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DETROIT, United States (AFP) — Volkswagen said Sunday that its namesake brand sold more vehicles worldwide in 2017 than ever before, a sign it is recovering from a bruising emissions-cheating scandal three years ago. “We finished 2017 with the best performance ever for Volkswagen,” Herbert Diess, chairman of the board of management of the Volkswagen passenger cars brand, said Sunday night at the Detroit Auto Show. Global sales rose 4.2 percent to 6.2 million, with […]
LAS VEGAS, United States (AFP) — A Chinese startup unveiled its vision for the automobile of the future Sunday, promising to deliver an “intuitive and intelligent” car to global markets starting next year from around $45,000. The electric-powered concept car shown by Byton at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is touted as a computing device on wheels, equipped with a “digital” lounge featuring a panoramic display acting as a hub for navigation, entertainment […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Tesla Motors on Wednesday again pushed back the time-frame for ramping up production of the closely-watched Model 3 vehicle, its sedan aimed at the middle market. The electric carmaker said it now expects to hit a Model 3 production level of 5,000 per week by the end of the second quarter instead of at the end of the first quarter. The first-quarter target was itself a prolongation of an […]
by Joseph Szczesny Agence France-PresseDETROIT, United States (AFP) — The United Auto Workers chief on Wednesday blasted Ford’s decision to send production of electric vehicles to Mexico, out of its home base in Michigan. UAW President Dennis Williams also complained that the massive tax bill approved by Congress on Wednesday failed to provide funding to key investments to make the US more competitive. “I’m not happy with Ford,” Williams told reporters at the union’s headquarters. “I think we’re […]
by Céline Cornu Agence France-Presse Sant’Agata Bolognese, Italy (AFP) — Lamborghini, the fabled Italian sports car manufacturer, on Monday unveiled its new sport utility vehicle, accelerating into a fast-growing market already crowded with upmarket rivals. The Urus, as the four-wheel drive “super SUV” will be known, was revealed at the Volkswagen group-owned company’s historic home near Bologna. It will reach a top speed of 305 kilometers per hour (190 mph), can go from zero to 100 kph […]
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AFP) — Swedish carmaker Volvo Cars said Monday it has signed an agreement to supply “tens of thousands” of self-driving cars to Uber, as the ride-sharing company battles a number of different controversies. Volvo — which is owned by China’s Geely and has yet to build a self-driving system — said in a statement that it would supply Uber with “autonomous driving compatible base vehicles between 2019 and 2021.” Uber would then add […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japanese car giant Toyota Tuesday logged a jump in its first-half net profits and revised up its bottom-line forecast for the whole year, citing a cheaper yen and cost-cutting efforts. Japan’s number-one carmaker said its net profit gained 13.2 percent to 1.07 trillion yen ($9.4 billion) for the six months to September on sales of 14.2 trillion yen, up 8.6 percent. The Prius maker now expects to bank a net profit of 1.95 trillion […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — The last Australian-made Toyota rolled off the production line Tuesday, ending over five decades of manufacturing by the Japanese firm as the once-booming local car-making industry grinds to a halt. Toyota announced in 2014 that it would stop making vehicles at its unprofitable Australian plants, joining the country’s other two large automakers — Ford and US giant General Motors’ Holden offshoot. Ford closed its production line last year and Holden will shutter its only […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) 5/24/2016 -The San Francisco judge handling the possible trial of Volkswagen in the emissions cheating scandal said Tuesday that there had been “substantial progress” toward a final settlement. Judge Charles Breyer said the German automaker was “on track to meet the court deadline” of June 21 for a deal with the government and car owners who sued Volkswagen for billions of dollars. In a hearing in the federal district court, […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) 5/24/2016 – Toyota said it will recall nearly 1.6 million more vehicles in the United States to correct possible defects in front passenger air bag inflators made by the Japanese company Takata. The decision, which was announced Monday, was made based on recent information from both Takata and the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Toyota said in a statement. In early May, US auto safety regulators ordered Takata to recall […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Prosecutors raided Volkswagen’s South Korean head office Friday, a spokesman for the car-maker said, as part of a probe into the firm’s emissions-cheating scandal. Investigators confiscated computer hard drives and documents after searching the headquarters in Seoul and other Volkswagen offices in the South Korean capital, Yonhap news agency said. Homes of company officials in charge of product quality control were also raided. “We have made clear that we will […]
TOYOTA CITY, AICHI PREFECTURE, Japan (Reuters) — Toyota Motor Corp said on Thursday (February 18) it is conducting a global recall of 2.87 million vehicles due to the possibility that their seatbelts could be damaged by a metal seat frame part in the event of a crash. In an email, the world’s biggest-selling automaker said that the global recall involved its RAV4 SUV model produced between July 2005 and August 2014 and sold worldwide, and […]
