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Audi's clean and green future

By Ben Pulman First Official Pictures 30 August 2007 04:30 What’s all this about then? Vorsprung durch Technik? Audi, like every other German premium car maker, is feeling the pressure from the EU, its own Green Party, Al Gore, and seemingly everyone else.

2015 Chevrolet City Express van bows in Chicago

Chevy introduced the 2015 City Express urban work van at the Chicago Auto Show on Thursday. The boxy, panel-sided van will do battle with Ford's Transit Connect in the U.S. and Canada when it hits dealerships in the fall.

Volvo celebrates the seatbelt’s golden anniversary

By Freddie Fulton Motor Industry 12 August 2009 10:11 Today marks the 50th anniversary of the three-point seatbelt. It was patented by Volvo engineer Nils Bohlin in 1959, but the Swedes magnanimously opened up the tech to other car makers as they saw the real-world safety benefit of seatbelts in all cars. The design was so effective that in Germany the patent registrars listed it in the top eight inventions which have made an impact from 1885 to 1985.