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- Volkswagen renews German football sponsorship deal – Reuters: FRANKFURT Scandal-hit Volkswagen has agreed to extend its sponsorship of the German DFB football cup for six years until 2022, it said in a …
- Prosecutors probing into Volkswagen’s new cars over emission scandal – Yonhap: South Korean prosecutors said Monday they are probing into whether Volkswagen AG’s newly-launched cars may be…
- Automotive Regulatory Harmonization to Remain Unattainable Holy Grail – Forbes: A car is prepared for standard emissions testing under laboratory conditions during a workshop for media on automobile emissions at the DEKRA…
- EU trials new way to measure emissions but will it make a difference? – Reuters: EU officials who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity said that … serving people who wanted to know why their cars used much more fuel, and …
- Beyond surveillance: what could happen if Apple loses to the FBI – Guardian: The car, on its own, pulls out of the garage while you scroll through live streams broadcast by your friends on whatever app has succeeded Instagram.
- GM says China investment plans on track despite maturing auto market – Reuters: * Will introduce 60 fresh models by 2020 (Adds executives’ quotes, context)
- GM targets big jump in South Korea sales to alleviate production woes – Reuters: General Motors Co said it is aiming to boost its South Korean sales by one fifth and attain market share of more than 10 percent, part of efforts to revive output at one of its key Asia production bases.
- Are new electronic gearshifts putting drivers at risk? – CBS News: Fiat Chrysler told CBS News it is cooperating fully with the ongoing National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration investigation. As of the 2016…
- Indonesian taxi drivers to rally for ban on online taxi apps – Reuters: Thousands of Indonesian taxi drivers will take to the streets of the capital on Tuesday for a protest rally to demand the government prohibits ride-hailing apps like Grab and Uber, as a price war intensifies.
- After a year, Carnegie Mellon and Uber research initiative is stalled – Reuters: More than a year after Uber announced a research pact with Carnegie Mellon University – and then hired away four of the institution’s faculty and 36 researchers and technicians – the ride-hailing company and university have not collaborated on a single project, according to CMU faculty and administrators.
- How the Goodwood Members’ Meeting could teach F1 a thing or two – Autocar: With competitive racing and packed grids, the Members’ Meeting shows that pleasing motor sport fans isn’t as hard as Formula 1 makes it seem
- GM China Head Sees 3-5% Annual Growth In Chinese Car Market Till 2020 – Ibtimes: china cars Overall car sales in China rose 7.3 percent in 2015. Pictured: Lines of cars during a rush-hour traffic jam in central Shanghai, July 11, 2013.