China renews car trade-in subsidy to boost hybrid, EV sales
CHINA has renewed a trade-in subsidy of up to 20,000 yuan (S$3,724) to help underpin sales of fuel-efficient vehicles, including electric cars and hybrids. Buyers who trade in an old car…
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Meta smart glasses used by New Orleans attacker: What to know
The man behind the deadly New Year's Day truck attack in New Orleans, which left 14 people dead and 30 others injured, had scouted the French Quarter and recorded video with Meta smart…
Los Angeles man is trapped in circling Waymo on way to airport: 'Is somebody playing a joke?'
A Los Angeles man said he recently missed his flight home after getting trapped on his way to the airport in a Waymo that wouldn’t stop making circles in a parking lot. L.A. tech…
Automakers are enhancing reality for luxury car drivers
Reality is changing. The views drivers and passengers have as a car is driven down the road is being enhanced by technology. Augmented reality (AR) overlays digital information, either via…
Pantone's 2025 Color of the Year is all about "comfort"
"Mocha Mousse" was announced as the Pantone Color of the Year for 2025, and experts told Newsweek that the hue's familiarity encompasses the current global attitude. Newsweek has reached…
Man Finds 'Highly Venomous' Snake Hiding in His Car During Shopping Trip
A man in Australia doing post-holiday shopping discovered he had picked up an unexpected hitchhiker. According to Yahoo News, the man was walking to his vehicle on Dec. 27 after finishing…
Man Finds 'Highly Venomous' Snake Hiding in His Car During Shopping Trip
A man in Australia doing post-holiday shopping discovered he had picked up an unexpected hitchhiker. According to Yahoo News, the man was walking to his vehicle on Dec. 27 after finishing…
Haig Road Fishmonger, 45, Dies While Resting in Parked Car After Complaining of Feeling Unwell
After complaining of feeling ill, a 45-year-old man was discovered unconscious in a car on Friday, December 27. He was later declared dead at the scene. According to Shin Min Daily News,…
3 People, Including Singaporean Couple, Passed Away in Tragic Kuala Lumpur Highway Car Crash
A Singaporean couple died in a tragic car accident while traveling on a highway to Kuala Lumpur. On December 28, the couple's family members reported that the couple was travelling in a…
On a quest for global domination, Chinese EV makers are upending Thailand's auto industry
BANGKOK — Japanese car factories in Thailand — which for decades has been the premiere hub of auto manufacturing in Southeast Asia — are shutting down or scaling back. Subaru said it will…
Death Toll Rises to 5, Including a 9-Year-Old, After Man Drives Car into Hundreds of Shoppers at Christmas Market
The death toll from the attack in Germany — where a man drove a car into shoppers at a high speed during a Christmas market — rose to five people, including a child who was 9 years old, as…
Five dead, 200 injured after Magdeburg Christmas market car ramming
The number of people killed at a Christmas market in Magdeburg has risen to five and 200 injured - 41 of them seriously - after a car ploughed into the crowd, security sources said on…
UN offers condolences after car smashes into German Christmas market
The United Nations has expressed shock after a man drove a car into a Christmas market in the central German city of Magdeburg on Friday. "We are shocked by the news of the attack today in…
Who Is Taleb A? Dramatic Moment Saudi Doctor Is Arrested after Killing Two and Injuring Dozens in Car Attack in Germany's Christmas Market
A chilling video has emerged that captures the moment the Saudi physician who plowed his vehicle into a dense crowd at a German Christmas market, killing at least two and injuring nearly…
Don’t get stranded in Illinois this winter, says car expert
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) – Although it’s still technically fall, arctic weather has arrived in the stateline. And with those nippy days, comes the need to winterize our cars and trucks so we…
German car seat manufacturer Recaro sold to Italian investor
The booth of the aircraft seat manufacturer Recaro at the Aircraft Interiors Expo. Recaro, a long-established manufacturer of seats for cars of all types based in southern Germany, has…
Why the Forest Service is encouraging people to cut Christmas trees on public lands (with permits)
When it comes to finding the perfect Christmas tree, William Lyon has it down to a science. Every year, Lyon downloads official maps of U.S. Forest Service roads — Apple and Google maps…
Australian detectives find Putin photos on drugs stashed in car
Australian organized crime detectives charged a man they said was trying to smuggle $18 million Australian ($11.6 million US) worth of methamphetamine and cocaine, some of which featured a…
Nissan is awash in outdated models as car buyers look elsewhere
WAITING times for Nissan Motor cars in Japan have shrunk far below those of other local brands, the latest sign of weak customer demand threatening to worsen the carmaker’s slumping…
Nissan on 'Brink of Collapse' with Finance Boss Set to Quit as Japanese Car Giant Hits the Panic Button with Just '12 Months to Survive'
Global car manufacturing giant Nissan is reportedly facing a critical financial crisis, with warnings that the company may only have 12 months to secure its future or simply collapse. The…
Study shows electric and petrol car prices narrowing in Germany
A man plugs an ID.5 GTX into the charging station. The price gap between electric cars and comparable combustion engine models in Germany is narrowing, according to a new car market study…
GM, Ford fall on Trump tariffs seen adding US$3,000 to car prices
SHARES of US automakers tumbled on worries that a new round of tariffs imposed by President-elect Donald Trump will cause sticker prices to soar even further. Trump said that he would…
Car supplier Bosch to cut working hours for employees in Germany
German automotive supplier Bosch logo is pictured on a plant of the industrial group in Schwaebisch Gmuend. Bernd Weißbrod/dpa In addition to cutting thousands of jobs, German automotive…
German car supplier Bosch to slash 5,500 jobs, two-thirds in Germany
German automotive supplier Bosch logo is pictured on a plant of the industrial group in Schwaebisch Gmuend. Bernd Weißbrod/dpa German automotive supplier Bosch plans to cut 5,500 jobs amid…