France has announced ambitious plans to reduce its carbon footprint yesterday. The country wants to end all sales of gasoline and diesel vehicles by 2040 ...
Volvo says goodbye to petrol and diesel
The Swedish carmaker has announced that it will only be producing vehicles that are partially or completely battery-powered from 2019 onward. Such a clear ...
Student team powers bus with formic acid
Team FAST, a group of students at Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands today revealed what is celebrated as the world’s first system ...
New joint venture between Renault and Oktal pushing development of self-driving cars
Groupe Renault formed a new joint venture called Autonomous Vehicle Simulation (AVS) together with Oktal. With a 35 percent stake in the venture, Renault ...
EVEN Electric wins Microsoft as partner for selling EVs through a website
Technology start-up EVEN Electric and Microsoft Sweden are building a global smart trading platform for electric vehicles. Right now, the market is held ...
Production initiated this week for Tesla’s Model 3
Tesla is starting to produce its first mass-market electric car this Friday, two weeks earlier than originally planned, delivering the Model 3 from July ...
BMW, Audi, MAN promise to cut diesel emissions
German auto manufacturers BMW and Audi and truck manufacturer MAN have pledged to the Bavarian state government to reduce diesel vehicle pollution. To ...
European electric car market up by 27 percent, top sellers
Passenger plug-in car registrations made a 27 percent jump so far this year, amounting to 1.4 percent of all purchases. The market had more than 21,000 ...
German automotive companies to research fuel cells in €60 million program
A joint initiative of leading German companies in the automotive industry has launched a €60 million project to provide the technical, economic and ...
Hertz provides cars for Apple’s self-driving vehicle testing
Apple is partnering with rental car agency Hertz for the deployment and management of its self-driving vehicle technology. For that, Hertz is providing ...
