• Law change allows driverless cars

    • September 23, 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    South Australia will lay claim to an Australian first this week when the State Government introduces laws allowing for trials of driverless cars on open public roads. A trial set for Adelaide’s Southern Expressway in early November doesn’t require legislative change because the road will be closed. However, the Bill to be introduced tomorrow by [...]
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  • VW dismissing CEO over emissions scandal

    • September 22, 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    Volkswagen will dismiss Chief Executive Martin Winterkorn, according to reports in a German newspaper, after the carmaker admitted to cheating US vehicles emissions tests and said 11 million of its cars could be affected worldwide. The Tagesspiegel newspaper, cited unnamed sources on Volkswagen’s supervisory board, stating that Winterkorn would be replaced by Matthias Mueller, the [...]
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  • VW apologise for emissions error

    • September 21, 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    Volkswagen has apologised after US regulators found some of its cars disguised pollution levels. VW chief executive, Martin Winterkorn said, ‘I personally am deeply sorry that we have broken the trust of our customers and the public.’ An investigation has now been launched into the device that allowed VW cars to emit less during tests [...]
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  • GM to pay $900 million over ignition switches

    • September 17, 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    General Motors has agreed to pay $900 million (£581 million) and sign a deferred-prosecution agreement to end a US government investigation into its handling of an ignition-switch flaw linked to 124 deaths. The arrangement means GM will be charged criminally with hiding the defect from regulators and in the process defrauding consumers, but the case [...]
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  • Continuous growth for European car market

    • September 17, 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    The European new-car market recorded growth of 11.5%, the third time this year double-digit growth has been achieved. Germany increased sales by over 13,000 units compared to August 2014, while Spain achieved over 11,000 more units registered. Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Ireland and Slovakia also recorded year-on-year growth for the month of more than 30%. [...]
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