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Renault opens first China factory
French car giant Renault opened its first car factory in China.
01 February 2016
Mystery electric car startup unveils prototype
he mystery electric car startup Faraday Future unveiled its first prototype vehicle on Monday while offering few details on its ownership.
05 January 2016
VW puts off China investment amid costly emissions scandal
German automaker Volkswagen, tainted by an emissions scandal expected to cost it billions, said it had postponed a planned investment in China.
20 November 2015
EU gives Volkswagen 10 days to clarify CO2 irregularities
EU regulators have given Volkswagen 10 days to clarify its own admission that nearly a million of the company's cars emit more CO2 pollution than originally claimed.
11 November 2015
France wants Renault-Nissan 'operational integration', no merger: minister
France wants an "operational integration" between Renault and Nissan, Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron said, but reaffirmed that a merger is "not on the agenda".
10 November 2015
Fitch slashes VW ratings over poor management of pollution fraud
Fitch ratings agency on Monday cut Volkswagen's credit rating by two notches, saying that a widening pollution cheating scandal has exposed weak corporate governance at the German auto giant.
10 November 2015
French PM says opposed to Renault, Nissan merger
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said he was opposed to a full merger of Renault and Nissan, but wanted to "preserve the alliance", following a week of mounting tensions over the role of the state in the carmaker.
09 November 2015
Volkswagen to negotiate settlement in Brazil rights case
Volkswagen 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 scandal
German 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 device
German 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 offices
Volkswagen 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.
16 October 2015
91,000 vehicles in Australia affected by VW cheating
Volkswagen said that more than 91,000 of its vehicles in Australia are fitted with emissions-cheating technology, more than two weeks after the global scandal broke.
07 October 2015
Merkel plays down impact of VW scandal on German image
Chancellor Angela Merkel said the emissions scandal that has hit car giant Volkswagen was "dramatic" but would not inflict lasting damage on Germany's reputation.
05 October 2015
VW revs up recall plan, hunts for culprits in pollution scam
German auto giant Volkswagen shifted up a gear in its plans to recall millions of cars fitted with pollution-cheating software as it boosted efforts to find the masterminds behind the scam.
01 October 2015
VW says 1.8 mn commercial vehicles fitted with emission-cheating software
German auto giant Volkswagen said that 1.8 million of its commercial vehicles worldwide are fitted with the sophisticated software enabling them to cheat emission tests.
29 September 2015
Porsche chief Mueller to take the wheel at VW: report
The head of German luxury sports car maker Porsche, Matthias Mueller, has been picked to succeed Martin Winterkorn as the chief executive of scandal-battered auto giant Volkswagen.
25 September 2015
French minister urges 'Europe-wide' probe after VW scandal
France's finance minister called for a "Europe-wide" probe after revelations that hundreds of thousands of Volkswagen diesel cars had software that secretly thwarts US pollution tests.
22 September 2015
Apple revving work on electric car
Apple aims to have an electric car on the road some time in the year 2019, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
22 September 2015
Apple explores rules of the road for self-driving cars
The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) said that it met with Apple to discuss rules of the road regarding testing self-driving cars.
19 September 2015
Tesla to produce 'economical' Model 3 in two years
Tesla will begin producing the "lower cost" Model 3 in two years, Elon Musk, the founder of the luxury electric carmaker said..
03 September 2015