A remake of the seminal 1980s series Knight Rider will see David Hasselhoff teaming up with a diesel engine version of his old crime-fighting buddy KITT, according to reports. The global financial crisis, together with skyrocketing petrol prices, has forced producers into a rethink, with catching criminals now considered less of a priority than fuel […]
FRANKFURT — Even after Volkswagen was hit with billions of in penalties within the United States over an emissions-cheating scheme that continues to unfold, the corporate remained principally unpunished in Europe. That modified on Wednesday, when German prosecutors stated that they had imposed a superb of 1 billion euros, or $1.2 billion, on the carmaker […]
The individuals growing autonomous automobiles ought to most likely be considering as a lot about how one can get individuals to just accept the know-how, and how one can shield particular person freedom, as they’re about making the know-how work. What about flying cars? Inventors haven’t given up that dream. Just just a few months […]
President Trump met with auto industry executives on the White House on Friday, arguing for his deliberate rollback of gasoline effectivity and emissions requirements, and telling them he needed them to construct “millions more cars” within the United States. Let’s assume they might. If they did, any automobiles they made would even be dirtier and […]
President Trump on Friday directed his administration to barter with California over a proposed rollback of gas economic system and tailpipe emissions requirements, a transfer that might avert a dangerous court docket battle with the potential to sow chaos within the auto trade. California has vowed to ignore any rollbacks and stick to its own […]
President Trump on Friday is predicted to satisfy with the chief executives of the world’s main automakers to ship a pointed message: Get on board with the administration’s plan to dramatically roll again gas financial system necessities, in line with interviews with 4 folks near the administration’s considering. However, this previous Tuesday in House testimony, […]
The Trump administration has drafted a brand new set of laws on planet-warming emissions from automobiles and lightweight vehicles that might dramatically weaken Obama-era requirements. The proposal, if carried out, would additionally arrange a authorized conflict between the federal authorities and California by difficult the state’s authority to set its personal, stricter, air air pollution […]
Herbert Diess, who was named chief government of Volkswagen earlier this month, delivered a stern lecture to prime managers final week, complaining that the corporate generates too many scandals and should change into extra moral. “Ethics, integrity and compliance are core for him as a necessary foundation for our future business,” Peik von Bestenbostel, Volkswagen’s […]
Spokesmen for Porsche and Volkswagen additionally declined to determine the suspects, and didn’t announce any adjustments to the Porsche board. A Volkswagen spokesman mentioned that nobody on the corporate’s administration board was among the many suspects. That would seem to rule out Oliver Blume, Porsche’s chief govt and a member of each corporations’ boards. But […]
Also amenable to compromise are a few of the automakers, who favor a extra reasonable strategy to a regulatory rollback than the one favored by Mr. Pruitt. But “automakers are in different positions” on the best way to proceed, mentioned one particular person near their considering, with some corporations extra targeted on rolling again the […]