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Sabic says it is working on developing car window technology with integrated lighting features.

News 17 Dec, 2015

The two-millionth Land Rover Defender sold for a record price at a charity auction

UK car production rose 9 percent in November, helped by a strong increase in exports.

Continuing just-auto's series of interviews with tier one manufacturers, Matthew Beecham spoke to Antoine Luijkx of AGC Automotive Europe's Strategic Marketing department about some key market and technical trends driving the auto glazing sector and how windows could become a screen for more infotainment in the self-driving car.

Fiat Chrysler, which lags the auto industry in fuel efficiency, purchased U.S. greenhouse gas emissions credits from Toyota, Tesla and Honda, a government report said today.

The clearest pictures yet of the 2017 Lincoln Continental emerged this week as a spy photographer caught a test mule leaving Ford's product development center in Dearborn, Mich.

California regulators, calling for caution on self-driving cars, today proposed rules that would sharply restrict their use on the state's roads -- and place an outright ban on 'driverless' cars that travel with no humans onboard.

Automakers saw slower progress toward achieving the U.S. government's fleet-wide fuel economy target of 54.5 mpg by 2025 as cheap gasoline fueled surging demand for light trucks.

Ford said it secured a permit from California to begin testing its self-driving car on public roads from next year.

Online used-car retailer Vroom said today it has acquired one of its competitors, Texas Direct Auto. The deal was approved today by the Department of Justice, a Vroom spokeswoman said.

In our second interview with Harman, Matthew Beecham asked EVP and President Lifestyle Audio Division Michael Mauser about forces driving the audio market and innovations it is introducing to sustain growth.

Infiniti has freshened its two best-selling vehicles for 2016 -- the Q50 sedan and the QX60 crossover -- with the Q50 getting three new engine options and both vehicles getting interior and exterior cosmetic changes.

The European Parliament voted to set up a committee to investigate Volkswagen Group's emissions scandal and whether regulators failed to prevent cheating by the car industry in vehicle pollution tests.

The European Parliament plans to set up a committee to investigate VW's emissions scandal and determine whether regulatory oversight of the car industry was too lax.

Volkswagen will suspend production at the factory that builds the Phaeton sedan in Dresden, Germany, as the carmaker alters its model strategy to cut costs in the wake of the emissions test scandal.

Harman recently partnered with Renesas to improve its in-vehicle network and infotainment solutions. Matthew Beecham caught-up with Harman's Phil Eyler, Executive Vice President and President of Infotainment to find out how this alliance and others are supporting the brand in a highly competitive sector. In Part 2, we interview Harman's EVP and President Lifestyle Audio Division Michael Mauser about the audio innovations it is bringing to the market to sustain growth.

Google plans to make its self-driving cars unit, which will offer rides for hire, a stand-alone business under the Alphabet corporate umbrella next year, a person briefed on the strategy told Bloomberg.

Google plans to make its self-driving cars unit, which will offer rides for hire, a stand-alone business under the Alphabet corporate umbrella next year, a person briefed on the company's strategy said.

Surging demand for trucks and SUVs fueled by cheap gasoline is holding back improvements in U.S. fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions, a government report due out today is expected to show.

Features 22 Dec, 2015

The Auto Express team pick their highlights from the past year in motoring