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Musk Demos Boring Transit Tunnel
12/19/2018Tesla CEO Elon Musk's 2-year-old Boring Co. has demonstrated its first proof-of-concept transit tunnel.
Tesla Sales Exec Quits to Join Airbnb
12/19/2018Dan Kim, who had been Tesla Inc.’s senior director of global sales and marketing, has left the carmaker to become a director for home-sharing startup Airbnb Inc.
Ghosn Crisis at Nissan Threatens CEO Saikawa
12/19/2018Hiroto Saikawa’s days as CEO at Nissan Motor Co. could be numbered as management crises roil the company and its alliance with Renault.
VW: New CO2 Standards Will Hike EV Sales Targets
12/19/2018Volkswagen AG says new standards that would require European carmakers to lower carbon dioxide emissions 37.5% by 2030 instead of 30% will mean a faster rollout of electrified vehicles.
NHTSA Shortens Petition Process to Test Driverless Cars
12/19/2018The U.S. has streamlined the process it uses to grant temporary exemptions from vehicle safety standards for developers of advanced technologies such as autonomous cars that don’t have steering wheels.
December Fuel Prices at Two-Year Low in U.S.
12/19/2018The average retail price of a gallon of regular grade gasoline in the U.S. has dropped to $2.37 this week, down from $2.42 a year ago to a two-year low for the month, says AAA.
Kroger Launches Autonomous Grocery Delivery Service
12/18/2018The Kroger Co. and Nuro Inc. have launched a grocery delivery service in Scottsdale, Az., that uses the Silicon Valley startup’s fully autonomous R1 pods.
IAV Pleads Guilty in U.S. to Helping VW Cheat on Diesel Emissions
12/18/2018German engineering firm IAV Group has agreed to plead guilty and pay a $35 million fine for criminal conspiracy to help Volkswagen AG rig diesels to evade U.S. emission laws.
GM Files "Enspirational" Trademark
12/18/2018General Motors Co. has filed a trademark for the name “Enspire,” which could signal a production version of a Buick concept crossover model that debuted at the Beijing auto show in April.
Mitsubishi Joins Renault-Nissan-Mercedes Tech Group
12/18/2018Mitsubishi Motors Corp. has agreed to join as a non-equity partner in a broad technology-sharing alliance with Daimler, Nissan and Renault.