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VW’s U.S. Diesel Settlement Delayed One Week
Volkswagen AG and U.S. regulators have been given another extension—this one for one week to June 28—to finalize a proposed settlement involving 482,000 diesel-powered vehicles the company rigged to cheat on emission tests.
Daimler Touts Potential of Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
Daimler AG expects to make significant improvements in battery technology for electrified vehicles in coming years as new chemistries begin to supplant current lithium-ion systems.
Diesel-Electric Jag in the Works?
Jaguar Ltd. is developing a diesel-electric crossover vehicle that it plans to launch around 2020, Autocar reports.
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2016 Honda Accord Touring
A friend who lives in the greater Columbus, Ohio, area has pointed out to me that the locale is sometimes used as a test market for consumer products.
Gett Founder Predicts Huge Surge in Ride-Hailing
In 10 years, ride-hailing services will account for half the passenger miles covered by cars, predicts the bullish founder and CEO of Gett, the Israeli car-hailing startup that formed a strategic partnership last month with Volkswagen AG.
Plastic Omnium Touts Lightweight Fuel Tank for Hybrid Vehicles
France’s Plastic Omnium Group says its new plastic fuel tank designed for plug-in hybrid vehicles is 40% lighter than steel tanks used in such applications.
Nissan Develops Automotive Solid-Oxide Fuel Cell System
Nissan Motor Co. is developing a bi-ethanol solid-oxide fuel cell (SOFC) system that it aims to use as a primary power source to help lower the cost and improve the driving range and safety of fuel cell vehicles.
Forecasting Future Car Colors
BASF’s Coatings division supplies coatings to automotive companies the world over, so it is a good thing for the designers at the company to know what’s likely to resonate color-wise in all parts of the world going forward.
Qualcomm Readies Connected Car Platform
San Diego-based Qualcomm Technologies Inc. says it has developed a new reference platform to help make it easier and faster to develop and implement connected-vehicle technologies.
JCI to Boost Production of Stop-Start Batteries in N. America
Johnson Controls Inc. says it will invest another $245 million over the next four years to double its North American production of absorbent-glass-mat (AGM) batteries to 11 million units by 2020.