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 [...]

The Volkswagen Group has notified Germany’s Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) of a potential recall of its plug-in vehicles, having discovered poisonous cadmium in part of the charging system. A recall order is being clarified by the KBA, affecting some electric and hybrid Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche vehicles built between 2013 and June 2018. A [...]

Mazda announced the start of a joint research project with Saudi Aramco, the state-owned oil company of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) aimed at making internal combustion engines more efficient and reducing carbon dioxide emissions. The research topic focuses on developing a low-carbon fuel [...]