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41% of U.S. Plug-in Car Sales Are in California
9/9/2014More than 102,000 of the 250,000 electric and plug-in hybrid car sales in the U.S. over the past four years occurred in California, according to the California Plug-In Electric Vehicle Collaborative.
Honda Shows Off Self-Driving Test Car
9/9/2014Honda Motor Co. is testing self-driving technologies in an Acura RLX sedan that can drive itself on an expressway, automatically adjusting to the local speed limit, changing lanes and merging from one highway to another.
Clark to Succeed O’Neal as CEO at Delphi
9/9/2014Delphi Automotive plc says Rodney O'Neal, the company's CEO for the past six years, will retire on March 1 but continue as an advisor until the end of 2015.
U.S. Fuel Economy Index Up
9/9/2014The average fuel economy of new light vehicles sold in the U.S. in August reached 25.4 mpg, an increase of 2.4% from August 2013 and an impressive 21.4% from fourth quarter 2007.
VW Skeptical about Fuel Cell Cars
9/9/2014The head of Volkswagen AG operations in Japan tells Bloomberg News that fuel cell-powered vehicles aren't likely to gain acceptance outside Japan, at least not without huge government incentives.
Toyota Claims 13% Fuel Economy Gain with Atkinson/Otto Engine
9/9/2014Toyota Motor Corp. has introduced a 2.0-liter gasoline for its Corolla sedan in Europe that runs on an Atkinson cycle at low speed and automatically switches to conventional Otto cycle operation at higher speeds.
Montezemelo Poised to Exit Ferrari?
9/9/2014Ferrari Chairman Luca di Montezemelo may leave the company by year-end after 23 years because of a disagreement about strategy, multiple unnamed sources tell Bloomberg News.
Bill Ford: Future Gridlock a “Severe Threat” to Auto Industry
9/9/2014A shift in the world's population to cities, coupled with increasing car ownership, would create global traffic deadlock and pose a "severe threat" to the classic model of personal car ownership, warns Ford Motor Co. Chairman Bill Ford Jr.
Germany Affirms Target of 1 Million EVs by 2020
9/9/2014German Chancellor Angela Merkel's government reiterates it goal of putting 1 million electric vehicles on the road by the end of the decade.