon's cloud computing unit the luxury carmaker's cloud storage, machine learning, and artificial i...
Joyson finds falsified seatbelt test data at ex-Takata plant...
18 June 2021
TOKYO: US automotive component maker Joyson Safety Systems' (JSS) Japan unit said today that it has found 1,000 cases of data falsification in seatbelt tests at two plants it acqui...
German minister in talks with Tesla over sharing supercharge...
18 June 2021
FRANKFURT: Germany's transport minister is trying to convince Tesla to open its network of superchargers to other carmakers to make it easier for drivers of electric vehicles to ch...
London’s Oxford Circus is kicking out cars
18 June 2021
A rendering showing how Oxford Circus might appear after adaptation. The actual design will be selected later this year. — Rendering courtesy of Westminster Council
LONDON: One of...
China must develop unified, open-source smart car OS, says e...
18 June 2021
SHANGHAI: China, the world's biggest auto market, should develop its own unified, open-source operating system (OS) for smart vehicles, as well as auto chips, to maintain its advan...
Rear view cameras — giving your car eyes in the back of its ...
18 June 2021
BONN: Parking in a tight space can get really stressful. As you manoeuvre and strain your neck to see through the rear window, impatient drivers back up behind you and honk their h...
VW plans to use new 3D printing process in vehicle productio...
18 June 2021
WOLFSBURG: Volkswagen is pressing ahead with the use of innovative 3D printers in car production.
For the first time, the newest process – known as binder jetting – is being use...
Jaguar inches closer to electric car goal with plug-in E-Pac...
18 June 2021
LONDON: Jaguar wants to make nothing but electric cars by 2025, and with its latest update to the E-Pace, the British manufacturer is now a small step closer to this goal.
For t...
Flat battery? Everything you need to know to jump-start your...
18 June 2021
HAMBURG: If your car battery is completely flat, the starter motor will only make a dreaded clicking sound - and the engine will not start.
Older batteries in particular are con...
John Cena’s wild ride: All the secrets of the insane cars of...
18 June 2021
Vin Diesel returns as Dom Toretto. — All photos by Universal Pictures
LOS ANGELES: Imagine ordering a limousine pickup at the airport and John Cena shows up as your driver. It’s s...
Audi sets 2026 end date for combustion engine cars, says Ger...
17 June 2021
FRANKFURT: Volkswagen's Audi unit will stop introducing cars based on petrol and diesel engines from 2026, Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported today, citing comments made by Audi CEO Mar...
Honda to stop producing Clarity, Legend and Odyssey
17 June 2021
TOKYO: Honda Motor is expected to realign global manufacturing operations and stop production of slow selling models, including the Clarity fuel cell vehicle, according to Nikkei.
...
Ford to buy EV charging management platform Electriphireu
17 June 2021
DETROIT: Ford Motor Co said today it would acquire Electriphi, which provides charging management and fleet monitoring software for electric vehicles, as the carmaker aims to elect...
EV maker Lordstown backtracks to say it has no binding order...
17 June 2021
DETROIT: Electric-truck maker Lordstown Motors, which recently raised concerns about its ability to remain in business, on Thursday backtracked from earlier comments made by the st...
Locally assembled Volkswagen Arteon R-Line 4Motion opens for...
17 June 2021
KUALA LUMPUR – Volkswagen Passenger Cars Malaysia (VPCM) is now accepting pre-bookings for the new Arteon R-Line 4Motion.
Locally assembled at Pekan, Pahang, the new Arteon is e...
Real world testing of BMW's hydrogen fuel cell drivetrain st...
17 June 2021
MUNICH: BMW Group has begun testing the near-standard vehicles with a hydrogen fuel cell drivetrain in everyday conditions on European roads.
Prototypes of the BMW i Hydrogen NE...
Malaysian firm Yinson invests in Oyika to promote use of ele...
17 June 2021
KUALA LUMPUR: Yinson Holdings Bhd's green technologies division has invested in Singapore start-up Oyika Pte Ltd to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles (EV) in Southeast A...
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