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GM Settles Dozens of Ignition Switch Lawsuits
6/23/2017General Motors Co. has settled about 200 lawsuits involving the company’s 2.6 million defective ignition switches, according to a filing in a New York federal court.
VW Agrees to Buy Back a Few Cheater Diesels in Europe
6/23/2017Volkswagen AG has agreed to buy back an unspecified number of diesel-powered vehicles in Germany that had been rigged to evade emission standards, Reuters reports.
Researchers Tout Contact Lens Polymer for EV Supercapacitors
6/23/2017Researchers at the University of Surrey in England are developing a plastic based on soft contact-lens technology that could allow supercapacitors to be used in place of batteries to boost the performance of electric vehicles.
PSA Accelerates Autonomous-Vehicle Plans
6/23/2017PSA Group plans to debut new driver-assist features on select Citroen, Peugeot and DS-badged models next year and introduce a Level 3 autonomous vehicle in 2020. Models with Level 4 and Level 5 capabilities will follow in 2025 and 2030, respectively.
U.S. Releases Updated Connected Vehicle Guidelines
6/23/2017The U.S. Dept. of Transportation’s Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Joint Program Office has updated its national reference architecture for connected vehicles.
Tesla Hints at Superfast Next-Gen Roadster
6/23/2017Tesla Inc. is targeting a sub-two-second 0-60 mph acceleration time for the next-generation of its top-end Roadster electric vehicle, which would make it the fastest car in the world.
Truck Sales in Europe Rise 9%
6/23/2017Registrations of commercial vehicles across Europe grew 9% year on year to 212,600 units in May, reversing the market’s 7% decline in April, trade group ACEA reports.
Waymo Hires Ex-Tesla Exec
6/23/2017Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo autonomous car unit has hired Satish Jeyachandran, the former head of hardware engineering at Tesla Inc., to help it create the package of cameras and other sensors needed for self-driving vehicles.
Land Rover Targets All-New Buyers with Next-Gen Defender
6/23/2017Land Rover says it will replace its venerable Defender SUV with a model designed to appeal to an entirely different generation of buyers.
Qualcomm Invests in Battery Safety Tech
6/23/2017Qualcomm Inc. is investing an unspecified amount in Amionx Inc., a Carlsbad, Calif.-based developer of battery safety technologies.