EU ban on combustion engine cars off table, EPP's Weber says
World 10:21 12/12/2025FRANKFURT -- Plans to impose an effective ban on selling new cars with combustion engines in the European Union have been abandoned, a senior EU lawmaker told German mass tabloid Bild on Thursday.
Classic spirit drives Japanese future car at Japan Mobility Show
World 17:53 04/12/2025TOKYO -- At the Japan Mobility Show 2025, the country's auto industry displayed a tendency to take advantage of the reviving popularity of cars that made Japanese youngsters' hearts race decades ago by incorporating memories of those cars into vehicles of tomorrow.
Some Nexperia chip shipments resume as Germany welcomes 'de-escalation'
World 11:01 08/11/2025BERLIN/TOKYO -- Semiconductor maker Nexperia has resumed some shipments of its vital chips, auto executives said on Friday, with Germany welcoming signs of de-escalation in a fight for control of the company that has rattled the car industry.
Police officer hit by car while directing traffic in Vietnam’s Nghe An
Vietnam News 15:15 22/10/2025A police major in Nghe An Province, north-central Vietnam was struck and thrown onto the hood of a car while directing traffic at an intersection on Monday afternoon.
35 years later, beloved East German car still sputters on
World 10:41 03/10/2025BERLIN -- With its boxy design, cramped interior and notorious clouds of blue smoke billowing from its exhaust, the Trabant is often referred to as the worst car ever made.
EU carmakers close in on emission goals, but Mercedes lags, says report
World 12:32 08/09/2025All European carmakers except Mercedes-Benz are on track to meet the European Union's 2025-2027 carbon emission targets thanks to an expected surge in sales of new electric vehicles, according to a report published on Monday.
Vietnam man buys car with VND60mn in small change, not VND700mn as rumored
Vietnam News 10:07 16/08/2025A local man brought over VND60 million (US$2,280) worth of small-denomination notes to a Toyota showroom in Vietnam to buy a car, but a viral claim that he saved VND20,000 ($0.8) per day for years to purchase a VND700-million ($26,650) vehicle is inaccurate, the dealership confirmed.
Vietnam’s top Mercedes-Benz dealer reports profit drop amid luxury auto slump
Economy 09:48 06/08/2025Haxaco, Vietnam’s leading Mercedes-Benz distributor with an estimated 40-percent market share, reported a significant drop in both revenue and profit in the second quarter of 2025 as demand for luxury vehicles continued to falter.
Citroen 2CV lovers gather in Slovenia to take the slow road
World 14:23 04/08/2025Postojna (Slovenia) -- Fans of an iconic French car gather this week in Slovenia to reclaim a slow, stress-free way of life where repairs are easy and cars are slow.
Man fined $190 for driving car onto beach in Vietnam’s Dak Lak
Travel 16:41 05/07/2025A Vietnamese man from Ninh Binh Province has been fined VND5 million ($190) and had two points deducted from his 12-point driver’s license after driving his seven-seater car onto a beach in Binh Kien Ward, Dak Lak Province, where it became stuck in the sand.
Driver summoned after car gets stuck on south-central Vietnam beach
Vietnam News 14:38 12/06/2025Police in Phu Yen Province, south-central Vietnam have summoned a man from Hanoi after he drove a car onto a beach in Tuy Hoa City, where it became bogged down in the sand and had to be rescued on Wednesday.
Female driver caught driving against traffic on 120km/h expressway in northern Vietnam
Vietnam News 14:41 17/04/2025Traffic police on Wednesday booked a 29-year-old woman for driving in the wrong direction on the Hanoi – Hai Phong Expressway in northern Vietnam.
