Germany German water utility pulls plug on Tesla over unpaid bills Tesla is building its first European factory outside the German capital and aims to eventually build 500,000 electric vehicles there. 16/10/2020
France France promises €8bn to bail out struggling car industry French carmakers have seen a 90% drop off in sales since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. 27/05/2020
Life A robot takeover is possible - so what about the planet? With automation on the rise, we consider the complicated potential impact on the environment. 06/05/2020
target High-tech Start-Ups in Croatia: Rimac Automobili pushing electric car limits Rimac Automovili, just outside the capital Zagreb, has more than 600 employees, half of them are engineers, designing and building hyper sports cars as fast as a bullet train 24/02/2020
Life Uber’s new flying car is here, but is it all it’s cracked up to be? It might seem futuristic but it's true. The multinational taxi service is set to launch 100% electric flying cars. 09/01/2020
Turkey Erdogan unveils prototypes of Turkey's first domestic car “We are witnessing a historic day, realizing a 60-year dream,” Erdogan said. “I know that our people is impatiently waiting for the day they can own this car.” 28/12/2019
Inspire Middle East A look under the hood of a homegrown Tunisian car brand Tunisian motor company WallysCar was set up by two brothers who had no prior experience in mechanical engineering. 13/12/2019
brussels bureau EU argues against US metal tariffs at WTO In a public hearing at the World Trade Organization, the European Union has launched a case against the United States over metal tariffs imposed in 2018. It is the first of a series of cases brought to the Geneva-based trade body by countries hit by those measures. 04/11/2019
Life Honda is stepping on the gas to reach its electric intentions by 2022 Japanese car designer set to achieve greener goal 3 years early. 31/10/2019
View World leaders at the UN and student protests are not enough to confront the climate crisis ǀ View 27/09/2019
Germany Climate protesters demonstrate outside Frankfurt car show Hundreds of climate protesters blocked the main entrance of Frankfurt's IAA car show on Sunday. 15/09/2019
Business Frankfurt Auto Show goes green A stark warning from climate groups including Greenpeace - SUVs should be banned as part of a wider campaign to curb pollution by the auto industry. 10/09/2019
World Ferdinand Piech, former chairman of Volkswagen, dies The former head of Volkswagen who expanded the company significantly died at the age of 82. 27/08/2019
Life Tesla-run Porsche 912 proves vintage cars can be converted to electric Classic cars meet electric engines in the new retro-electric trend sweeping the automotive industry. 05/08/2019
Georgia Georgia’s EU bid stepped up with new electric car manufacturing plant The city of Kutaisi in Georgia hopes to put itself at the forefront of global automobile production with the opening of an electric car factory that plans to produce 40,000 vehicles a year. 26/07/2019
world news Volvo recalls nearly half a million cars due to safety concerns Volvo is recalling up to half a million vehicles due to safety concerns linked to a manufacturer failure. 20/07/2019
target Georgian city launches electric car factory Georgia's second largest city, Kutaisi, will soon launch a factory for electric cars. 04/07/2019
Japan Watch: Chief Executive of Nissan apologises for Ghosn misconduct "As a representative of our company, I would like to deeply apologize to our shareholders for the financial misconduct and the serious wrongdoing by our former executives last year." 28/06/2019
