UPDATE: Steering Parts Shortage Disrupts BMW Production

A shortage of steering systems components has affected production at BMW AG assembly plants on three continents.

California Complains about VW’s Remedial EV Charging Plan

Volkswagen AG’s $2 billion program to promote electric vehicles and build charging stations for them doesn’t pay enough attention to doing so in poorer communities, the California Air Resources Board complaints.

Bosch Linked to Daimler Diesel Probe in Germany

Prosecutors in Germany tell Handelsblatt they are investigating employees of Robert Bosch GmbH for their possible link to a probe into suspicions of diesel emission cheating by Daimler AG’s Mercedes-Benz unit.

Lawsuit Claims GM Diesels Used Emission Defeat Devices

A lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Detroit seeks class-action status on behalf of some 705,000 owners who claims their diesel-powered General Motors Co. trucks are rigged to evade U.S. emission standards.

Study Forecasts $13 Billion Lidar Market by 2027

Global sales of lidar (light detection and ranging) sensors for autonomous vehicle technologies will grow to $13 billion by 2027, predicts a report by ABI Research.

ZF Forms Self-Driving-Car JV

ZF Friedrichshafen AG is partnering with e.Go Mobile AG, an Aachen, Germany-based electric car startup company, to develop an electric autonomous vehicle and connected car technologies.

Back to Two Wheels for Mobility

Back to Two Wheels for Mobility

Although the amount of attention on the development of autonomous vehicles is staggering given that there probably isn’t an outlet that hasn’t devoted time or space to the prospect of robotic vehicles, what people seem to have lost sight of are the facts that (1) initial applications are going to be in geo-fenced areas and (2) the autonomous vehicles are likely to be shared vehicles, which will also have a consequence on where they travel.

EC Probes Slovakia’s Incentives for JLR Factory

The European Commission is investigating the legality of incentives to Jaguar Land Rover Ltd. given by Slovakia to help win an assembly plant in Nitra.

Mahindra to Hike EV, Battery Production Capacity

Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. says it will double its output of electric vehicles by mid-summer to 1,000 units per month.

Cutting Test Time for Autonomous Driving Systems

Developers of self-driving cars could cut the cost and test miles needed to confirm the safety of self-driving car systems by 99.9%, say researchers at the University of Michigan.