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Despite being a major oil producer, Norway could become the first country to ban the sale of diesel and gasoline cars. However, there's still a long road to that happening and a recent report that a target date of 2025 had been set has turned out to be inaccurate. CHECK OUT: Volvo truck concept...

With electric cars becoming mainstream, the BMW i sub-brand originally established for the zero-emission cars has changed its focus to autonomous driving technology. That’s the word of Klaus Fröhlich, BMW’s board member for R&D, who recently spoke with Reuters. BMW, like many...

Following the revelation of Volkswagen’s emissions cheating scandal, diesels have started to wane in popularity in many parts of the globe, including Europe where diesel fuel sells at a steep discount to gasoline. According to Volvo CEO Håkan Samuelsson, diesel sales will continue to...

In what may turn out to be worrying trend, officials in Paris have placed a ban on older cars and motorcycles. As first reported by Le Monde, cars registered before 1997 and motorcycles before 1999 will be outlawed from entering the city center during the week starting from July 1. Cars will be...

Porsche has a long record of innovation and is once again breaking new ground with the establishment of the digitization department Porsche Digital. Among its contemporaries, Porsche was the first to expand into SUVs and offer a hybrid, and with the launch of the production version of the Mission E...

Google is set to establish a new presence in Motor City by opening up a new 53,000-square foot facility dedicated to autonomous car development. The facility, under construction in the Detroit suburb of Novi, will take advantage of a large engineering labor pool in Michigan. The facility is also...

Mercedes-Benz says it will equip particulate filters not only on vehicles powered by diesel engines, but those that use gasoline as well. The move applies for now only to the European market, which will see new and more stringent emissions regulations on gasoline vehicles in place by the end of...

With the rise in popularity of ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft comes an unusual consequence: More people are sitting in the back seat of cars. This, says the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, is a good reason to amp up back seat safety research. For now, NHTSA's testing only...

Cosworth, a British brand long associated with motorsports, says it is opening up a facility in Michigan to supply an automaker with high-performance V-8 engine parts. What isn't known, however, is just which automaker will utilize Cosworth as a supplier. All three Detroit automakers—Ford...

BMW, through its New York-based investment arm BMW i Ventures, has invested in ride-sharing service Scoop. Scoop is a relative new player in the world of ride-sharing, having only launched in August 2015, and right now the service is only focused on carpooling in a handful of cities. It partners...

Muscle cars have long been enthusiast favorites, but the results of a new series of crash tests performed by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) reveal that they may not be the safest cars on the road. The IIHS, which is funded by the insurance industry, took 2016 examples of the Ford...

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles [NYSE:FCAU] has named a Canadian executive as the chief for its prestigious Alfa Romeo and Maserati brands. The automaker announced today Reid Bigland will replace Harald Wester as CEO of the premium Italian brands. Currently, Bigland serves as FCA's sales chief in the...

Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] buyers are generally pretty set in their ways, but research suggests some surprising buying habits that should have established German car brands on high alert as the electric car manufacturer readies its relatively inexpensive Model 3. Bloomberg, using data from Edmunds...

Mitsubishi says both its president and vice president will vacate their positions next month in response to the Japanese automaker's widening fuel economy scandal. President Tetsuro Aikawa and Vice President Ryugo Nakao will step down on June 24 over what the automaker says was a work environment...

Update: State-owned Chinese automaker Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC) has denied a report it is interested in acquiring a majority stake in Fiat Chrysler Automobiles [NYSE:FCAU]. A GAC spokesperson told Reuters there is “currently no plans" for acquiring a stake in FCA. State-owned Chinese...

Google held its latest I/O press conference yesterday at its headquarters in Mountain View, California, where the tech giant announced a wave of future plans including new products for the house and car. Right now Google’s popular Android Auto smartphone integration system is being updated...

The Queen of England took time out of an address to Parliament this morning to proclaim that she intends for her country to take the lead on developing autonomous cars. In her State Opening of Parliament, Queen Elizabeth II confirmed changes to insurance legislation in the United Kingdom that will...

A new investigation accuses Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] of using cheap Eastern European labor to expand its assembly plant in Silicon Valley, but it is the automaker's response to the situation that is garnering the most attention. The San Jose Mercury-News published a detailed report last weekend...

Five small cars designed specifically for the Indian market have all failed crash tests conducted by the United Kingdom-based Global New Car Assessment Program (NCAP). Not one of the five—the Renault Kwid, Maruti Suzuki Celerio, Maruti Suzuki Eeco, Mahindra Scorpio, and Hyundai...

Having already lured former Bentley design boss Luc Donckerwolke, Hyundai has now managed to snag Bentley’s designer in charge of exteriors, the talented Sang Yup Lee. The Korean designer has previously worked for the likes of Pininfarina, Porsche and most recently Bentley, however...