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The average fuel economy for new cars and light trucks sold in October dropped 0.4 mpg from September to 24.8 mpg -- the biggest drop since July of 2013, the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute said today.

The most exciting part of autonomous-driving technology will be the extra two hours drivers will gain on average per day when they no longer have to sit behind the wheel, the CEO of Renault-Nissan, Carlos Ghosn, said.

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Development mule for next Porsche 911 spied testing at the Nurburgring in Germany, but it's some years away yet

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Survey reveals over 65s most likely to risk flood crossing than turn around as Environment Agency issue storm warnings

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With Donald Trump poised to become US president, VW bosses are confident that their US recovery plans will stay on track

Volkswagen's plot to cheat emissions tests by installing so-called defeat devices in its vehicles wasn't limited to diesel cars, but also included at least six models of Audi 3.0-liter gasoline engines, according to a consumer lawsuit.

The latest just-auto survey of the auto industry measuring business confidence following the UK's Brexit vote shows some deterioration to sentiment.

Schaeffler says its revenue for the first nine months of 2016 grew to approximately EUR10.0bn. At constant currency, this represents a growth rate of 2.7%. The company's EBIT margin improved by 0.2 percentage points to 12.8% (prior year: 12.6%), while net income was up 29% at EUR672m (prior year: EUR521m)

Hyundai Motor has announced plans to build a hub for 'big data' at the Guian New Area, China's national epicentre for big data. Starting operations in June 2017, the new facility will be Hyundai Motor's first overseas strategic hub for big data analysis, boosting the company's development of advanced connected cars and technologies.

Renault has flatly denied its cars have software designed to trick anti-pollution technology, following the decision by France's anti-fraud office (DGCCRF) to refer the automaker to the prosecutor.

Porsche Automobil Holding SE has announced a group profit for the first nine months of 2016 of EUR1.64bn compared with EUR1.48bn a year ago.

Daimler has promoted its head of design, Gorden Wagener to the newly created role of chief design officer.

General Motors will lay off 2,000 workers at two US assembly plants early in 2017, the automaker said on Wednesday.

China's car sales rose 18.7% to 2.7m units in October as the market continued to benefit from increased sales ahead of the planned ending of a purchase tax break.

Continental expects strong earnings in the fourth quarter after profit plunged 40 percent in the July-to-September period because of special effects.

The rate of decline in Russian new-car sales slowed to 3 percent in October, helped by government incentives to encourage vehicle purchases.