A million dollars’ worth of fake Toyota service parts have been seized by police in China, according to Australia’s Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI). The shipment was uncovered in Guangzhou on route for sale in Australia, following a tip off by Toyota Australia. It included 33,000 safety parts from 80 different part lines, including [...]

Volkswagen Group has set its sights on a million units of electric and plug-in hybrid sales by 2025 in order to meet increasingly strict carbon dioxide emission limits. The car manufacturer has nine electric or plug-in models at the moment, but want to expand the range with 20 new launches by 2020. Thomas Lieber, VW [...]

Google is opening a self-driving car technology center in Detroit to ‘further develop and refine self-driving technology’. The new 53,000sqft site will open in Novi, Michigan, trialing cars provided by Fiat Chrysler in what is Google’s first direct collaboration with a car-maker to develop autonomous vehicles. Earlier, Google said it intends to double the size [...]

Jumpstartfund’s Hyperloop Transportation Technologies Inc (HTT) has announced the base technology of the Hyperloop System will be Vibranium. Vibranium is a smart material specifically developed for the Hyperloop application. Made of sensor-embedded carbon fibre, this new smart material is eight times stronger than aluminum and 10 times stronger than steel alternatives, and transmits critical information [...]