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Toyota Built It's Own Game Engine For Cars Claiming Console-Grade Graphics

In an unexpected bit of news, Toyota has unveiled a proprietary game engine called Fluorite. Nope, this doesn't mean the company is entering the game development any time soon, but rather, is ...
Fox Business

BMW recalls nearly 90,000 vehicles over engine starter fire risk

BMW North America is recalling nearly 90,000 vehicles due to an engine starter issue, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced Saturday. The NHTSA said the recall ...
Newsweek

Toyota Confirms Return of Legendary Mid-Engine Sports Car

Toyota is diving into its sports division headfirst. Not only is Toyota Gazoo Racing the title sponsor of the Haas Formula One team, but according to a report from Automotive News, TGR president ...
Autoblog

Toyota Confirms a Mid-Engine Sports Car, But Fans Will Have To Wait

The Toyota MR2 revival we’ve all been hoping for finally gets the green light, as the GR brand expands. Toyota confirms a new mid-engine sports car is in early development stages. The car will feature ...
PC Gamer

Fallout mega-mod maker hopes Bethesda upgrades or ditches its venerable Creation Engine soon: 'Start adding things like drivable cars, maybe even metro systems like what we built'

Fallout Fallout's original creators say that Fallout 3 and 4 aren't quite what they would've done, but 'sales say people love what they did' Fallout 'It took about 5 years' for people to start liking ...
CNN

Europe backtracks on ban of new combustion engine cars, in setback to tackling climate change

Plans to ban the sale of new combustion engine cars in the European Union by 2035 have been thrown into turmoil after pressure from car manufacturers. On Tuesday, the European Commission proposed ...
Reuters

EU ban on combustion engine cars off table, EPP's Weber says

FRANKFURT, Dec 11 (Reuters) - 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 ...
Carscoops

China’s First-Time Buyers Just Flipped The Script On What Cars They Want

China’s electric vehicle market isn’t just growing, it’s evolving faster than most can process. With new models rolling out at breakneck speed, the country’s automakers aren’t simply keeping pace with ...
Wired

Trump Wants to Trade Fuel Economy for Cheaper Cars. But It Might Not Work

The Trump administration says its proposal to roll back vehicle fuel economy standards, announced officially in the Oval Office on Wednesday, is an attempt to shave dollars off the ballooning cost of ...
USA Today

Over 126,000 Toyota cars recalled due to engine concern. See impacted models.

Toyota Motor Corporation has recalled over 126,000 Toyota and Lexus vehicles due to a potential engine failure issue that could lead to crashes. Toyota, which owns the luxury brand Lexus, has recalled ...
Autoblog

Toyota Confirms New Twin-Turbo Hybrid V8 Engine for Future Performance Cars

Toyota has sealed renewed focus on performance while blending traditional power with modern hybrid technology. Toyota revealed a twin-turbo hybrid V8 at the Japan Mobility Show. The new V8 targets ...
The Drive

Meet Horse, an Engine Company Filling the Gap Between Hybrids and EVs (and Powering Caterham Race Cars)

Horse Powertrain popped up on my radar this month as it trotted out its new C15 engine at the IAA Mobility show in Germany. The C15 is a 1.5-liter four-cylinder the size of carry-on luggage that makes ...