Auto Manufacturing

The exhaust pipes of a VW diesel car are photographed in Frankfurt, Germany, on Wednesday. German auto bosses, ministers and state governors are considering how to reduce diesel emissions as drivers face the threat of possible bans on driving older diesel

World News

German Carmakers Meet To Set New Standards For Diesels

10:03am August 02, 2017

by Scott Neuman

The "emergency diesel summit" in Berlin comes amid scandals about faked emissions testing data, collusion among carmakers and falling market share.

Olli is an autonomous electric shuttle bus by Local Motors that is test-running at National Harbor, south of Washington, D.C.

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Arts

A 24-Year-Old Designed A Self-Driving Minibus; Maker Built It In Weeks

2:45pm June 29, 2016

by Alina Selyukh

What if cars weren't mass produced? Local Motors, a small-batch auto manufacturer, relies on an online design community and a "co-creation" business model to bring new vehicles to market, really fast.