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Engineering the Elio
Elio Motors is something of a brash company.
Lyft Says Most of Its Taxis Will Be Autonomous in 5 Years
U.S. ride-hailing service Lyft Inc. expects most of the cars its customers summon five years from now will be self-driving vehicles.
Bosch Targeted in Criminal Probe of VW Diesel Cheating in U.S.
Federal prosecutors in the U.S. are trying to determine whether Robert Bosch GmbH conspired to help Volkswagen AB—and perhaps other carmakers—rig their diesel engines to evade emission standards, sources tell Bloomberg News.
JLR Drops Ford 4-Cylinder Engines for Its Own Design
Jaguar Land Rover Ltd. is replacing the 2.0-liter diesel engine it has sourced from former owner Ford Motor Co. with its own 2.0-liter all-aluminum powerplant, Automotive News Europe reports.
Ford to Partner with U-Mich on Autonomous Car Research
To accelerate research into autonomous vehicle technology, Ford Motor Co. plans to lease one floor and co-locate more than 100 engineers at a new robotics lab being built by the University of Michigan on its Ann Arbor, Mich., campus.
New Investor Lawsuit Demands €2 Billion from VW for Diesel Scandal
A lawsuit to be filed today in Braunschweig, Germany, claims Volkswagen AG inflicted €2 billion ($2.2 billion) in damage to investors by failing to quickly tell them it had used cheater software to evade emission standards.
Toyota Research Institute Partners with Robotics Foundation
Toyota Motor Corp. is making a $1 million charitable donation to the Open Source Robotics Foundation and is partnering with the non-profit group on advanced research programs.
Magna Adds BMW 5 Series Production at Graz Plant
Magna International Inc. reports it will begin building BMW 5 Series sedans at its contract assembly facility in Graz, Austria, next year.
Uber Begins Testing Self-Driving Cars in Pittsburgh
Uber Technologies Inc. has begun tests on the streets of Pittsburgh of Ford Fusion small sedans equipped to drive themselves.
VW Launches Cybersecurity Company
Volkswagen AG and the former executives from Israel’s intelligence agency have formed a company that will develop cybersecurity systems for next-generation connected cars and mobile services.