Toyota is promising a mass-produced fuel cell car by 2015 in the latest ambitious push to go green by an industry long skeptical about the super-clean technology that runs on hydrogen.
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Opel and labor leaders reach outline severance deal for Bochum
General Motors’ Opel division said today it agreed with labor leaders on the outline of a severance deal for workers at the troubled Bochum plant, which is due to stop making cars at the end of 2014.
NHTSA opens probe into Tesla Model S fires at Tesla Request
The U.S. government’s auto safety watchdog, NHTSA has opened an investigation into battery fires in Tesla Model S electric cars at Tesla’s request.
Call for ban on in-car hands-free phones
Road safety charity Brake is calling for a blanket ban on in-car hands-free phone systems.
American Cash for Clunkers program failed, should not return
A new analysis from the Brookings Institution’s Ted Gayer and Emily Parker found the Cash for Clunkers initiative was inefficient as an economic stimulus and only pulled forward auto sales that would have happened regardless of the Cash for Clunkers initiative, according to the Automotive Service Association (ASA).
