
Intel ditches in-house auto unit
Lip-Bu Tan carries on Gelsinger’s spring clean
Troubled Chipzilla has finally decided its in-house automotive dabbling isn't worth the fuel and has opted to shut it down.

US chipmaker Wolfspeed in trouble
Semiconductor outfit gutted as creditors take the reins
Wolfspeed has managed to chop more than two-thirds off its $6.5 billion debt pile in a move that leaves its shareholders with barely a crumb.

Waymo autonomous vehicles slash insurance claims
Up to 92 per cent, study finds
Autonomous vehicles operated by Waymo, the self-driving car unit of Alphabet, have demonstrated dramatic reductions in property damage and bodily injury claims, according to a study by Swiss Re, a leading global reinsurer.

Apple's car project goes up in smoke
Wasted ten years and millions of quid
Apple has finally given up on its electric car project after ten years of faffing about, changing direction and leadership, and ultimately creating only stories in the Tame Apple Press.

Solar powered car is there
Lightyear 0
The Guardian has been talking about the "world's first production-ready solar car" which is a streamlined and energy-efficient sedan-style vehicle which should hit the road in November.

Electric car sales soaring
130,000 cars sold globally each week
The electric vehicle (EV) market is soaring, with 130,000 cars sold globally each week, roughly equivalent to sales for the entire year in 2012.

Hyundai sticks solar panels on car roof
Extends life of car
Hyundai has extended the range of its latest electric car by sticking solar panels on the roof.

Customers not too keen on electric
Europeans and Americans not so sure they want to share
Automakers, ride-hailing and technology companies ploughing money into the development of electric, self-driving and shared car services will find more enthusiastic consumers in China than in Europe and the United States.

Germany wants a million car charging points in ten years
Merkel's glorious ten-year plan
Germany wants to have one million charging stations for electric cars by 2030, Chancellor Angela Merkel said ahead of meetings with the car industry today.

China puts RFID tags on every car
And you thought the UK was bad
The glorious Peoples' Republic of China is building an electronic identification system to track cars nationwide.