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29 Oct, 2015
We let the Tesla Model S do all the hard work, driving itself on the M4 following Version 7.0 Autopilot update
Honda says its continuing effort to minimise the environmental impact of its operations took another step forward as it opened a compressed natural gas (CNG) fuelling station on its property in Troy, Ohio.
The UAW says that under a tentative agreement General Motors has agreed to invest another US$1.9bn in US plants to secure or create an additional 3,300 union jobs.
Denso says it is helping Toyota Motor make its next generation Prius safer, more fuel efficient and greener for the environment. Denso has worked with Toyota to develop new hybrid, sensing and thermal technologies that help improve the safety, comfort and environmental performance of Toyota's new Prius, which launches in Japan in December and in other regions around the world early 2016.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was among guests at the opening of Sumitomo Rubber Industries (SRI) first tyre factory in Cankiri, Turkey, named Sumitomo Rubber AKO Lastik Sanayi ve Ticaret (SAT).
Johnson Controls has posted net income from continuing operations of US$3m on US$8.7bn in revenues for the fourth quarter.
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29 Oct, 2015
Autonomous drive tech could extend to Nissan GT-R and 370Z sports cars in the future to improve driving experience
Volkswagen is facing criminal complaints connected to the diesel emissions scandal filed by about 600 people in Switzerland.
Alfa Romeo's global expansion is being reexamined because of the Chinese market's slowdown. Parent FCA will stands by its investment in Alfa but will adjust product launches, CEO Sergio Marchionne said.
Cummins is to axe up to 2,000 staff mostly by the end of this year in a bid to save around US$200m and address what it says is a slowdown in global markets.
The first production Detroit Electric SP:01 has rolled off the line at the company's Leamington Spa, UK, manufacturing facility.
Volkswagen Group is likely to recall 100,000 cars in India affected by the diesel emission scandal, a report said.
he organisers of the 2016 Invictus Games have announced that Jaguar Land Rover will be the presenting partner for the world's largest international adaptive sporting event. The 2016 Invictus Games will be held in Orlando, Florida from 8th-12th May and will host 500 military athletes from 15 nations.
ZF Friedrichshafen is to start an R&D Tech Centre in Yokohama, Japan, with engineers at the location focussing on e-mobility among other elements.
The Volkswagen Group is working on a new business plan -- dubbed Strategy 2025 -- that will focus on improving the automaker's profitably rather than on volume growth, CEO Matthias Mueller said Wednesday.
When Kia opens its new factory in Mexico next year it will have all the production capacity it needs for its short- and medium-term new model plans, says the company's vice-president of overseas marketing, Soon Nam Lee.
Driverless cars summon up a utopian vision of the future whereby you can wave goodbye to the children as the family vehicle takes them off to school, blind people can take to the road while you can even be carried home safely after having one too many in the bar.
The EU's industrial policy chief scaled back proposed tougher tests on car pollution at the insistence of governments concerned about potential cost increases for automakers.