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The nominee to lead the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is an expert in fatigue and pilot alertness, which signals the auto industry's drive to bring more Internet services and infotainment into cars should get intense scrutiny.

Ford said its aluminum-bodied F-150 pickup will get as much as 29 percent better fuel economy than its mostly steel predecessor as the automaker gambles with a new design for its top-selling and most profitable model.

Videos 21 Nov, 2014

As Auto Express gains 200,000 subscribers to its YouTube channel, we look back at the most popular Auto Express videos of all time...

Hertz Global Holdings named John Tague as its new CEO, appointing the manager credited with boosting sales at United Airlines to restore investors' confidence in the car-rental company plagued by an aging fleet and sloppy accounting.

Toyota will recall 422,509 of its luxury brand Lexus vehicles in the United States because of a possible fuel leak that increases the risk of fire, federal regulators said today.

Next year's new Hyundai i20 will be the last car from the brand which people will buy primarily on price, says UK president and managing director Tony Whitehorn.

Volkswagen Group says it will invest a total of EUR85.6bn (US$106.3bn) in new models, technologies and its global presence in its Automotive Division during the next five years.

Toyota is pitching the Mirai hydrogen fuel cell car as a godsend for the planet. Heat and water are its only byproducts, not climate-altering carbon dioxide. But just how clean is that exhaust water vapor?

News 21 Nov, 2014

With six new models to launch, Ford expects 2015 to be its busiest for two decades

I've come off the bench this week, as just-auto news editor, Graeme Roberts, takes a well-earned sojorn in Shakespeare's home county, HQ also of global good news story, JLR, of which more later.

Volkswagen's investment plans for the next five years tell one story very clearly #8211; the company is becoming ever more dependent on growth in China in its bid to overtake Toyota as the world's number one carmaker.

News 21 Nov, 2014

Nissan has suspended development of its new London black cab, because it won't meet standards for the planned Ultra-Low Emission Zone

Opinion 21 Nov, 2014

Traffic light recognition tech is incredible but requires co-operation from governments, says Mike Rutherford

Mullen Technologies, the firm which bought the assets of the bankrupt Miles EV, has announced plans to reintroduce the Coda electric sedan. Its new name will be Mullen 700e.

Delphi says it will partner with Ottomatika, a company started by Carnegie Mellon University, which provides advanced automated driving software, to jointly develop technology that will help accelerate automated driving.

Volkswagen will invest 85.6 billion euros ($106 billion) over the next five years on new vehicles, technology and factories as it tries to pass Toyota and become the world's largest automaker.

Volkswagen said it will invest $106 billion (85.6 billion euros) over the next five years on new vehicles, technology and factories as it tries to pass Toyota and become the world's largest automaker.

Volkswagen will invest 85.6 billion euros ($106 billion) over the next five years on new vehicles, technology and factories as it tries to pass Toyota and become the world's largest automaker.

An executive from Japan's Takata told lawmakers on Thursday the supplier is urgently trying to ramp up replacement parts for millions of vehicles fitted with potentially deadly airbags, but said it may not be able to move quickly enough.

News 21 Nov, 2014

The AA says half of all winter breakdowns are preventable, but 30 per cent neglect essential checks