Electric autonomous vehicle company, the Academy of Robotics, has closed its latest funding round in under six hours. Investment came in so quickly that founder William Sachiti turned down an additional £500,000 that was offered. The Academy of Robotics is currently developing Kar-Go, the autonomous delivery vehicle. Kar-Go hopes to shake-up the delivery market by [...]

Cooper Tire Europe has been announced as presenting sponsor to RallyX Nordic, supplying rallycross tyres to the series. The championship, known as RallyX Nordic presented by Cooper Tires, has six rounds taking place in 2018, between May and October, at specialist rallycross venues throughout Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland. Supporting the Supercar and Supercar Lites [...]

Horiba Europe GmbH has agreed terms for the acquisition of FuelCon AG (FuelCon). FuelCon will become part of Horiba Automotive Test Systems – a leading supplier in the fields of engine, driveline, brake and emissions test systems. The completion of the transaction is subject to regulatory clearance. Founded in 2001 and based in Magdeburg-Barleben, Germany, [...]

According to Reuters, Mazda, Suzuki and Yamaha inappropriately tested vehicles for fuel economy and emissions. The Japanese government ordered the three companies to implement checks after the findings of Subaru and Nissan’s improper testing in 2017. The ministry said in a statement that Yamaha, Suzuki and Mazda were clearing vehicles for emissions or fuel efficiency [...]

BMW will recall around 324,000 diesel vehicles in Europe to fix a technical fault that has caused engine fires in South Korea, according to a report from German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ). A defective exhaust gas recirculation module in the diesel vehicles caused 27 engine fires in South Korea this year. This prompted BMW [...]