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GM Prepares for Self-Driving Taxi Test in San Francisco
General Motors Co. is preparing a San Francisco rollout next year for a ride-hailing service that will use self-driving electric cars, Bloomberg News reports.
Study: Diesel Sales in EU Could Sag to 5% by 2030
Demand for diesels within the European Union, which slid from 52% of the market in 2015 to 45% last year, could shrink to only 5% by 2030, according to management consultants AlixPartners LLP.
Lyft Buys Bike-Share Company
Lyft Inc. has purchased Motivate International Inc, the largest provider of bike-sharing services in North America.
Everything You Need to Know about the 2019 VW Jetta
One of the things we earned by talking with Daniel Shapiro of Volkswagen of America is that the best-selling European nameplate in the U.S. market since 1980 is not something from BMW or Mercedes, but, perhaps not surprisingly, is a car from Volkswagen.
Nissan Drops Sale of Battery Business to Chinese Investor
Nissan Motor Co. has abandoned plans to sell its electric car battery operations to Chinese’s GSR Capital as much as $1 billion after concluding the investment firm lacked the funds to complete the purchase.
Lidar Takes Flight
The advent of advanced driver-assist systems and autonomous vehicles opens the door for several new technologies and the suppliers developing them.
Watchdog: VW Must Learn to “Allow New Ideas and Accept Bad News”
Volkswagen AG’s biggest challenge is to change its authoritarian structure, according to Larry Thompson, the U.S. monitor assigned to VW’s efforts to overcome its diesel cheating scandal.
China’s CATL Plans Battery Plant in Germany
CATL—China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd.—expects to open a factory in Germany to supply BMW AG and other carmakers with cells for electric car batteries.
Automotive Lightweighting: The Case for Plastics
Understanding and choosing from all the different material options is one of the biggest challenges with automotive lightweighting. That’s why it’s important to consider alternatives to metals like magnesium and aluminum in favor of plastic components. (Sponsored Content)
Tech Watch: Liquid Printed Seats
BMW, MIT Self-Assembly Lab envision a future where air capacity is the only barrier to more comfortable seating.