Mystery electric car startup unveils prototypehe mystery electric car startup Faraday Future unveiled its first prototype vehicle on Monday while offering few details on its ownership.
05 January 2016
Enraged cabbies unite worldwide against Uber in 2015From London and Paris to New Delhi and Sao Paulo, traditional taxi drivers united worldwide against Uber in 2015, a year that saw riots, legal battles and even a kidnapping in protest against the startup.
21 December 2015
Volkswagen to negotiate settlement in Brazil rights caseVolkswagen will negotiate a settlement with Brazilian justice officials for allegedly allowing the torture and detention of employees opposed to Brazil's former military dictatorship.
02 November 2015
VW skids into red in wake of pollution scandalGerman auto giant Volkswagen said that the global pollution-cheating scam it is currently embroiled in pushed it deeply into the red in the third quarter and would hurt earnings for the whole of 2015.
28 October 2015
VW says second type of engine not fitted with cheating deviceGerman auto giant Volkswagen steered clear of a fresh blow in its emissions-rigging scandal, saying that another type of diesel engine which had raised concerns was not fitted with software designed to dupe testers.
23 October 2015
VW to recall 8.5 mn vehicles in Europe as Italian police raid officesVolkswagen said it will recall a total of 8.5 million diesel vehicles Europe-wide as police raided the carmaker's office in Italy and those of its sports car unit Lamborghini over a global pollution-cheating scandal.
Yanis Varoufakis: Greece's 'erratic Marxist'Yanis Varoufakis, Greece's finance minister resigned despite the government having secured a resounding victory in a weekend referendum.
06 July 2015
Probe after Air France plane narrowly misses mountainFrench accident investigators have opened an inquiry into a near accident involving an Air France Boeing 777 which narrowly missed central Africa's highest mountain with 37 people on board.
Ferrari sells for record $38 mlnA red 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO Berlinetta, said to be one of only a handful, was snapped up for $38.1 million in California.