Germany’s federal government has approved a draft law allowing for autonomously-driving cars to be active on German streets. This is seen as an important step as Germany is home to three of the world’s most innovative automakers, BMW, VW and Mercedes Benz.
A former senior Apple executive will join Ford as the company's brand boss. Musa Tariq has been appointed as vice president and chief brand officer, responsible for further building and differentiating the company’s Ford brand globally.
A Sydney property belonging to New Zealand luxury car distributor Neville Crichton has reportedly been sold for more than A$60 million.
Volkswagen faces a US$4.3 billion penalty after it decided to plead guilty to three felonies associated with the diesel emissions scandal. Six German-based VW executives have been indicted by the US Department of Justice, including Oliver Schmidt who was arrested on Monday, FT.com reports.
It’s not just brand new Subaru cars that have been fitted with the company’s Eyesight driver assist system. Included in the one million vehicles that have the system, which launched in Japan in May 2008, are NZ-new used and import used vehicles.
Japanese passenger car sales have jumped almost 9% compared with November last year. The results are based on data from the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, icis.com reports. There was also a 15% jump in standard and small car sales.
BMW Australia Finance (BMW Finance) is being forced to pay $77 million to 15,000 customers by the Australia Investments and Securities Commission for responsible lending failures.
Is Apple about to make a move into the automotive industry with self-drive cars? A letter written to US transport regulators by the company suggests that could be the case, The Independent reports.
What do naked photos, a swinger’s website and a law suit against a Texas Toyota car dealership have in common? Plenty is the answer, if you’re talking about the case of Tim and Claire Gautreaux.
Jaguar is previewing its latest electric vehicle – the I-PACE Concept – which will hit the streets in 2018. The five-seater makes the most of technology with a competitive 500km range and two hour charging time using 50kW DC charging.