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Europe to Hold Track Days for Testing Self-Driving Cars
8/9/2016To help spur the development of autonomous vehicles, Europe is staging a series of track days for independent designers, programmers and hobbyists to safely test their creations.
High-Powered Shelby GT500 Mustang in the Works?
8/9/2016Ford Motor Co. is developing a new high-performance Shelby Mustang to better compete against the Chevrolet Camaro ZL and Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat, according to several media reports.
U.S. Fuel Prices Hold Steady
8/9/2016The average price of unleaded regular-grade gasoline in the U.S. has leveled off at $2.12 per gallon this month—the lowest for this time of year since 2004, according to AAA Gas Prices.
Subaru Dealers in Japan to Offer Daihatsu-Branded Minicars
8/9/2016Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd.’s Subaru brand dealerships in Japan will soon begin offering shoppers a new line of minicars: vehicles carrying the Daihatsu brand.
Italy Fines VW for Diesel Emission Cheating
8/9/2016Italy's antitrust authority has fined Volkswagen AG €5 million ($5.5 million) for misleading customers about the company’s diesel emissions, Reuters reports.
MIT Researchers Tout Low-Cost Lidar System
8/8/2016Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Photonic Microsystems Group in Cambridge, Mass., are developing light-detection and ranging (lidar) sensors they claim will be considerably smaller, simpler, less expensive and better performing than current lidar systems.
Unifor Vows Strikes if Carmakers Don’t Invest in Canada
8/8/2016Unifor, the union that represents autoworkers in Canada, indicates it will refuse any contract deal that doesn’t include new investment in the country's shrinking auto industry.
Daimler Seeks to Lift Diesel Ban in India
8/8/2016Daimler AG has petitioned India’s Supreme Court to lift a ban on selling diesel engines larger than 2.0 liters in metropolitan New Delhi.
Johnson Matthey to License 3M Technology for EV Batteries
8/8/20163M Co. has agreed to license its nickel-manganese-cobalt (NMC) cathode material technology to London-based Johnson Matthey plc to make lithium-ion batteries used in electrified vehicles.
Tesla Autopilot Helps Drive Man to Emergency Room
8/8/2016Missouri attorney Joshua Neally says he relied on the Autopilot feature in his Tesla Model X electric vehicle to help drive him more than 20 miles to a hospital after suffering a potentially fatal pulmonary embolism on his way home from work late last month.