Automobile

News Hour: A new electric version of London’s classic black cabs will be exported to Amsterdam next year, its first overseas market, and the firm could source the batteries in Britain, the head of the Chinese-owned...

News Hour: Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. launched the new, fully redesigned Altis passenger car nationwide on July 10. After making an OEM deal with Toyota Motor Corporation, the Altis was released in May 2012 as Daihatsu’s...

News Hour: China’s top quality watchdog has asked General Motors, Daimler’s Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen to fulfill their obligations to recall vehicles in China affected by faulty Takata airbags, it said in a statement. The three foreign...

News Hour: Volkswagen is recalling 766,000 vehicles of its core passenger-car brand worldwide for a software update to their braking control systems, a spokesman said. The braking control system may not function properly in certain driving...

News Hour: All Volvo car models launched after 2019 will be electric or hybrids, the Chinese-owned company said on Wednesday, making it the first major traditional automaker to set a date for phasing out vehicles powered...

News Hour: The Datsun brand has flagged off the second leg of its “Datsun Experience Zone” experiential activity, which will cover 650 locations throughout India over the next three months. This second phase of the Experience...

News Hour: Ford Motor Co is recalling nearly 16,000 Ikon and Figo models in South Africa due to a potential fire risk, it said on Friday. The models were built between 2004 and 2012 in India,...

News Hour: Continental said on Tuesday it would join a self-driving platform developed by BMW, Intel and Mobileye with the German auto parts and tire maker handling integration of components and software. The costs to integrate...

News Hour: Canadian auto supplier Magna International Inc will produce BMW’s new 5-series plug-in hybrid at its Austrian factory, the company said on Monday, part of a strategy to produce electric cars on a contract basis...

News Hour: Sales of the all-new Nissan Navara pickup kicked off today in the China market with a ceremony in Beijing. This high-end pickup, which matches off-road performance with the refinement of an SUV, is set...