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- Zipcar zooming onto 100 more college campuses – Automotive News: Zipcar has deals to launch its car-sharing service on 100 additional colleges and universities nationwide by the end of 2015.
- German Prosecutors Investigating Winterkorn, Volkswagen’s Ex-C.E.O. – New York Times: The head of Volkswagen in America tried to reassure customers as Audi said 2 million of its cars were among the 11 million in the emissions cheating scandal.
- VW Faces Barrage of Litigation – WSJ: Lawyers are moving to consolidate widespread litigation stemming from Volkswagen’s emissions-cheating scandal, drawing the German auto maker into a prolonged legal case expected to spur rafts of depositions and demands for billions of dollars in damages.
- Google Tries to Make Its Cars Drive More Like Humans – WSJ: Google designed its self-driving cars to follow the rules of the road. Now it’s teaching them to drive like people, by cutting corners, edging into intersections and crossing double-yellow lines.
- FCA workers at 2 large UAW locals reject contract – Automotive News: Workers at two of the biggest union locals representing Fiat Chrysler workers voted against a tentative contract agreement with the UAW, further dimming prospects for approval.
- What really happens in an official economy test – Autocar: We took part in an official economy test in a new Nissan Qashqai in 2013. Here’s what goes on in the lab
- VW’s Diess to meet EU industry chief over emissions-test cheating – Automotive News: European Union Industry Commissioner Elzbieta Bienkowska plans to meet Volkswagen AG executive Herbert Diess this week to discuss the German carmaker’s cheating on emission tests.
- Renault to build Fluence-based EV in China as part of joint venture – Autocar: Renault has partnered with Dongfeng to produce a Chinese-built electric vehicle that will go on sale there in 2017 Renault and Dongfeng will launch a new electric vehicle in China in 2017.
- It’s time for firm action in the wake of the VW emissions scandal – Autocar: Now that the headline-grabbing revelations of Volkswagen’s emissions scandal have subsided, we’re left to decide how to pick up the pieces Enough hysteria, already.
- Mercedes May Finally Bring Little A-Class to U.S. – Detroit Bureau: Small is beautiful, or so Mercedes-Benz has learned with offerings like the CLA and GLA. And after a long delay, TheDetroitBureau.com reports that the German maker may finally be ready to bring the pint-sized A-Class to the US, as well..
- Audi says 2.1 million cars had software to cheat emissions – Washington Post: Affected models include the A1, A3, A4, A5, A6, TT, Q3 and Q5, an Audi spokesperson told Reuters. Nearly 13,000 cars were in the United States.
- VW’s Skoda says 1.2 million cars affected globally by emissions issue – Reuters: DE) Czech volume division Skoda said on Monday 1.2 million of its cars are affected by diesel-engine manipulations that have rocked the German…
- Prosecutors investigating former Volkswagen CEO Winterkorn – Fortune: German prosecutors have opened investigations into Volkswagen AG’s just-resigned CEO Martin Winterkorn and other VW executives on allegations…
- Mercedes tops list of carmakers inflating fuel economy – Detroitnews: Vehicles built by Daimler AG’s Mercedes division used 48 percent more fuel on average than their published statistics claim, with gaps exceeding 50…
- Nearly 129000 VW cars in Switzerland affected by diesel scandal-distributor – Reuters: Only a few hundred new cars in AMAG’s inventory were affected by the sales halt, it added. VW, which has admitted to cheating diesel emissions tests…
- 91000 cars in Denmark potentially affected by VW scandal – Reuters: … Volkswagen Denmark told Reuters. She added that the cars would not be recalled, but that customers will be offered technical or software updates.
- GERMANY: Prosecutors launch investigation into former VW CEO Winterkorn – Just-auto: German prosecutors have launched an investigation into former Volkswagen chief executive Martin Winterkorn as a result of the diesel emissions-rigging scandal, according to multiple media reports on Monday (28 September).
- Mercedes Tops Study’s List of Carmakers Overstating Fuel Economy – Bloomberg: “Like the air-pollution tests, the European system of testing cars to measure fuel economy and carbon dioxide emissions is utterly discredited,” Greg…
- NHTSA: BMW may have failed to recall vehicles on time – Detroitnews: BMW AG may have failed to recall more than 30,000 Mini Cooper cars in a timely fashion over a failure to meet side impact crash standards, federal…
- Winterkorn Isn’t Completely Out at VW – Bloomberg: Germany has demanded a solution by Oct. 7 or it might move to take the cars off the roads. U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron refused to rule out the…
- BMW India launches X1 M Sport at Rs 37.9 lakh, updates 1 Series hatchback at Rs 29.9 lakh – Ibtimes: BMW India has launched upgraded version of the X1 as X1 M Sport priced at Rs 37.90 lakh, ex showroom. The entry-level SUV will be available only…
- US: Rolls-Royce North America names new president – Just-auto: BMW-owned Rolls-Royce has announced North America president Eric Shepherd “has decided to move to a new entrepreneurial role in the super-luxury automotive retail sector within the Rolls-Royce family”.
- NHTSA considers expanding Takata airbag recalls – Automotive News: The U.S. regulator overseeing the replacement of Takata airbags is considering an order that would expand the recalls and has contacted seven manufacturers who could be affected, including Volkswagen AG and Tesla Motors Inc.
- Audi confirms 2.1 million diesel cars sold were fitted with emissions test defeat software – Egmcartech: Audi confirms 2.1 million diesel cars sold were fitted with emissions test defeat … scandal, making up all the recent headlines in the automobile news sphere. … The breakdown comes to 1.45 million Audi vehicles affected in Western…