Three candidates have been awarded an eighth CTI Young Drive Experts Award at the 15th International CTI Symposium for Automotive Transmissions, HEV and EV Drives. First place overall went to Dr Marco Denk (Research Associate at Bayreuth University), second place to Harald Kraus (Head of the scientific team E-Mobility and Alternative Drives) and third place [...]

The UK and six other countries are being sued by the European Union for not taking action against Volkswagen for cheating emissions tests. The UK, Germany, Spain and Luxembourg are facing legal action for not taking action the car maker, while the Czech Republic, Lithuania and Greece are accused of not even considering fining manufacturers [...]

BMW has committed to being liable for the safety of passengers in its future autonomous vehicles. Speaking at the launch of the latest 5-Series in Portugal this week, the project manager for driver assistance systems on the seventh-generation mid-sized sedan, Oliver Poguntke, said, ‘If you change the responsibility from the driver to fully automatic with the [...]

An increase in electric vehicles (EVs) is just one of several converging factors that could bring about the greatest transformation since the dawn of the automotive age according to IHS Markit. Electric vehicles could make up 15 to 35% of total new vehicle sales globally in 2040, according to IHS Markit. The findings are part [...]

On the leading edge of what is shaping up to be perhaps the most dynamic time in the transportation business, consumers have found themselves at a crossroads according to Ford. In its ‘Looking Further with Ford’ 2017 trend report, Ford Motor Company draws upon the societal shifts taking place beyond the auto industry to inform [...]