FCA US announced that it has invested more than $30m at its Chelsea Proving Grounds in southeast Michigan to further development and testing of autonomous vehicle and advanced safety technologies. The all-new facility, which begins testing programmes in September, features a dedicated autonomous highway-speed track, 35-acre safety-feature evaluation area and a high-tech command centre. ‘The [...]

A stolen vehicle has been recovered from Brussels after a cross-border investigation involving identity theft on the dark web. Presenting a huge challenge to law enforcement agencies, the dark web is primarily a marketplace for illicit activities where there are no rules or safeguards and almost anything can be traded including people, identities and drugs [...]

During German chancellor Angela Merkel’s recent visit to Africa, Volkswagen signed two memorandums of understanding with the governments of Ghana and Nigeria. The stated goal is to build plants in both countries and to explore the development of new mobility solutions in Ghana. The document was signed in Ghana in the presence of vice president [...]

A recent mobility study on regional ride-hailing markets finds that 16 billion ride-hailing trips were completed worldwide in 2017 and forecasts 24 billion completed trips by the end of 2018. The recent report by ABI Research analysed the number of ride-hailing trips completed by users in different regions and evaluated market shares for each region. [...]

Dyson has plans to invest £200m in a vehicle testing campus as it continues with plans to launch an electric vehicle (EV) in 2020. Dyson announced in 2017 that it had started work on a battery for EVs due by 2020. Details on the EV itself have not been revealed, but Dyson announced last year [...]