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Nissan, BMW, Porsche face sales ban in S. Korea

South Korea is to ban sales of some cars made by Porsche, BMW and Nissan, and fine the companies over $5 million as a probe into emissions documentation widens.

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Fleet of driverless Baidu cars takes to the road in Wuzhen

Vehicles unveiled during demonstration for tech experts attending World Internet Conference which opened on Wednesday

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Cameroonian president declares mourning day after train accident

Cameroonian President Paul Biya on Saturday decreed Oct. 24 will be a national mourning day for the victims of Friday's train derailment accident, which left more than 70 people killed.

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Hyundai to introduce hydrogen-electric taxis

Hyundai is pulling up its sleeves to promote green cars as it has agreed to work with regional governments to introduce hydrogen-electric taxis and launch a car-sharing initiative with hydrogen fuel-cell cars.

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Baidu gears up driverless technology

Baidu Inc has added fuel to its effort to put driverless cars into mass production within five years with its multimillion dollar investment on Tuesday in a major US producer of lidar sensors, a key technology that helps the cars "see" their surrounding environment by using light to measure distance.

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Volkswagen agrees to nearly $15 billion in U.S. settlement over emissions scandal

Volkswagen has agreed to a nearly $15 billion settlement of consumer and environmental claims related to its emissions rigging scandal that broke last September in the United States.

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Toyota hails a ride with U.S. Uber

Toyota Motor Corp. said on Tuesday it would invest in on-demand ride-hailing company Uber, the latest in a wave of high-profile moves by automakers to embrace their potential upstart rivals as partners, customers and sources of valuable data.

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Hyundai, Kia see sales improve in China

Hyundai and affiliate Kia sold 146,400 cars in the Chinese market last month, accounting for a combined 9.2 percent of the market, the carmakers said on Monday.

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Australia has 716 potential regulatory issues for driverless technology: advisory body

​Australia has 716 potential issues with its current laws that need to be considered carefully or risk holding back driverless car technology, the nation's peak regulatory advisory body said on Tuesday.

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Look Mao, no hands! China's roadmap to self-driving cars

In the race to develop self-driving cars, the United States and Europe lead in technology, but China is coming up fast in the outside lane with a regulatory structure that could put it ahead in the popular adoption of autonomous cars on its highways and city streets.

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Taking on Tesla: China's Jia Yueting aims to outmuscle Musk

Yueting, a billionaire entrepreneur and one of a new breed of Chinese who see their technology expertise re-engineering the automobile industry, and usurping Tesla Motors, a U.S. pioneer in premium electric vehicle (EV) making.

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Baidu to test drive autonomous cars in the U.S.

Baidu will soon start testing autonomous cars in the U.S., part of the Chinese tech giant’s effort to introduce a commercially viable model by 2018.

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Australians bought record number of new cars during 2015

​Australians purchased a record number of cars during 2015, with a strong demand for Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) pushing the growth.

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Geely bets on high-tech, new-energy cars

​Chinese auto maker Geely is best known for its low-priced cars, but the company hopes to reinvent itself as an innovator through new-energy and Internet-equipped vehicles.

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Italy to recall VW cars if emissions rigging in EU proved, urges Europe-wide checks

​Italian authorities would recall Volkswagen (VW) cars in the country if it were proved the German automaker also rigged emissions tests in Europe, Italian Environment Minister Gian Luca Galletti said on Wednesday.