Mazda says next-gen gasoline engine as clean as an EV, well-to-wheels

Mazda is already working on the successor to its efficient Skyactiv-X motors, and thinks it could make cars as clean as EVs, if you take into account CO2 from electricity production. The automaker believes it can increase the efficiency of the Skyactiv-3 to 56 percent, close to the maximum theoretical thermal efficiency of an “Otto”… Continue reading Mazda says next-gen gasoline engine as clean as an EV, well-to-wheels

Renault: the post-Ghosn puzzles

ANALYSIS. In fifteen days, the builder will name a number two operational. An exercise for the least acrobatic, because it will reconcile the wishes of the State shareholder and the staff of the group.

VW suspends media chief amid scandal over fume tests on monkeys

Move follows report carmaker used animals to demonstrate diesel emissions technology The carmaker Volkswagen has suspended its head of external relations and sustainability after admitting that he had known about experiments in which monkeys were locked in small chambers and exposed to diesel exhaust. Thomas Steg, a former government spokesman who worked for German chancellor… Continue reading VW suspends media chief amid scandal over fume tests on monkeys

Lambán encourages Opel workers to support the pre-agreement and ensure the survival of the plant

The president of Aragón, Javier Lambán, has reiterated his satisfaction with the pre-agreement on the collective agreement reached between management and the company committee of Opel Spain and has asked the workers “strongly” to support it since although it “entails efforts”, he expects that they will be “amply compensated”.

Nuro Raises $92 Million for Adorable Autonomous Delivery Vehicles

Somewhere between a delivery truck and a sidewalk robot, Nuro’s robotic vehicles want to deliver your groceries Photo: Nuro It seems like we’ve gotten to the point with self-driving vehicles where it’s no longer enough to “just” be developing a car that could at some point be used as an autonomous rideshare vehicle. That space… Continue reading Nuro Raises $92 Million for Adorable Autonomous Delivery Vehicles