Tesla has become the second-largest US car maker in terms of market capitalization, displacing Ford, whose sales lagged amid concerns about the ability of the US market to keep growing. Many major auto makers reported US sales declines in March compared to a year ago, but Tesla over the weekend said it saw a huge … Read more
Outspoken New Patriotic Party’s Brong Ahafo regional youth coordinator, Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as ‘Abronye DC’ has observed that the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service treated Kofi Adams with kid gloves. He indicate that the National Organiser of the opposition National Dem ocratic Congress (NDC) was pampered over allegations he was … Read more
Ford is recalling 52,000 F-250 pick-up trucks over a fault which can cause the vehicle to roll while the automatic transmission lever is in park position. In a statement, the company advised users of the 2017 vehicles, sold in the US and Canada, to use the hand brake when shifting the car into park mode. It … Read more
Ford is recalling 52,000 F-250 pick-up trucks over a fault which can cause the vehicle to roll while the automatic transmission lever is in park position. In a statement, the company advised users of the 2017 vehicles, sold in the US and Canada, to use the hand brake when shifting the car into park mode. … Read more
Users in US, Canada to use the hand brake when shifting the car into park mode Ford is recalling 52,000 F-250 pick-up trucks over a fault which can cause the vehicle to roll while the automatic transmission lever is in park position. In a statement, the company advised users of the 2017 vehicles, sold in … Read more
New Patriotic Party’s Brong Ahafo regional youth coordinator, Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as ‘Abronye DC’ has revealed that the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) has taken over a case involving the National Organiser for NDC, Kofi Adams, following claims that he has stolen vehicles from the state. The vehicles; two land cruisers and three … Read more
A tipper truck loaded with sea sand Friday crashed into a Kia Saloon car with five persons, three of them school children. The accident happened at Amanfro junction in the Ga South Municipality. Apart from the driver who suffered a fracture and some bruises, the other passengers also sustained minor injuries The accident, which occurred … Read more
US auto maker Ford announced Thursday it will invest Can$500 million (US$376 million) in Canada to create 300 research and engineering jobs amid its drive to connect cars to the internet. The governments of Canada and Ontario province also pitched in with grants of Can$102.4 million each. The monies will go to support a new … Read more
India’s top court Wednesday banned the sale of more than 800,000 new cars which fall short of new emissions standards, declaring public health more important than company profits. The Supreme Court ordered a halt to the sale and registration of vehicles that will not meet new pollution standards come April 1, when a cleaner model … Read more
Ford announced Tuesday that it would invest $1.2 billion in three Michigan plants, part of a deal with its workers’ union struck in 2015. President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly singled out the auto industry and pressured them to keep plants and jobs in the country, foreshadowed the news in a morning tweet. “Big announcement … Read more
Uber on Monday said its self-driving cars were being put back in action on roads after a weekend crash prompted the ridesharing giant to halt testing. Self-driving Uber cars went back to work in San Francisco in the morning there and were to return to streets in Arizona and Pennsylvania later in the day, Uber … Read more
Uber has pulled its self-driving cars from the roads after an accident which left one of the vehicles on its side. Pictures posted online showed the car on its right side on an Arizona street, next to another badly damaged vehicle. The car – a Volvo SUV – was in self-driving mode at the time … Read more
General Motors Co. is selling its loss-making European car business – including Germany’s Opel and British brand Vauxhall – to French automaker PSA group. The 2.2 billion euro ($2.33 billion) deal announced Monday in Paris by GM and PSA – maker of Peugeot and Citroen cars – will realign the industry and create Europe’s No. … Read more
Intel’s $15-billion purchase of Israeli firm Mobileye could help fuel the country’s rise in the driverless car industry — not as a builder of vehicles, but as the brains behind them. Monday’s deal, the largest ever in Israel’s tech sector, could help boost trade despite the fact no commercial cars are assembled in the country. … Read more
An articulated truck has crashed into over 16 vehicles after it lost control of its brakes on the Accra Newtown road. The heavy truck carting goods failed its brakes on the sloppy street and destroyed the vehicles parked by the roadside. No death or injury has been recorded in the crash that happened Monday afternoon … Read more
Intel expects the driverless market to be worth as much as $70bn by 2030. US chipmaker Intel is taking a big bet on driverless cars after announcing a $15.3bn takeover of specialist Mobileye. Intel will pay $63.54 per share in cash for the Israeli business which develops systems for “autonomous driving”. Mobileye and Intel are … Read more
The US state of California is easing its rules for autonomous car testing, by allowing testing of vehicles in which there is no human driver. The new rules have yet to be submitted for public consultation, with a final version expected by the end of the year, according to its Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). … Read more
A ‘global startup’ which makes electric racing vehicles unveiled plans Friday to sell a fully autonomous electric car in the US market by 2020. The company called Nio, founded by Chinese entrepreneur William Li and with offices in Silicon Valley, Europe and China, unveiled a prototype of the vehicle called Eve at the South by … Read more
A “global startup” which makes electric racing vehicles unveiled plans Friday to sell a fully autonomous electric car in the US market by 2020. The company called Nio, founded by Chinese entrepreneur William Li and with offices in Silicon Valley, Europe and China, unveiled a prototype of the vehicle called Eve at the South by … Read more
Leading auto manufacturers, including BMW and Nissan, equipped their cars with Takata airbags despite knowing they were dangerous, according to legal filings reviewed Tuesday by AFP. The claims, laid out in a civil case against Takata and leading automakers, broadens responsibility for the scandal to auto manufacturers, who have largely been seen as victims in … Read more