Audi Tests $1,400 Subscription Option in Texas

Audi AG is using five dealerships in Texas to test consumer interest in a subscription scheme that grants access to an array of cars and crossover vehicles for $1,395 per month.

Caddy Puts Diesels on Back Burner in Favor of Electrification

General Motors Co.’s Cadillac unit is shelving plans to offer diesel-powered models.

Bosch, Daimler Test Autonomous Parking Valet in China

Daimler AG and Robert Bosch GmbH have expanded testing of their joint Automated Valet Parking system to the carmaker’s research and development center in Beijing.

iNext Concept Previews BMW’s Electric Flagship

BMW AG is using its iNext electric SUV/crossover concept to showcase advanced mobility technologies being developed by the company.

Hurricane Florence Heads for Daimler, Volvo, BMW Factories

Hurricane Florence appears likely to drift just north of Daimler and Volvo Cars assembly plants in South Carolina tonight, then draw a bead on BMW AG’s huge complex in Spartanburg on Saturday.

Many California Hydrogen Stations Are Offline

Fourteen of the 35 hydrogen stations for fuel cell vehicles in southern California were either out of service for maintenance or had limited or no fuel this week.

Waymo Surges Ahead in Automated-Driving Patents

Waymo LLC has jumped to the top of a patent-based index of competitiveness in autonomous-driving technology, according to The Nikkei.

Volvo Developing Self-Driving Big Rig

AB Volvo unveiled a self-driving electric heavy-duty truck called the Vera this week at a conference in Berlin.

Uber to Open Autonomous-Car Tech Center in Toronto

Uber Technologies Inc. says it will spend more than $150 million over five years to establish an autonomous-car development center in Toronto.

IKEA to Test All-Electric Delivery Fleets by 2020

Furniture retailer IKEA Group says it will use zero-emission trucks to make all deliveries in central Amsterdam, Los Angeles, New York City, Paris and Shanghai by 2020.