VW's delay in announcing it had cheated U.S. diesel emission tests was a legitimate move aimed at striking a deal with regulators to limit the cost of the scandal, the carmaker's lawyers said in a report to a German court.
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7 Mar, 2016
Subaru unveils plan for the new global platform to underpin future hybrids and EVs
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles said it will extend the shutdown of its midsize Chrysler 200 sedan plant by three weeks for a total of a nine-week shutdown that began Feb. 1.
Continental has acquired the Hi-Res 3D Flash LIDAR business from Advanced Scientific Concepts(ASC), based in Santa Barbara, California.
Anhui Jianghuai, one of the few remaining major Chinese automakers without a foreign joint-venture partner, said it is in talks to cooperate with Volkswagen as it seeks to gain more advanced technology.
The US Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to update electrical safety requirements for hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and 'mild hybrid' vehicles.
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7 Mar, 2016
Autonomous lorry 'platoons' will begin testing on British roads later this year
Fiat's new Tipo will become a new Dodge Neon for Central America, built in Turkey.
Fiat unveiled the sportier version of its new 124 Spider at the Geneva auto show. The Abarth roadster is powered by a boosted version of the same 1.4-liter turbocharged gasoline engine that is found in the Fiat 500 Abarth.
Subaru has unveiled a next-generation vehicle platform it says will improve safety and driving performance while keeping the small Japanese automaker competitive through 2025.
Subaru has unveiled a next-generation vehicle platform it says will improve safety and driving performance while keeping the small Japanese automaker competitive through 2025.
Ford China sold 63,350 vehicles in February, down 9% compared to February 2015. Year-to-date sales, however, were up 18% to 194,182.
BMW's Vision Next 100 futuristic self-driving concept car explores the automaker's ideas for how automobiles will evolve as self-driving vehicles increasingly taking over the world's roads.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said during a heated debate exchange that rival Bernie Sanders would have allowed the U.S. auto industry to collapse if he had his way.
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7 Mar, 2016
The Armstrong Phaeton hybrid predates the Toyota Prius by over a century, and is expected to fetch over £120,000
Assa Abloy has signed an agreement with Japanese company, Alpha, to sell its Car Lock business.
Mahindra and Mahindra says it is revising its strategy for SsangYong and will suspend plans to push into the U.S. to focus instead on China.