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- Volvo launches in-car delivery service – Just-auto: Volvo’s latest connected car trick is a Sweden-only system to deliver shopping to a vehicle.
- German prosecutors launch tax evasion probe at VW: media – Reuters: 3 that carbon dioxide emissions data of some 800,000 cars were false and said compensation payments to customers and other costs related to the…
- Renault’s Espace model found with excess emissions – German DUH lobby – Reuters: German environmental lobby group DUH said on Tuesday that nitrogen oxide emissions of Renault’s 1.6 dCi Espace had been found…
- Electric cars and the coal that runs them – Washington Post: ROTTERDAM – In this traffic-packed Dutch city, electric cars jostle for …. earlier, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers.
- Tesla Motors Invites Customers to Personalize Model X SUV – Bloomberg: Tesla Motors Inc. kicked off sales of its Model X sport utility vehicle Monday by inviting those who reserved a car the chance to give the company their…
- Jaguar Land Rover sees 2015 profit down on Tianjin blast, investments – Reuters: … its CEO told Reuters, due to major investments and a blast at China’s Tianjin port that destroyed thousands of its cars. The company, which said on…
- Audi Evolves From Chinese Bureaucrat’s Ride to Women’s Favorite – Bloomberg: To reach women, the carmaker also worked with fashion magazines like Elle and Marie Claire
- Audi to revise emissions control software in U.S. vehicles with 3.0-liter engines – Automotive News: Audi said today that it will revise emissions control software used on more than 85,000 Volkswagen Group vehicles with 3.0-liter diesel engines that U.S regulators said earlier this month violated U.S. clean air laws.
- Automakers Are Pushing Buttons – Bloomberg: Cars are getting more techy. While consumers of all ages expect autos to be wired — and are willing to pay a premium for that privilege — bad tech…
- VW’s Emissions Fixes Approved for 90% of Cars in Europe – Bloomberg: Volkswagen AG said it has approval to repair most of its rigged European diesel engines and made a deal with U.S. regulators to resubmit…
- VW CEO says diesel engine refits “manageable” – Reuters: … Reuters, though VW plans to publish intermediate results of the investigation next month.
- Ford no longer using Takata air bag ammonium nitrate inflators – Reuters: Ford has recalled 1.51 million vehicles globally with Takata air bag inflators, which include all of its vehicles with inflators that Takata has recalled,…