Australian Firm Launches Class-Action Lawsuit Against VW Group

An Australian law firm has filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of more than 90,000 Audi, Skoda and Volkswagen customers who claim the company swindled them with diesel engines rigged to evade government emission standards.

U.S. Army to Test Fuel Cell-Powered Chevy Colorado

General Motors Co. is equipping a Chevrolet Colorado pickup truck with a hydrogen fuel cell powertrain that it will test with the U.S.

Hyundai Elantra and Adhesives

Hyundai Elantra and Adhesives

The reveal of the 2017 Hyundai Elantra at the LA Auto Show yesterday included an emphasis on something that isn’t ordinarily spoken of in such settings: Structural adhesives.

VW Submits Repair Plan for Some of Its Cheater Diesels in Europe

Volkswagen AG has provided details to Germany’s Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) about proposed modifications to bring 540,000 of its diesel power vehicles in the country into emission rule compliance.

Ford Launches Truck Assembly in Nigeria

Ford Motor Co.’s new assembly facility near Lagos, Nigeria, has begun making Ford Ranger compact pickup trucks from kits imported from South Africa.

Tesla Opens Talks About Building a Battery Factory in Germany

Tesla Motors Inc. has begun preliminary discussions with Germany about building a factory in the country to make batteries for electric cars.

Self-Driving Vehicles Will Dramatically Hike Miles Traveled

The advent of autonomous vehicles will raise personal miles traveled in the U.S. by roughly 1 trillion miles per year by 2050, KPMG LLP predicts.

Dymag Touts Lightweight Carbon-Composite Wheels

Chippenham, England-based CSA International Ltd.’s Dymag unit is launching a new carbon-composite wheel that the company says is as much as 40% lighter than an equivalent aluminium alloy wheel of the same size.

Kia Targets 2020 for Fuel Cell Vehicle, Semi-Autonomous Technologies

Kia Motors Corp. plans to expand its lineup of “green” vehicles to 11 by 2020 from four today and improve its corporate average fuel economy 25% by then over 2014 levels.

Google Autonomous Car Pulled Over for Poky Driving

A police officer in Mountain View, Calif., stopped one of Google Inc.’s self-driving cars last week because it was traveling only 24 mph in a 35 mph zone on one of the city’s major thoroughfares.