Cases of technology-enabled stalking involving cars are emerging as automakers add ever-more-sophisticated features, such as location tracking and remote control of functions such as locking doors or honking the horn.
The company likely delivered 1.82 million EVs globally in 2023, up 37 percent from 2022. In January, Musk said that Tesla has the potential to achieve 2 million deliveries this year.
In 2024, Chevrolet expects greater EV availability as more trim levels of the Silverado and Blazer go into production and the Equinox arrives.
In an industry still dominated by more familiar names such as Toyota, VW and GM, Chinese automakers including BYD and SAIC are making serious inroads.
When a brand is folded up and leaves the fast-paced world of auto shows, concept cars, franchised dealerships and mercurial executives, The Roadster Factory often stepped in.
Environmental regulations and large purchase incentives fuel the market for electric vans and trucks.
GM contends San Francisco used the presence of its Cruise self-driving unit to tie its tax bill to a portion of GM’s global revenue.
In 2023, 34 percent of all vehicle launches experienced production delays, compared with 5 percent in 2018, said PwC.
When a brand is folded up and leaves our fast-paced world of auto shows, concept cars, franchised dealers and mercurial executives, The Roadster Factory often stepped in.
Electric vehicles' presence at 2024 CES mirrors the market's growth slowdown.
NADA plans to try to keep the FTC's CARS Rule regulations from taking effect July 30, CEO Mike Stanton says. Blocking the rule rests with Congress or the court system.
The issue is not safety-related and affects 'a limited number' of the electric midsize crossovers, Chevy said.
Tekion, CDK Global, Reynolds and Reynolds and TrueCar were among the companies making news in 2023 and landed in the top 10 retail tech stories of the year, according to .
A buyer purchased her first dealership, Feldman Automotive entered a new state, and former luxury dealership group founder Todd Blue returned to automotive retail,all in third- and fourth-quarter transactions.
Dealers must be registered via IRS Energy Credits Online for their customers to claim or transfer federal tax credits and use those funds as a down payment.
The lawsuit cites three former female employees who say they were harassed by three different managers at the store.
GM said it expects the Lyriq and Blazer EV will regain eligibility in early 2024. Ford Motor said its E-Transit will lose the $3,750 tax credit on Jan. 1, as will the Mach-E and Lincoln Aviator Grand Touring plug-in hybrid.
Stellantis posted the lowest fuel economy of major automakers, followed by GM and Ford.
The fire may have been started by a forklift puncturing a container of battery materials, a spokesperson said.
The recall covers several Toyota and Lexus vehicles from the 2020-22 model years.
The industry’s frenetic shift to EVs prompted the supply base to build out lines for overly ambitious volumes. Now soft demand and production delays have drastically changed the math, and it could leave suppliers holding the bag.
A safety investigation found issues involving 64 models, including almost two dozen sold under Toyota's brand.
Starting in 2025, Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche electric vehicles will be equipped with the North American Charging Standard port. The three brands have waves of EVs coming.
Buick offered buyouts to dealers who did not want to invest hundreds of thousands of dollars on tooling, equipment and training to prepare to sell and service EVs as the brand goes all-electric by the end of the decade.
The automotive dealership veteran was also a dedicated philanthropist.
Nippon's pending acquisition of U.S. Steel could have significant ramifications for the auto industry, particularly relating to electrical steel used in electric vehicles.
Prosecutors had sought a sentence “in line” with the 11 years recommended by probation officials, saying a lengthy term of incarceration was needed both to punish Milton and deter other corporate executives from similar misconduct.
Mexico has sought to allay concerns that the plant might be canceled. Last week, the state government approved $153 million in incentives for basic infrastructure.
Nissan joins foreign brands including Tesla, BMW and Ford that are expanding exports of China-made vehicles to exploit the country's lower manufacturing costs and improve the utilization of factories.
The move follows several months of uncertainty over U.S. Steel's future ownership.
Self-driving technology company May Mobility will begin driverless service Monday at one of its flagship locations, company executives said.
Sarasota Ford, which also has an 11-seat movie theater and a relaxation room with massaging chairs, brought in an award-winning chef to help build customer loyalty.
Ford plans to build half as many electric F-150s each week in 2024 as it had previously intended, to the frustration of suppliers that invested big money to be ready for higher output.
The sweeping Federal Trade Commission CARS Rule offers specifics for what auto dealers can and can't do for a variety of topics. It takes effect on July 30.
The Alliance for Automotive Innovation warned the proposed rules "could prematurely force abandonment of many internal combustion engine vehicles and their associated revenue, reducing the availability of capital necessary for automakers to fund the EV transition."
Tesla's most affordable vehicle is expected to lose its eligibility for the $7,500 federal EV tax incentive on Jan. 1 as stricter rules on battery sourcing go into effect. New Model 3 registrations in the U.S. fell in September and October, according to Experian.
The federal judge said Elon Musk and the SEC must agree to a date for the world's richest person to provide another day of testimony, or she would set a date.
Honda will offer a short-term leasing program on its certified pre-owned vehicles, a move it says will benefit young and first-time buyers.
GM CEO Mary Barra's remarks come a day after NHTSA took the first regulatory step toward mandating alcohol-impairment detection technology in all new light-duty cars and trucks.
A statement described the plant as one that would become a "major hub for Fortescue’s production of automotive and heavy industry batteries, hydrogen generators, fast chargers, and electrolysers."
Auto dealers will be barred from luring vehicle buyers with promises they do not keep and will not be able to charge junk fees - like a service contract for an oil change for an electric vehicle - under a new rule, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Tuesday.
Sade Crockett, an African-American woman, is suing McGrath Kia for allegedly violating her 14th Amendment rights and Illinois state law, and for negligence.
Based on the current Nissan stock price, the share disposal is worth $824.29 million, Renault said, and represents the first move by the automaker to reduce its Nissan stake to 15 percent from around 43 percent.
The Koons group reported $3.2 billion in revenue and sales of 26,188 new vehicles in 2022, ranking it No. 23 on ' list of the top 150 dealership groups based in the U.S. Asbury ranked No. 5 on the list, retailing 151,179 new vehicles last year.
The news comes amid an industrywide pullback in EV investment due to slower-than-expected sales growth.
Collin Shaw, the manufacturers association's chief commercial vehicle officer and COO for its Original Equipment Suppliers group, will succeed Fream on April 1.
Strict eligibility requirements in the Inflation Reduction Act's tax credit for new-EV purchases seek to encourage a transition to EVs and build up a domestic battery supply chain. But achieving one goal could hinder the other.
Mazda CEO Masahiro Moro sits down with Automotive News in a Talk from the Top interview to discuss record U.S. sales, technical details of the Japanese carmaker's upcoming EVs and plans to cooperate with Toyota on electrical and software architectures, among other topics.
Democratic politicians such as former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi have touted ONE as a poster child of President Biden’s agenda to wean the U.S. off China by supporting American manufacturing and green jobs.
Electric vehicle latecomer Mazda is still wary of EV demand as it cashes in on internal combustion to power record U.S. sales, but CEO Masahiro Moro gives new details about the Japanese carmaker's next-generation EV tech and envisioned lineup of eight EVs for 2030.
Stephen Gonzalez of CDK Global said that AI and ransomware will vex dealerships in 2024 as they seek to comply with the FTC Safeguards Rule.
Set in 1957 in Modena, Italy, the film focuses on a key period in the former racing driver's life as he overcomes the death of his son, struggles to keep his company afloat and seeks to dominate the racetrack.
Police said the 28-year-old drove from Florida to Texas intending to kill people at Tesla's Cybertruck delivery celebration.
U.S. auto sales in November were up an estimated 9 percent year-over-year to an estimated seasonally adjusted annualized rate of sales of 15.54 million. But analysts and executives agree that pricing and interest rates are starting to take a bite.
Stellantis engineers were convinced that a series hybrid powertrain would enable a Ram truck to deliver the towing and hauling capability as well as the driving range that many buyers expect in a pickup.
Dave Cantin thinks the Hyundai-Amazon partnership benefits the automaker, dealers and consumers.
Plants that build the Jeep Wrangler, Gladiator and Grand Cherokee will move from three shifts of workers to two because the company says it needs to limit sales of those vehicles to meet California emissions rules.
The return to more normal market conditions has soured auto dealer moods despite what remains a state of heightened profitability, according to the Q4 2023 Cox Automotive Dealer Sentiment Index survey.
Tesla Inc.’s Dojo supercomputer project lead Ganesh Venkataramanan has left the company, according to people familiar with the matter, a setback to the automaker’s self-driving technology efforts.
A service customer sued a Florida Mercedes-Benz dealership alleging his car was not properly repaired despite multiple efforts and was damaged after being towed to the store under the manufacturer's roadside assistance program. Reginald Powell filed the suit Oct. 11 against Crown Euro Cars in Pinellas Park and Mercedes-Benz USA.
The U.S. Treasury issued guidance last week detailing new battery sourcing restrictions that take effect Jan. 1 aimed at weaning the U.S. EV supply chain away from China. The current model Mach-E currently qualifies for a $3,750 federal tax credit.
General Motors’ Cruise autonomous vehicle unit has hit an “all time low,” said its new leader, while promising to restore trust with regulators and the public after the company pulled all of its vehicles from U.S. roads.
The automaker seeks to "relieve Stellantis of the competitive disadvantages arising from our continuing exclusion and to preserve our ability to best serve our customers by fairly allocating our products to all states."
The swoopy two-door is powered by a 3.0-liter turbocharged inline six-cylinder engine and has a nine-speed paddle-shifted automatic transmission and standard all-wheel drive.
Craig Aaron, BorgWarner's vice president and controller, will succeed Kevin Nowlan, effective March 1. Nowlan will remain with the company in an advisory capacity through April 1.
The 2023 Automotive News All-Stars were recognized at a special event in Detroit.
Quality Team 1, a Detroit-based vendor to Magna and other automotive suppliers, has filed for bankruptcy with more than $5 million in liabilities.
Cruise LLC, the self-driving vehicle unit majority owned by General Motors Co., could face a fine for allegedly misleading regulators about an incident on Oct. 2 in which one of its cars dragged a pedestrian, according to a ruling filed Dec. 1.
A bitter, nearly three-year dispute between the country’s largest Black-owned automotive supplier and the nonprofit group attempting to strip its minority status is set for a trial likely to have significant business implications — whatever the outcome.
Cars Commerce CEO Alex Vetter insists his company's ability to sell cars trumps the scope of the Hyundai-Amazon pilot project.
The Israeli company, which worked with Magna on technology for BMW's 7 Series with hands-off capability, says it is now pitching automakers directly.
ZT Automotive, which rebranded from ZT Motors, is eying to expand its dealership holdings by five-fold in the coming years largely through acquisitions.
Manheim auction statistics shared at the Auto Finance Summit show electric vehicles have more than doubled their presence on the wholesale market in the past two years. Unfortunately, used EVs are also collapsing in value, according to data.
CEO Elon Musk delivered on his promise to bring the science fiction-inspired pickup to life, but at a price much higher than promised four years ago when the Cybertruck was first presented.
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This year’s event featured keynote talks from Hyundai Motor America CMO Angela Zepeda and Arezoo Riahi, head of equity, inclusion and diversity at Waymo.
CEO Elon Musk said the pickup beats rivals in towing capacity and acceleration. Musk delivered the first Cybertrucks to customers at the automaker's Austin, Texas, factory.
Austrian lighting and sensor supplier AMS Osram sees increased revenue from advanced LED technology as one of the key pillars of its financial turnaround, its CEO said.
General Motors expects its EVs to bring in more money than they cost to build by late 2024 and have mid-single-digit EV margins in 2025, including the benefit of federal tax credits, CFO Paul Jacobson said.
The UAW said thousands of nonunion employees are signing support cards and organizing to join its ranks, weeks after it won lucrative contracts at Ford, GM and Stellantis. The drive targets 13 automakers with roughly 150,000 U.S. manufacturing workers.
Erik Maund paid nearly $1 million to have two people murdered to cover up an affair, according to a U.S. Attorney's office.
The stricter requirements, which were included in the president's signature climate law, don’t allow tax breaks for vehicles containing battery components or critical minerals from foreign entities of concern.
Toyota’s planned $2 billion sale of shares in its top supplier Denso cheers investors but also gives the automaker funds to develop an array of next-gen electrification and software tech.
The shuffle is intended to make room at the 6-million-square-foot Vance, Ala., assembly plant for the higher-volume GLC EV.
In a letter sent Tuesday, the dealerships urged Biden to "slow down," citing an EPA proposal from April that could push battery-powered vehicles to 60 percent of new-vehicle sales by the 2030 model year and 67 percent by 2032.
The sale would mark the latest step by Toyota to unload some of its cross-shareholdings as it ramps up funding for R&D and factory floor overhauls ahead of future EV production.
A U.S. labor board has dismissed claims that Tesla Inc illegally fired employees working on Autopilot software at a New York factory to put an end to union organizing.
Ineos Automotive has just begun U.S. deliveries of the Grenadier SUV. The Quartermaster pickup variant will soon follow.
Honda's recall covers the 2023-24 Honda Accord and HR-V, while NHTSA's investigation covers the 2019 Ford Expedition.
Stellantis may have to change its strategy "if political and public opinion tends toward fewer EVs," CEO Carlos Tavares said.
Euisun Chung's futuristic vision for a mobility world beyond cars puts Hyundai Motor Group at the forefront of change in a tumultuous global auto industry.
Canada's supplier trade association is raising concerns over the possibility that Mexico will provide an easy work-around for Chinese companies seeking to export into Canada and the United States.
VW has given the supplier an order worth 450 million euros ($492 million) to develop the models. That is Magna Steyr's largest ever development deal, Austrian newspaper Kleine Zeitung reported.
Under California's Advanced Clean Cars II regulation, automakers would need to ensure 43 percent of their annual production volume by the 2027 model year is made up of zero-emission vehicles.
All eight vehicles were parked and turned off when the fires occurred, while six of the vehicles were connected to EV chargers.
The General Motors brand continues familiar approach with spot that also includes a 1972 Suburban and a John Denver song.
Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt plotted an ambitious expansion for the self-driving tech company while problems festered.
Japan's automotive industry has tapped the chairman of Isuzu trucks to replace Akio Toyoda as its next industry lobby leader after Toyoda's unprecedented three terms.
Northvolt says the sodium-ion cell has a “best-in-class” energy density of more than 160 watt-hours per kilogram, and is made without any lithium, nickel, cobalt or graphite.
Automotive technology supplier Aptiv signed an agreement with the local government to produce high-voltage connectors in central China's Wuhan as the Chinese market shifts to intelligent electric vehicles.
LaFontaine Automotive plans to use capital gained from divestitures to add dealerships in targeted markets.
Fisker, which announced its third-quarter results on Nov. 13, said it received a notice from the New York Stock Exchange for late filing of its quarterly report.
Stellantis and CATL are finalizing plans for a plant in Europe to produce low-cost lithium-iron-phosphate EV batteries.
The entirety of Rivian’s product teams — including employees in areas such as software, autonomy and design — will now report directly to Scaringe, according to a regulatory filing.
The Japanese automaker said it will hike top wages for workers at U.S. manufacturing plants by 10 percent in January.
Police records show the alleged thefts began a month after Nicholas Holley started working at the dealership.
The CFPB said Toyota Motor Credit will pay a $12 million civil fine, and $48 million to harmed consumers.
The outgoing CEO of Cruise, General Motors' robotaxi unit, on Saturday apologized for the company's situation following an accident that led to the pause of its self-driving vehicle operations while it conducts a safety review.
Kyle Vogt's departure is the latest fallout from a safety crisis at the beleaguered self-driving subsidiary of General Motors.
Tesla added a section to its order agreement banning buyers from flipping their Cybertruck within a year of purchase, but it later deleted the clause without explanation.
EV Charging company ChargePoint plunges after sales sag and the EV charging company’s market capitalization fell to around $750 million from a peak of $11.2 billion in June 2021.
Kia showed a pair of compact electric vehicles concepts to the L.A. Auto Show audience that will help it deliver eight EVs for the U.S. by 2029.
In separate letters sent Wednesday to 10 companies — including Baidu, AutoX, Didi Chuxing, Nio, Pony.ai and XPeng — the lawmakers asked for details on the type of information collected by AVs deployed in the U.S., how long that data is kept and whether it is shared or sold.
ONE’s agreement with General Electric’s sustainable energy arm underscores stationary utility-grade energy storage as a major part of the battery maker’s business.
Kia unveiled its fourth-generation Sorento at the 2023 Los Angeles Auto Show with enhanced Telluride-like styling, the off-road capable X-Pro package as well as more modern technology.
It's hard to see a retail environment in 2032 where 67 percent of new-car sales are full EVs, but it's very easy to see a 2032 where a majority of new-car sales are plug-in hybrids.
Redwood Materials says Toyota deal marks the first time an automaker will use recycled battery materials from its cars in new vehicles.
The UAW and Mack Trucks had reached a tentative deal in October that included a 19 percent pay raise, but union workers overwhelmingly rejected it and went on a strike.
Trevor Milton, the convicted founder of electric- and hydrogen-powered truck maker Nikola, is seeking to avoid prison, with his lawyers saying his case differed from that of Theranos' Elizabeth Holmes, another startup founder convicted of fraud.
Toyota plans to sunset the Venza two-row crossover in the U.S. next year and replace it with the 2025 Crown Signia, a larger crossover built on the same platform with an identical powertrain. An executive confirmed that Crown will be a new global sub-brand for Toyota.
With more than 17,000 votes in out of a possible 46,000, 51 percent of production workers are against the proposed contract. Large plants in Michigan, Texas, Indiana and Missouri have yet to vote.
The battery manufacturing operation, backed by Forge Nano and a variety of unnamed investors, plans to make lithium-ion cells for use in defense, aerospace and specialty electric vehicle markets.
Stellantis, suppliers take over tooling from bankrupt supplier to avoid "enormous losses" from shutting down vehicle assembly lines.
Stellantis, suppliers take over tooling from bankrupt supplier to avoid "enormous losses" from shutting down vehicle assembly lines.
Continental is fighting to stem a slide in profitability at its automotive unit, which has started to fall behind peers as the industry transitions to electric vehicles.
Electric vehicles on the road do not have an industry standard onboard diagnostic system. Most have some diagnostic capabilities, but they all work differently. That will change in 2026 when a standard diagnostic system for EVs debuts.
The buyer gets a two-day trip to Detroit to watch the car get hand built, tour Cadillac House at the GM tech center and stay at a luxury hotel.
Karma Automotive, after years of introducing wild concepts, now has firmer plans for its product lineup.
For the select handful of automakers participating in Formula 1, the Las Vegas Grand Prix signals a huge brand awareness and marketing opportunity.
David Wilson, founder of the auto group that bears his name, donated $25 million to his alma mater, the University of Northern Iowa. It is the largest gift in the school's history and establishes the David W. Wilson College of Business.
Tesla has a majority of the U.S. electric segment, but Hyundai, BMW and Mercedes-Benz grew faster in the January to September period. Total EV registrations rose 61 percent to 852,904 vehicles.
General Motors said it would continue to "reward customers for their loyalty to our brands" as it evaluates new partners.
The upstart owned by Geely aims to raise more than $1 billion, Reuters has reported, but is unlikely to breach the billion-dollar mark, according to a source.
Geely-linked digital cockpit supplier ECARX is "on track" to break even as it rolls out new products and expands its reach to new vehicles, said John Marcus, the company's president of international.
Biden spoke to UAW workers here in Illinois as the Democratic president tries to rally support for his economic agenda and firm up sagging popularity numbers, ahead of a re-election campaign next year.
Robust sales in North America help Nissan more than double its profit in the latest quarter as the automaker readies a new mid-term plan and shores up flagging fortunes in China.
The outage affects the company's internal email, applications, aftersales technical call centers, consumer finance and dealer ordering systems.
A spiffed-up mobile app that can be used in cars via mirroring products such as Apple CarPlay, along with other changes including new branding, are part of a push for younger users, a population SiriusXM said makes up 25 percent of the available listener market.
The EV startup said that the departure of its chief accounting officer on Oct. 27 and the appointment of a new one Monday delayed earnings, which were rescheduled for Nov. 13.
The EV maker forecasts 2023 production at 54,000 units, a 2,000-unit increase. The company narrowed its Q3 net loss to $1.37 billion from a net loss of $1.72 billion a year earlier.
The vehicle listings company bought a 51 percent stake in CarOffer, a wholesale digital marketplace platform, in 2021. News of the transaction comes as CarOffer's Q3 revenue dropped nearly 50 percent from a year ago.
Rivian Automotive reported a $1.37 billion net loss for the third quarter while raising its production forecast for the full year by 2,000 vehicles to 54,000 units.
The 2025 Ramcharger has a gasoline engine that charges the battery, creating nearly double the range of the standard fully electric Ram 1500 REV.
Through three days of voting, 60 percent of Unifor’s roughly 8,200 members at Stellantis voted in favor of the tentative agreement inked between the company and union after a brief strike and all-night bargaining session Oct. 30.
Cruise's board has hired law firm Quinn Emanuel to review Cruise management's responses to regulators investigating the Oct. 2 accident, and technology consultancy Exponent to review Cruise's technology.
Musk has teased the prospect of a more affordable electric car as the automaker seeks to increase EV deliveries to 20 million by 2030.
Garbage is a dirty word at Pellman's Automotive in Boulder, Colo., and the two Mark Miller Subaru stores in Salt Lake City — three eco-centric businesses that approach recycling with all the zeal and determination of a technician going after an over-torqued oil pan drain plug.
Ineos Automotive has 19 dealerships in the U.S., but none of the fledging automaker's stores are owned by a publicly traded auto retailer.
The former Nissan and Renault chairman claims the house was purchased to be his residence, but its owner says he's trespassing.
Volvo exterior design chief T. Jon Mayer created the EX30’s face based on the helmet worn by bounty hunter Boba Fett in the ‘Star Wars’ movies.
American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc. suffered a $17.4 million net loss in the third quarter due to the United Auto Workers strike as well as labor and operational issues of its own.
Production of the Audi TT, which began as a concept in 1995, ends with the 2023 model year.
Suppliers avoided the worst-case strike scenarios, but the financial ripple effects of the strike are likely to last for some time.
Automotive supplier Thai Summit Corp. is planning to open a 297,000-square-foot parts plant at the redeveloped site formerly home to Eastland Center mall in the Detroit suburb of Harper Woods
Labor strikes and other auto industry challenges have made shares of General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. “historically cheap,” creating a buying opportunity for investors, according to Barclays.
UAW President Shawn Fain delivered contracts that give workers unprecedented raises and save or reopen plants, at a cost of billions of dollars to suppliers and the Detroit 3.
Riding an upswing in all-time-high quarterly earnings, Toyota downgraded its outlook for EV sales but lifted its forecast for record earnings in the full fiscal year, expanding on an earlier outlook that already called for record-level profits.
Toyota now expects full-year operating profit to balloon 65 percent to 4.5 trillion yen ($30.15 billion).
Higher volumes, stable pricing and improving logistics helped Stellantis reduce the damage of the UAW's campaign of strikes in the U.S.
Several major automakers, such as Toyota and Volkswagen, have auto plants in the U.S. that employ non-union workers, but there’s one particularly enticing target for the UAW: Tesla.
Workers will also recoup the pay that was lost while they were on the picket line.
The share of all loans financed at 0% hit a new low in the third quarter of 2023 at just 1.1%, down dramatically from a peak in the second quarter of 2020 at 24.2%, Edmunds said.
BMW, Mercedes, Porsche and more are spending billions to integrate suppliers' driver-assist systems.
By accumulating fast-moving parts ahead of time, many dealers dodged immediate impacts of the UAW strike of the Detroit 3. Now, with certain parts reserves thinning out, their concerns are rising.
The UAW's tentative agreement with Ford also includes an agreement on electric-vehicle battery plants, a plan to convert temporary workers to full-time after nine months of employment and a $5,000 ratification bonus.
Experian predicts retail leasing returns will rise to 1.1 million in the second quarter of 2024, but then fall to only 640,000 by the end of that year.
The automaker will make trucks and batteries out of Belvidere, providing a lifeline for the region and boosting the state's economy.
UAW Local 1853, which represents workers at GM's Spring Hill assembly plant and other facilities, posted that it was on strike as of 5 p.m. Central time Saturday.
The deal reached Saturday is expected to match Ford's 25 percent average pay hikes and a commitment to reopen the idled Belvidere, Ill., assembly plant.
GM said it no longer will provide EV production targets so it can build to market demand, while Ford said it would delay about $12 billion in EV spending, including one of two battery plants planned in Kentucky.
Japan's automaker put on an EV extravaganza at Tokyo's auto show in an admission that EVs are a 'missing piece' of their technology toolboxes, but executives defend their deliberate, go-slow EV rollouts as being "just in time" to meet sustainable market demand.
The chunky two-door EV sits below the subcompact segment at just over 10 feet long. Duke Hale, an adviser to VinFast, said the VF 3 could have a sticker price of $20,000 or less.
Lear increased its full-year financial guidance to the pleasure of Wall Street, with shares rising 3 percent to close Thursday at $133.43.
Retailers should focus on reaching customers and then the consumer experience after that connection has been made, according to CDK Global and Cars Commerce panelists at Automotive News Retail Forum: Chicago.
Stellantis and Leapmotor will set up a joint venture based in the Netherlands, giving Stellantis exclusive rights for the export, sale and manufacturing of Leapmotor's products outside China.
Ford and the UAW could announce a tentative agreement as early as Wednesday evening. If ratified, the deal would provide roughly 57,000 hourly workers with 25 percent raises over four years and bring an end to a 6-week-old strike.
Mazda keeps its rotary engine hopes alive in EV age with an eco-friendly hybrid packaged in a super-slick, show-stealing MX-5 Miata concept.
California Department of Motor Vehicles officials say Cruise "misrepresented" and "omitted" key portions of safety information in a meeting following a pedestrian crash this month in San Francisco.
The new figure, relayed to some bargaining teams in recent days, is 2 percentage points above the raises proposed by Ford, General Motors and Stellantis, which would put top earners at more than $40 per hour by 2027.
GM Financial Q3 2023 earnings: GMF's net income dropped to $558M in the third quarter of 2023. But General Motors CFO Paul Jacobson said the captive finance company still "had a strong quarter."
In a major blow to General Motors-backed Cruise, the California Department of Motor Vehicles suspended the company's driverless deployment and testing permits Tuesday.
JLR is investing $19 billion to develop EVs, with a new all-electric Jaguar coming in 2025.
The first step of the collaboration will see Renault's Ampere unit supply Mitsubishi with an EV for its European lineup.
The strike for an "indefinite period of time" happens as GM announced it was reducing workforce at its three factories in Sao Paulo state after a drop in sales and exports, a move it dubbed "necessary" for its sustainability.
GM and Stellantis seek out minority candidates when an opportunity arises, but it may not be in an aspiring dealer's home market.
Electric vehicles headline this week's Japan Mobility Show as Japanese automakers try to prove to the world they are serious about full battery electrics.
To celebrate Disney's 100th anniversary, 1,000 special-edition Ioniq 5s feature special badging and play Disney music when turned on.
Third-quarter earnings reports released by publicly traded suppliers in the coming days will provide a glimpse into how the UAW strike, slowdowns at the U.S.-Mexico border and other supply chain challenges are impacting supplier finances.
The automaker said its comprehensive offer 'made substantial movement in all key areas in an effort to reach a final agreement with the UAW and get our people back to work.'
Unstoppable Automotive's transactions included a dealership in Fresno, Calif., owned by the Haron family since 1945.
Mercedes dealers took an average of 82 days to sell the brand's battery-powered EQ models in September — more than double that of BMW's 38-day turn.
Stellantis, Ford and GM announced additional layoffs as the ripple effects of the UAW's five-week work stoppage continue to grow.
Toyota is adopting Tesla's EV charging standard from 2025, joining Ford, GM and Nissan among the other automakers adopting Tesla's North American Charging Standard.
CEO warns on slow Cybertruck ramp, high interest rates, Mexico factory timeline due to economic uncertainty. "We would characterize last night's conference call as a mini disaster," said one analyst.
After disappointing third-quarter earnings, Tesla CEO Elon Musk strikes a pessimistic tone on the global auto market due to high interest rates. The Cybertruck will launch Nov. 30, but volume production won't happen until 2025.
Tesla's third-quarter gross margin shrank from a year earlier as the electric automaker slashed prices to boost demand in the face of higher interest rates.
Tesla's TSLA.O third-quarter gross margin shrank from a year earlier as the electric automaker slashed prices to boost demand in the face of higher interest rates.
LAS Capital, majority-owned by former CEO Steve Burns, will acquire Lordstown's intellectual property, business records, and machinery including assembly lines for EV motors and batteries.
Rivian's earlier-than-expected bond issuance this month was meant to strengthen the EV maker's balance sheet before geopolitical risks tighten capital markets and does not reflect any concerns around its cash and operations, its CEO told Reuters on Tuesday.
Through the first three quarters, Lucid delivered 4,267 Air sedans and produced 6,037. The EV maker will have to pick up the pace to reach its 2023 production goal of more than 10,000 vehicles.
AutoNation Inc. has joined Penske Automotive Group Inc. in dropping a pursuit of Pendragon, a large auto retailer in the United Kingdom, which Lithia Motors Inc. also is pursuing.
Stellantis has used the world's largest technology show to unveil EV concepts such as the Ram 1500 Revolution pickup and Chrysler Airflow crossover.
The agency said it received two reports from Cruise of incidents in which pedestrians were injured, and has identified two further incidents via videos posted to public websites.
Volta said problems with a supplier had cut the number of trucks it was able to produce and made it hard to raise sufficient capital.
Chuo Spring said an accident involving an explosion in a building at its Fujioka plant on Monday resulted in damage to the facility where vehicle suspension coils are made for a number of Japanese automakers.
U.S. auto safety regulators said Zipcar has agreed to pay a $150,000 fine after a government investigation found it allowed customers to rent vehicles with uncompleted recalls.
Toyota shows it is serious about electric vehicles, with plans to preview its next-generation EV platform in a sexy sports car and futuristic crossover at the Japan Mobility Show.
Consumers engaging with a car protection product option on a dealership's website bought the same number of items as customers who followed a more typical car-buying process, AutoFi found in a study conducted earlier in 2023.
About 4,300 members in Oshawa, St. Catharines and Woodstock, Ontario, voted 80.5 percent in favor of the deal that promises pay increases of nearly 20 percent for longtime workers over the three-year term.
Honda, which is getting out of the gasoline-powered mower business, unveiled an electric self-driving replacement that can be controlled by a tablet or smartphone.
The Ram 1500 Big Horns are being leased through Ken Garff Automotive Group in one of the largest NIL deals in college sports.
One Washington state Subaru dealership offers customers different forms of entertainment while in for service appointments.
A fourth Chevrolet Corvette model, the ZR1, is expected to arrive at dealerships next year as a 2024 or 2025 model.
Unlike previous versions of the highest-performance street-legal Corvette with supercharged V-8s, the C8 version will be powered by a twin-turbo V-8 engine — just the second such production engine GM has ever made. Horsepower could top 850. Engineers last week were putting the sports car through severe high-speed testing at Germany’s Nürburgring.
The latest ZR1 will have a different front fascia with a splitter and a rear wing. These spy photos show two different wings being evaluated.
Nearly 40 percent of suppliers have laid off workers because of the UAW strike, according to a new survey by trade association MEMA.
The $7 billion — part of a larger $8 billion hydrogen hub program funded through 2021's Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act — will be used to create networks that link hydrogen producers, infrastructure providers and customers across multiple industries, including transportation.
"We've actually stretched ourselves to get to this point," Kumar Galhotra said of Ford's most recent offer after the UAW expanded its strike to include the highly profitable Kentucky Truck Plant.
Kia's three-row EV9 will offer 304 miles of all-electric range when it goes on sale late this year.
Toyota is teaming with Japanese petrochemical giant Idemitsu to develop a sulfide solid electrolyte for the all-solid-state batteries the automaker plans to market in its next-generation electric vehicles around 2027-2028.
Toyota is teaming with Japanese petrochemical giant Idemitsu to develop a sulfide solid electrolyte for the all-solid-state batteries the automaker plans to market in its next-generation electric vehicles around 2027-2028.
Kia's new line of affordable EVs shatter price barriers with style and technology, kicking off with the EV5 compact crossover, on its way to 1 million all-electric sales globally.
The automaker's January to August EV share fell to 58% from 65.1% a year earlier, Experian data shows. Tesla blamed factory downtime for global third-quarter sales that came in lower than the preceding quarter.
The union announced the walkout, effective immediately, late Wednesday on social media, saying Ford "refuses to make further movement in bargaining."
There is "renewed interest" from the UAW in negotiations with supplier ZF Group, a company spokesperson said, as the union's strike against the Mercedes-Benz axle supplier in Tuscaloosa, Ala., entered its fourth week.
The online portal is similar to tools dismantlers employ for catalytic converters and platforms dealers employ to price used vehicles.
Tesla came under scrutiny in the past fortnight after German media citing local authority documents in Brandenburg reported an unusually high number of work-related accidents requiring workers to take at least three days of sick leave were occurring at the plant.
The $3.2 billion plant will be co-located in Kokomo, Ind., next to the first plant under construction. The companies expect to create 1,400 jobs at the second site and will begin production in 2027.
The 2024 BMW X2 will arrive at U.S. dealerships in March.
Shift Technologies terminated 120 employees last week ahead of its Chapter 11 filing and retained 24 employees to facilitate Shift's wind-down of operations, according to a court filing.
Mercedes' sales fell 4 percent to 510,600 vehicles, while BMW's volume dipped 5.8 percent to 621,699 vehicles in the quarter.
The strike includes roughly 4,300 hourly workers at GM’s Oshawa Assembly Plant east of Toronto, its powertrain plant in St. Catharines and its Woodstock Parts Distribution Center.
The Nissan Hyper Adventure, a high-tech, eco-friendly sporty crossover, will preview the Japanese automaker's next-generation EV designs with a huge battery and unique flip seat when it debuts at this month's Japan Mobility Show.
Pendragon appeared primed to sell most of its assets to Lithia Motors Inc. when the transformative but still pending deal was revealed in mid-September. That kick-started a flurry of jostling among three of the largest auto retailers.
Lack of staff and inadequate safety provisions are leading to a high number of accidents at work at Tesla's plant near Berlin, the IG Metall union said.
Michigan State Professor Peter Berg will join for a live talk on the UAW strikes against the Detroit 3.
Genesis opened its first retail facility on the East Coast — Genesis of Cherry Hill in Marlton, N.J. — which is the brand's ninth store to open in the U.S. and one of the largest at 20,000 square feet.
Tesla’s top-selling electric vehicles now compete directly with gasoline cars on price after the latest round of price reductions. The lower prices could cost the company $1.2 billion a year.
The deal will help the billionaire Schaeffler family reshape its industrial empire, expanding Schaeffler's offerings for the EV industry.
Lithia Motors' increased offer to acquire the dealership and fleet businesses of Pendragon could bring more long-term value to shareholders of the large U.K. auto retailer vs. a rival auto retailer's preliminary proposal, one analyst said.
Mullen Automotive will soon know if its strategy of homologating Chinese vehicles for the U.S. commercial fleet market is a viable business plan. Two vehicles, a small electric van and a Class 3 chassis cab, are starting production now.
Dealers have begun receiving their first Lexus TX large crossovers built in Indiana that are intended to keep younger buyers in the luxury brand as their families grow.
Unifor President Lana Payne says the union has made progress in numerous areas, but is facing resistance on “a number of important elements of the pattern agreement established with Ford Motor Co. [of Canada].”
Unifor Local 444 President Dave Cassidy, who represents about 4,800 hourly workers at a Stellantis assembly plant in Windsor, Ont., says he will press the automaker to include its EV battery plant in the next collective agreement between the two parties.
Ford, General Motors and Stellantis don't seem to have gone "cold turkey" on their October car sales promotions despite the UAW strike, a J.D. Power analyst said. But GM's deals run only two weeks.
On Nov. 30, will host its annual Leading Women Conference. This event at The Henry in Dearborn, Mich., draws hundreds of business leaders who are committed to advancing the role of women in automotive.
Recovering new-car inventories helped curb decline in the industry's brand loyalty rate in the first half of 2023, according to an analysis by S&P Global Mobility.
About 80 percent of the dealer group's customers are enrolled in the O'Brien Rewards program.
The used-car retailer said it shuttered its two remaining locations in California and ceased operations of its website.
The deal hands ownership of Lookers’ 147 new-vehicle dealerships in the U.K. and Ireland to Global Auto Holdings, a special-purpose acquisition company formed to carry out the purchase.
The reimbursement time frame was part of a handful of new guidance issued Friday by the Treasury and IRS to provide dealers with additional information on registration requirements and how the mechanics of the credit transfer will work.
The SEC began its probe in April 2022 and has requested thousands of documents from the Tesla CEO and other parties, the agency said. The billionaire has already sent hundreds of documents, and testified twice in July 2022.
The decline in easy venture capital investment that began in 2022 shows no sign of ending. Retail auto tech startups are slashing their budgets or adjusting their business plans to make cash on hand last longer.
Consumers will soon be able to request a reservation for Kia's three-row EV9, which will have a $54,900 starting price when it goes on sale later this year.
Most of the positions are in software validation and program management.
General Motors has the biggest risk of running low on inventory, particularly if the UAW orders workers at its full-size truck plants onto picket lines.
Müller-Ötvos, 63, has led Rolls-Royce since 2010, overseeing a sharp increase in sales and the brand's first SUV and full-electric models. He will be replaced by Christopher Brownridge, the head of BMW Group's U.K. and Irish operations.
The future of the Belvidere Assembly Plant, which Stellantis shut down in February, is among the issues yet to be resolved in negotiations with the UAW. Some of its former workers are now on strike hundreds of miles away.
VW, Mercedes, as well as California's Lucid and Asian automakers, are taking part in the show to win business in a region with annual new-car sales on a par with the German market.
Deliveries of the company's EVs rose to about 9,500 in the three months through June.
Layoffs at Livonia Transmission and Sterling Axle near Detroit bring the total number of workers told to stay home since the strike began in mid-September to 1,330.
Toyota Motor and LG Energy Solution signed a supply agreement for lithium-ion battery modules for use in the Japanese automaker's battery electric vehicles that will be assembled in the U.S., the companies said on Wednesday.
LG Energy Solution will supply Toyota with 20GWh of high-nickel NCMA battery modules annually from 2025, manufactured at the South Korean company's Michigan facility.
The battery maker will invest about $3 billion in its Michigan facility to establish new production lines for battery cells and modules exclusively for the automaker, the completion for which is expected in 2025.
The EV startup is launching the "max pack" option for its electric pickup and crossover. Rivian reported 15,564 deliveries in the third quarter as manufacturing constraints ease.
Honda's 2024 Passport gets enhancements to its off-roading TrailSport variant and a new Black Edition that replaces the top Elite trim.
The European Commission formally launched the investigation on whether to set tariffs to shield its producers from a "flood" of imports of cheaper Chinese electric vehicles it says benefit from state subsidies.
Video reviewed by late Tuesday showed how the incident developed on Monday night in San Francisco.
Having the companies continue to cover health benefits beyond their contractual obligations spares the UAW an additional drain on its strike fund and avoids a potential backlash.
Having the companies continue to cover health benefits beyond their contractual obligations spares the UAW an additional drain on its strike fund and avoids a potential backlash.
The single-motor variant starts at $45,630 with shipping — $3,750 lower than the previous base trim. It arrives on the heels of Tesla's mixed third-quarter sales report.
Fast-growing Tesla posted a rare quarter-on-quarter sales decline due to factory downtime. But better days are coming, analysts say, with the launch of Cybertruck and freshened Model 3 sedan
The Model Y, a crossover that began deliveries in March 2020, is the company’s best-selling model. Tesla has tweaked prices several times since the beginning of the year.
The UAW strike will prompt Ford, General Motors and Stellantis to pare back incentive deals for car shoppers, according to J.D. Power and Edmunds analysts. However, incentives are already low industrywide.
Analysts expect U.S. light-vehicle sales to rise 13 to 14 percent in September and 15 to 16 percent for the third quarter as retail inventories improve and fleet shipments rebound.
The proposal by President Joe Biden's administration to hike fuel economy standards through 2032 would cost General Motors $6.5 billion in fines and Stellantis $3 billion, according to a letter from the American Automotive Policy Council.
The UAW had expanded its strike twice since making its previous offer to GM. Ford said it has now laid off 930 workers since the walkout started Sept. 15.
Daimler Truck said it achieved a milestone with its Mercedes-Benz hydrogen fuel cell truck — exacting 650 miles on just one tank of fuel.
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation upgraded the investigation to an engineering analysis after Ford provided evidence of 328 customer complaints, 487 warranty claims and 809 engine exchanges in 2021-22 Ford Bronco, Edge, Explorer and F-150 vehicles and 2021-22 Lincoln Aviator and Nautilus vehicles that are equipped with 2.7-liter or 3.0-liter EcoBoost engines.
The deals that Ford Motor Co., General Motors and Chrysler parent Stellantis eventually make with the union will go a long way toward determining their electric futures, according to industry experts.
The temporary agreement must still be ratified by the UAW rank-and-file. Should the 4,000 Mack workers have gone on strike, it could have strained the UAW's $825 million strike fund.
The operator of a nine-mile toll road outside Denver says vehicles registered to Tesla's store in Littleton have avoided paying for thousands of trips.
Toyota is radically rebooting its famed manufacturing system for its next generation of Tesla-fighting electric vehicles, due in 2026. Automotive News synthesizes days of company briefings and demonstrations to deliver a step-by-step picture of the production processes that will churn out these lower-cost, giga-cast, software-defined EVs of tomorrow.
AutoNation Inc. last week said it followed rivals Lithia Motors and Penske Automotive Group Inc. into the bidding war for Pendragon.
GM CEO Mary Barra criticized the UAW's strike expansion, saying it is clear there is no real intent to get to an agreement.
The union had filed the charges on Aug. 31 with the National Labor Relations Board charging the automakers had refused to bargain in good faith.
Schäferbarthold had been CFO at the German lighting supplier since 2016. Favre is a former executive at Faurecia, which purchased Hella in 2022 and now operates as Forvia.
Two of the transactions involved first-time dealership owners and another saw a company add two stores.
Negotiations between the union and the U.S. automaker resumed after workers at Ford Motor Co. of Canada voted to approve a new contract.
The right of first refusal in dealership buy-sells has helped minority dealers acquire stores, some their first, and is a tool many automakers say can help them manage their franchises. But others say an increased use of the tool can hurt factory-dealer relations, spook some would-be bidders and lead to lower dealership prices.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said in a lawsuit Tesla subjected Black workers “to severe or pervasive racial harassment” and alleged Tesla unfairly retaliated against workers who complained.
Suppliers are urging the federal government to quickly provide aid to smaller parts makers that are in major financial trouble as the UAW strike enters its third week.
Congress needs to pass a spending bill before Sunday to avoid a shutdown. However, lawmakers remain at odds over the funding, with some House Republicans pushing for deep spending cuts that are unlikely to survive in the Democratic-controlled Senate.
Analysts expect Q3 and September sales increases over last year when they begin to be reported Tuesday, though the pace of sales has slowed as high interest rates compound affordability challenges.
The Grenadier, a rugged, boxy BMW-powered four-door off-road vehicle made in France by Ineos Automotive, will arrive at the company's 18 U.S. dealers in about 8 weeks.
Trump spoke as if he was addressing UAW members who are on strike against the Detroit 3, but employees at Drake Enterprises in Clinton Township, Mich., are nonunion and it wasn’t clear how many of those inside the room were affiliated with the UAW.
The back-to-back presidential visits aimed the national political spotlight on Detroit two weeks into the UAW's historic strike against GM, Ford and Stellantis.
Graham Ourisman Automotive, a partnership between Graham Holdings and Ourisman Automotive Group, added a Toyota dealership in Virginia to its portfolio.
UAW President Shawn Fain plans to announce another wave of workers joining the strike on Friday if he doesn't think talks have been sufficiently productive.
Drive Pilot will be offered as an annual subscription, priced at $2,500 in the first year.
The chairs of three U.S. House of Representatives committees demanded Ford Motor F.N turn over documents tied to its partnership with Chinese battery company CATL 300750.SZ and threatened to call CEO Jim Farley to testify before Congress.
European officials were expecting criticism after announcing a probe into China’s electric-vehicle subsidies. Instead they found President Xi Jinping’s government is ready to talk.
The SAE Levels of Driving Automation describe the capabilities of automated driving systems. Here are the levels and examples of their use.
A $5 million performance-based grant, approved by the Michigan Strategic Fund board, was needed to keep the investment from going to Kokomo, Ind.
Trump's camp confirmed Saturday that he will "deliver remarks" at Clinton Township-based Drake Enterprises Inc. at 8 p.m. Wednesday, according to a news advisory on his website. Drake is located about 25 miles Northeast of Detroit.
An armed man shot and killed a female employee at Toyota of Berkeley Certified Service Center last Thursday, according to a statement released by Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguín. The suspect was killed in shootout with police.
Trump's camp confirmed Saturday that he will "deliver remarks" at Clinton Township-based Drake Enterprises Inc. at 8 p.m. Wednesday, according to a news advisory on his website. Drake is located about 25 miles Northeast of Detroit.
Unifor picked General Motors Canada as its next bargaining target, a day after union members narrowly ratified a three-year collective agreement with Ford Motor Co. of Canada that set the pattern for this year’s auto talks.
German carmaker Mercedes-Benz MB has applied for tax breaks for potential projects at two of its U.S. plants under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), a company spokesperson said Monday.
Amid a more tepid global outlook for autonomy, Chinese companies are emerging with the necessary formula to lead the world in market volume, according to S&P Global Mobility.
Automakers have cut about 63,400 vehicles from production schedules since the start of the month, mostly in North America, according to a new estimate.
Membership approval of the three-year deal, which was unanimously endorsed by Unifor’s auto bargaining committee, locks in substantial wage gains and pension improvements for workers, and will see Ford invest to expand production at one of its Windsor, Ont. powertrain plants starting in 2025.
Artificial intelligence could improve the auto parts purchasing process, making it quicker and more efficient for automakers and suppliers still grappling with supply chain shortages.
The American Honda Collection Hall opened this month featuring more than 60 historic cars, motorcycles, engines and other products created by the company since coming to the U.S. in 1959.
The UAW added 5,600 workers at GM and Stellantis parts depots to its escalating strike, threatening dealerships' service business, but said it had made 'real progress' in talks with Ford.
Dealers said new-car inventory remains mostly stable in the second week of the UAW strike. But some are readying for a wider range of vehicles to become unavailable if the strike persists and expands to other assembly plants.
We have launched the Automotive News Dealership Salary Survey and want to hear from U.S. employees in jobs ranging from general managers to service technicians. Findings will be published Jan. 22.
Toyota is a key player in a pilot project that uses biogas to produce clean electricity, hydrogen and water for use by the automaker for vehicles coming off ships from Japan.
Jeff Parent starts with an annual base salary of $800,000, a one-time payment of $1.5 million and various stock compensation.
Lithia's potentially transformative deal for Pendragon would significantly grow the auto retailer's U.K. footprint, add a sizable fleet business and give the company a pathway to a dealership management system. But Lithia has competition for the deal after Penske and another firm submitted multiple joint offers for Pendragon.
The UAW has expanded its strike to GM and Stellantis parts distribution centers, which will likely impact vehicle repair times at dealerships nationwide.
Hyundai is giving buyers who elect to purchase or lease a new EV through its captive finance arm a free ChargePoint Level 2 home charger valued at $549 and a credit of $600 toward installation.
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation said it received 95 consumer complaints alleging engine failure because of a loss of oil pressure in 2018-21 Ford EcoSport vehicles.
Toyota Group is seeking to raise EV production to about 150,000 vehicles in 2023 and gradually increase it further to about 190,000 next year on the way to producing 600,000 vehicles in 2025.
Leaked private messages written by a top aide to UAW President Shawn Fain have added to concerns among top executives at the Detroit 3 that the union hasn't been bargaining in good faith.
Lithia Motors Inc. said it let go a dealership employee for violating the company's social media policy. The employee's dismissal followed the individual posting an inflammatory comment about the UAW.
U.S. Steel has not opened its books to Cliffs since announcing on Aug. 13 it will explore a sale, even as it accepts initial bids this week from other potential acquirers.
The UAW's strike against the Detroit 3 has made an already precarious financial situation for many suppliers even more fraught — and the automakers might be in part to blame, industry experts said.
UAW President Shawn Fain plans to send workers from more plants onto picket lines Friday unless "serious progress" in contract talks is achieved.
Unifor plans to have members vote on its tentative agreement with Ford Motor Co. of Canada “before the end of the week,” though precise timing for ratification meetings is still being finalized, a union spokesperson told Automotive News Canada Wednesday.
Lithia Motors' plan to purchase the dealership and fleet businesses of Pendragon in the U.K. is a sizable deal. But the other component, giving Lithia an ownership stake in a dealership management system company, could have the biggest impact for the rest of the U.S. auto retail industry.
Hota, which makes gears and other auto components primarily in Taiwan, said it would begin construction on the factory in Santa Teresa, near the U.S. border with Mexico, early next year with mass production set for 2025.
A senior Republican in Congress asked Tesla Tuesday to detail its relationship with Chinese battery manufacturer CATL amid concerns electric vehicle subsidies are flowing to foreign entities raising security concerns.
Lexus' new global brand boss, Takashi Watanabe, says a big transformation is on the way from 2026 as the automaker leaps into its next-generation electric vehicles. The road forward will be teased next month as Lexus previews the first concept for those EVs at the Japan Mobility Show.
The UAW will give strike pay to workers at KUKA Toledo Production Operations and Mobis, which are separate companies located inside the Stellantis plant that's on strike.
North American COO Mark Stewart says the company is not leaving the headquarters complex "in any shape, form or fashion, but the areas we're not using, we're looking at some different repurposing for those."
The Detroit 3 defend their positions with fact checks on UAW President Shawn Fain's statements.
Biden clearly has sided with the union, but he was rebuked by UAW President Shawn Fain, who said "this battle is not about the President." Said Cornell labor professor Art Wheaton: "Nobody has a read on Fain."
Brembo wants its new artificial intelligence-based braking system, Sensify, to set a new industry standard just as antilock braking did decades ago by bringing high-performance, all-electric, independent four-wheel braking to mass-market brands.
Union says it received 'a substantive offer from the employer minutes before the deadline' Monday.
A contract manufacturing supplier is planning to lay off 293 employees due to the United Auto Workers strike against the Detroit 3 automakers, signaling the first supplier to detail its layoff plans to the state of Michigan since the union walkout began Friday.
“At this late stage in the negotiations, the union and the company remain far apart,” Unifor President Lana Payne and other chief union negotiators told members in a joint letter late Sept. 17.
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation said it received 98 consumer complaints alleging failure of the canister purge valve in 2012-18 Ford Focus cars that were either previously recalled and fixed or were not recalled but experienced the same issue.
Hendrick Automotive has snagged the top ranking among privately owned dealership groups for three straight years while AutoNation marks its second year atop public auto retailers in Reputation's rankings. And Mitsubishi and Infiniti outranked other brands, according to the study.
The Model 3 ranked seventh on the list of the top 10 leased vehicles, representing about 1.8 percent of leased new vehicles in the second quarter.
Lithia Motors plans to not only make a significant dealership acquisition in the United Kingdom. Its pending deal also includes a fleet management platform and an ownership stake in Pinewood Technologies, which plans to bring a dealership management system to North America.
After more than a century of automaking and 90 years of UAW representation, the "stand-up strike" appears to be Toledo Jeep's first walkout as part of a national contract dispute.
On Saturday, negotiators for the UAW and Ford had 'reasonably productive discussions' toward a new contract, the union said, while Chrysler parent Stellantis said it had boosted its contract offer.
Anxious retailers say guidance is needed from the U.S. Treasury Department to clarify what counts toward the used-EV tax credit's $25,000 sales price cap.
Stellantis North America COO Mark Stewart didn't elaborate on what the company would do with Belvidere but said it would be a 'very, very good' solution.
Monthly get-togethers are a chance to recognize top employees, review sales and service numbers and set revenue targets for the next 30 days.
The cool waning days of summer in Detroit provided a brilliant mirror of what consumers were thinking. That after three exhausting years of pandemic disruption, deprivation and anxiety, the auto market was suddenly awash in brighter colors.
The Honda brand is on track to close 2023 with sales of 1.2 million vehicles, pacing ahead of expectations through August.
GM said it expects to idle its Fairfax Assembly plant in Kansas because of a shortage of stampings made at the Wentzville Assembly plant in Missouri, while Ford said about 600 workers at its Michigan Assembly plant were told not to come to work Friday.
With the UAW launching its strike against all Detroit 3 automakers and halting production at three vehicle assembly plants, dealers are putting monthslong contingency plans into action.
Ford said it never received a "substantive counterproposal" from the UAW until 8 p.m. Thursday, four hours before the strike began. UAW President Shawn Fain called company complaints "complete BS."
Talks stalled in the final hours of negotiations, even as the automakers offered record raises as high as 20 percent.
The plants are GM's Wentzville Assembly, Ford's Michigan Assembly and Stellantis' Toledo Assembly.
Until the UAW's deals with the Detroit 3 end tonight, it can only call targeted strikes over local issues. The union is calling its unprecedented strategy a "stand-up strike."
Rivian added 2,783 new registrations in July for its R1 vehicles. Lucid had 356 for its Air sedan and VinFast 19 for its VF 8 crossover. Fisker had 30 for the new Ocean, as Tesla undercut the newcomers.
The Detroit 3 automakers and union negotiators offered little hope a deal would be reached on Thursday to avoid a midnight walk-off that would be the UAW's first-ever simultaneous strike against the U.S. carmakers.
The escalation comes as negotiations over a new deal, which began in July, between the union and Ford, GM and Chrysler parent Stellantis have yet to result in an agreement.
Two Midwest auto retailers expanded with second- and third-quarter purchases while another large Midwest group sold a pair of stores to a first-time buyer.
Innovation and collaboration are the keys to scaling the lithium supply chain in North America, said Eric Norris, president of energy storage at Albemarle Corp.
If this discovery on the Nevada-Oregon border is validated, U.S. investment in EVs will no longer be so fraught with national security concerns.
The union said proposed wage increases were 20 percent from Ford, 18 percent from GM and 17.5 percent from Stellantis. All three would cut in half the time it takes to make top wages to four years, down from eight years today.
Hyundai Motor North America CEO Jose Muñoz outlines the company's rapidly expanding contribution to the U.S. economy at the Automotive News Congress, with big investments in localized operations for the South Korean carmaker.
The 2024 F-150 will be sold in 90 percent fewer build combinations than the current truck. Ford said it expects to double the truck's hybrid mix from 10 percent today.
Numerous challenges remain in defining who is responsible for collisions when they inevitably occur, said a panel on the legal landscape of driver assistance and autonomous driving technologies at the Automotive News Congress.
