South Korea Plans Test City for Autonomous Vehicles

The South Korean government is investing 11 billion won ($9.7 million) to build an 88-acre testing complex for autonomous vehicles.

New York State Agrees to Permit Tests of Self-Driving Cars

New York state has launched a one-year pilot program that will allow developers to test autonomous vehicles on public roads.

Mazda to Test U.S. Market for Diesels

Mazda Motor Corp. tells reporters it will offer diesel option in U.S. versions of its CX-5 crossover vehicle this autumn to gauge American demand for the engine.

German Prosecutors Add VW CEO Mueller to Diesel Enquiry

Prosecutors in Stuttgart, Germany, have added Volkswagen Group CEO Matthias Mueller to a list of executives being probed on claims they hid VW’s diesel emission cheating from investors, WirtschaftsWoche reports.

VW Opts to Keep Diesel Cheating Report Secret

Volkswagen AG tells shareholders it won’t release the findings of an independent probe into its diesel emission scandal because doing so would raise the risk of “massive” fines and multiple lawsuits.

Semi-Autonomous Vehicle Market Forecast to Grow 140% by 2021

Annual global sales of vehicles equipped with some sort of semi-autonomous driving features are expected to grow nearly 20% per year to total 7.8 million vehicles by 2021, according to a new report by MarketsandMarkets.

BMW to Bring Back Diesel 5 Series in U.S.

After a one-year hiatus, BMW AG will offer a diesel engine on the 5 Series midsize sedan in the U.S. for the 2018 model year.

Ford Board Questions CEO Fields on Strategy

Ford Motor Co.’s board extra meeting time on Tuesday to question CEO Mark Fields about the company’s costly push into such new technologies as electric cars and autonomous vehicles, according to multiple media reports.

Daimler Drops 2017-Model Diesels for U.S.

Daimler AG tells Reuters it has abandoned its effort to certify diesel-powered 2017 model year Mercedes-Benz cars for the U.S. market.

Researchers Tout Lithium-Ion Battery Design

French battery-maker Saft Groupe SA has teamed up with researchers at the Université Paris Est to develop a solid-state battery with a high-capacity nanocomposite metal-hydride anode, sulfur cathode and lithium-borohydride electrolyte.