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If it weren’t such a well-established model, the Volkswagen Golf R might seem like a German joke. "How far can we take our small, sensible family car?" The answer is very far, and since the very first R32 in 2003, the Golf R has carved out a nice niche for…

This week in Shanghai, close to one million people are expected to visit China's biggest automotive exposition. They'll be able to poke around in thousands of new cars as more than 1,000 different companies show off their latest models and updated technologies. They'll see the latest and greatest from China's…

Where would Western luxury automakers be today without the Chinese market? Prestige brands have been riding the gravy train for years, but all good things must come to an end. The rise of domestic automakers has severely impacted demand for international brands; ask Porsche. Its sales in China slipped by…

A lot of manufacturers are putting their eggs in the fully electric, large, expensive pickup truck basket. Just the other week, Volkswagen dashed the hopes of every cheap EV hatchback enthusiast to pieces when it announced it wouldn’t be bringing the ID.1 or ID.2 to the US, and instead would…

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This decade will likely go down in history as the one where electric vehicles truly took off. Now, as automakers sow the seeds for self-driving cars, the next decade could be the era of the robotaxi. And no, they probably won’t be limited to fleets and ride-hailing services. Personal self-driving…

The partnership builds on Uber’s strategy of integrating others’ autonomous systems into its ride-hail network, adding to existing deals with Waymo, WeRide, and Avride.

A home-made explosive device blows up in a parked car, killing Lieutenant-General Yaroslav Moskalik, authorities say.

An explosive device ripped through a parked car near Moscow on Friday killing a senior Russian general, investigators said, in an attack that resembled previous killings claimed by Ukraine.

VW takes a leaf out of Nissan’s book with a clever hybrid that drives like an EV

Once blithely dominant in China, European automakers are now launching full-fledged charm offensives at consumers in the world's largest car market, seeking to claw back sales lost to domestic rivals.