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As the autonomous car movement barrels ahead, Chris Gerdes is raising questions about ethical choices that must inevitably be programmed into the robotic minds expected one day soon to be driving along the nation's highways.

South Korean steelmaker Posco has signed a preliminary agreement with local automaker Renault-Samsung to enhance collaboration in high-performance steel products for passenger cars. The agreement creates a framework for the two companies to develop synergies at a number of levels, including technology development, production and marketing.

Features 10 Oct, 2015

We look at how Bentley has pushed new boundaries to go from 500 sales a year to over 11,000 while remaining exclusive

Porsche boosted European sales 51% year on year in September to 7,005 cars with sales in Germany up 26% to 2,269. Year to date European volume rose 34% to 58,150 vehicles.

Russian car sales plunged more than forecast in September, slumping the most in three months as a weaker ruble pushed automakers to raise prices.

Continuing just-auto's series of interviews with tier one suppliers at the 2015 IAA, Matthew Beecham met with Peter Heimbrock, Director Engineering Tedrive Steering Systems GmbH to learn about its steering innovations and ambitions to grow business in China.

Toyota has started road tests of its Highway Teammate concept, a vehicle equipped with automated driving functions that it hopes to put on sale in around five years' time. As well as demonstrating the capabilities of next generation safety technologies, the vehicle also shows how the automaker sees the driver-car relationship evolving in the age of artificial intelligence.

Opinion 9 Oct, 2015

Mike Rutherford calls for the UK to set up its own independent testing agency to give consumers real-world mpg and emissions figures

News 8 Oct, 2015

Zenos cars will showcase its sports car range at the Battersea park show in May 2016

News 9 Oct, 2015

Vauxhall is offering new car buyers a minimum £2,000 trade in value when part-exchanging their old car against most new models

VW's rigging of diesel emissions tests was not a company decision but the result of actions by a small number of engineers, its top U.S. executive said.

Jaguar has its sights on the BMW 5 series with its new lighter, smaller XF sedan, which it says is the new benchmark for driving dynamics in the large premium segment.

Jaguar Land Rover plans a limited run of the Range Rover Evoque Convertible, which will debut at the Los Angeles auto show next month and go on sale next spring.

Volkswagen of America isn't expected to begin selling 2016 models with 2.0-liter diesel engines for several months as the EPA plans to subject the vehicles to a battery of tests to ensure they comply with U.S. emissions laws.

Three executives affiliated with Japanese supplier Nishikawa Rubber Co. were indicted in federal court for their alleged roles in the auto supply chain's ongoing price-fixing scandal.

Ferrari's coveted status as a maker of cars for the super rich is helping push up its value in an initial public offering to as much as $12.4 billion, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg.

Fiat Chrysler is offering so-called second-tier UAW members as much as $29 an hour -- up from $25 previously proposed -- under a new tentative agreement which avoided a strike by 40,000 union members, two people familiar with the matter told...

A software fix won't be enough to bring most of the 482,000 vehicles involved in its emissions violations scandal into compliance with U.S. clean air laws, Volkswagen Group of America CEO Michael Horn testified in a congressional hearing today.

VW should not try to make up for the costs of its emissions scandal by putting pressure on suppliers to lower their prices, the head of a German engine parts maker ElringKlinger said today.

Workers outside the gates of a Fiat Chrysler plant in Kokomo, Ind.