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GM and ride-sharing company Lyft will launch a short-term rental program for Lyft drivers in Chicago with a fleet of 125 Chevrolet Equinoxes. The program, called Express Drive, will rent vehicles to Lyft drivers for one to eight weeks.

Sales of hybrids and plug-in hybrids in Europe are forecast to triple to more than 750,000 in the next three years, as automakers scramble to reach tougher CO2 targets that start to take effect in 2020.

Volkswagen Group of America obstructed justice by deleting data in the days after being notified of EPA and Department of Justice investigations tied to the company's diesel emissions violations, according to claims in a lawsuit by a former U.S.

Volkswagen Group of America obstructed justice by deleting data in the days after being notified of EPA and Department of Justice investigations tied to the company's diesel emissions violations, according to claims in a lawsuit by a former U.S.

Almost 300 institutional investors in Volkswagen have filed a multi-billion euro suit against the carmaker for what they see as breaches of its capital markets duty in the emissions scandal, the law firm representing them said.

Standard and Poor's has upgraded Ford Motor's credit rating by one notch, to two levels above junk status, saying it expects the automaker to sustain its recent success.

The head of Google's self-driving car program will urge the U.S. Congress on Tuesday to grant national auto safety regulators new authority to speed the introduction of self-driving cars on American roads.

News 15 Mar, 2016

Drivers in London spending on average 101 hours a year tackling congestion while the UK average is 30 hours

News 12 Feb, 2019

UK drivers lost £7.9bn because of traffic jams in 2018, with motorists in London losing 227 hours to congestion over the course of the year

Features 28 Mar, 2016

We chart Vignale's journey from post-war coachbuilder to Ford's luxury sub-brand

The management company that oversees the Detroit auto show's venue, Cobo Center, has promoted assistant general manager Claude Molinari to general manager. In the new role, Molinari will oversee all of Cobo's operations for the firm, SMG.

News 14 Mar, 2016

Mazda planning a folding hard top for MX-5, with New York invite hinting at new model

News 14 Mar, 2016

What to expect from the 2016 New York International Auto Show, plus dates and pictures

A year after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Chassix is inching closer to fixing the plant that almost single-handedly sent the supplier into insolvency.

Kia aims to increase its share of the ailing Russia car market where it is the No. 2 brand by vehicle sales. Kia's investments in local production have allowed it to undercut rivals who rely on costly imported parts.

Bridgestone is to roll out run-flat tyres as replacement options in the European market this spring.

Cooper-Standard Holdings has approved a securities repurchase programme, authorising the company to repurchase, in the aggregate, up to US$125m of its outstanding common stock or warrants to purchase common stock.

Lawyers for former Porsche CEO Wendelin Wiedeking and ex-Chief Financial Officer Holger Haerter have asked for their clients to be acquitted at the end of a criminal trial that has seen the two men face accusations of manipulating Volkswagen shares...

Driverless cars will take to Britain's motorways for the first time next year, UK chancellor [finance minister] George Osborne reportedly has announced ahead of his budget this week.