At federal court in East St. Louis, Missouri, State Farm and a class of plaintiffs agreed to settle protracted RICO litigation for $250m on the opening day of the trial, according to Madison – St Claire Record. Claims against co-defendants William Shepherd, counsel for State Farm, and Ed Murnane have been dismissed and will not bear [...]

Suzuki will begin testing the early models of electric vehicles (EVs) in India by October 2018, according to Reuters. Osamu Suzuki commented at the Global Mobility Summit at New Delhi, ‘We will start road-running tests using a fleet of 50 EV prototype vehicles in India from next month in order to develop safe and easy-to-use [...]

The latest IHS Markit data suggest that the Western European passenger car market has had a one-off surge of 26.3% y/y during August, thanks to OEMs registering non-WLTP-compliant vehicles. This performance, which has resulted in a record-breaking SAAR, is not expected to continue and is more likely to result in a softening in the next [...]

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 [...]