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U.K. to Test Driverless Cars Between London and Oxford
4/25/2017A government-funded British consortium is readying a two-year test of driverless cars between London and Oxford that aims to establish completely autonomous travel linking the two cities in 2019.
Report: GM Has Fired 2,700 Employees in Venezuela
4/25/2017General Motors Co. has fired 2,700 employees of its subsidiary in Venezuela and wired severance pay to their bank accounts, employees tell Reuters.
France Initiates Probe into PSA Diesels
4/24/2017Prosecutors in France have begun a formal investigation into possible cheating by PSA Group on diesel emissions, sources tell Reuters.
Amazon Team Targets Autonomous Vehicle Opportunities
4/24/2017Amazon.com is evaluating various business opportunities related to self-driving vehicles.
No NAFTA Update Likely Until Mid-2018?
4/24/2017An updated version of the 23-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement isn’t likely until about July 2018, according to Thomas Donohue, CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Tesla Eliminates Prototype Tooling for Model 3 Launch
4/24/2017Tesla Inc. plans to go straight to production tooling rather than testing its new Model 3 production line with prototype equipment when the company ramps up output of the electric sedan later this year at its Freemont, Calif., facility, Reuters reports.
Startup Demos Vertical-Takeoff Air Taxi
4/24/2017Lilium GmbH has completed an unmanned test flight of the vertical takeoff two-seat plane it hopes to launch as an air taxi by the end of the decade.
Future Bimmers Shifting to Automatic Transmissions
4/24/2017BMW AG plans to phase out manual and dual-clutch automatic transmission in coming years.
Mercedes Recall Targets Electric Steering Defect
4/24/2017Daimler AG’s Mercedes-Benz Cars unit is recalling 58,300 sedans and crossover vehicles in the U.S. whose electric power steering system could fail.
Supreme Court Rejects GM Bid to Avoid Older Ignition Switch Lawsuits
4/24/2017The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling that General Motors Co. may be sued by victims of its defective ignition switches over incidents that occurred before the company emerged from bankruptcy in 2009.