AUTO

South Korea is now the only country other than the U.S. to impose a fine against Volkswagen after finding its vehicles cheated on emissions tests.

Matthias Müller also said during a speech Monday that the inquiry into the emissions scandal may take several months.

Competitive threats in the luxury electric-car market and a rapidly depleting war chest may pose more immediate concerns for the California company.

The California maker of electric cars moved swiftly to inspect 3,000 vehicles and its assembly process after a customer in Europe alerted it to a seat-belt flaw.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday said VW used software that reported false emissions data in all vehicles with 3-liter diesel engines from 2009 to 2016.

Castrol says an oil change and filter service with the Nexcel takes less than a tenth of the current time. And it's much cleaner.

Despite resistance in Hong Kong to its new technology, the automaker is seeking “hardcore software engineers," with no previous auto experience, CEO Elon Musk says.

Meanwhile, the head of Audi of America said that the emissions scandal had not diminished sales of its vehicles in the United States.

The German automaker manipulated the carbon dioxide emission levels of more petrol-powered vehicles than previously disclosed, Reuters reported, citing sources.

Advances in so-called semiautonomy have sparked a high-tech automotive arms race, with auto companies vying to launch the most advanced features.

A police officer in Mountain View, California, stopped one of Google's autonomous vehicles for driving too slowly, despite the car not breaking any laws.

The Detroit-based company plans to import the Buick Envision, made in China's Shandong province, the Wall Street Journal reported.

In the wake of Volkswagen's emissions scandal, Germany's car regulator tested 23 local and foreign brands on suspicion of manipulation of nitrogen oxide emissions.

General Motors’ new luxury crossover SUV replaces its best-selling Cadillac as the brand focuses on global conquest. (Good luck with that.)

On Monday, the European Union asked Volkswagen to give within 10 days details on the recently revealed “irregularities” linked to the cheating software.

The news of the plan came the same day that the automaker’s engineers admitted to helping fabricate carbon dioxide emissions data.

U.S. authorities reportedly seized a Volkswagen employee's passport during a recent trip, stoking fears about criminal prosecution.

The decisions by automakers in Takata's home market of Japan are likely to hit the company hard as U.S. authorities probe faulty air bags.

The Japanese automaker plans to invest $1 billion in artificial intelligence and robotics, establishing centers of excellence in Silicon Valley and at MIT.

But now Apple has reportedly hired hundreds of staff to work on a electric vehicle, codenamed "Project Titan."

On Tuesday, the U.S. NHTSA fined Takata $70 million for lapses in its air bags and ordered it to stop using a chemical in its product.

The move comes days after the South Korean carmaker reported its lowest quarterly earnings in over five years.

The carmaker says 800,000 cars could be affected in the latest issue involving "irregularities" in carbon dioxide emissions data, and cost the company $2.2 billion.

The California maker of electric cars, which reported quarterly earnings Tuesday, also named a new vice president of sales and service.

The California maker of electric cars said in its latest earnings report that it would sell fewer vehicles this year. Don’t believe it.

Tesla, which is expected to widen its quarterly losses, began selling its Model X the same month Consumer Reports withdrew its recommendation for the flagship Model S.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Monday that certain Audi, Porsche and Volkswagen models with 3.0 liter engines were also rigged to pass pollution tests.

Despite being previously cleared of issues, a Takata airbag in a Nissan car may have injured another passenger last week.

Nissan raised its profit forecast Monday, citing strong sales in the United States and Europe.