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Xpeng CEO He Xiaopeng issued a dire warning for the auto industry unless the situation improved. "If the suppliers in Shanghai and its surrounding areas can't find a way to resume operations and production, in May possibly all of China's…

Tesla is preparing to resume production at its Shanghai plant on Monday following a three-week stoppage, having received the go-ahead from local authorities, two people familiar with the matter said.The Shanghai factory, located in the…

New York/London: In a strongest challenge to Elon Musk's Tesla in the electric vehicle (EV) market, Mercedes-Benz has unveiled its long-range 'Vision EQXX' concept car that travelled over 1,000 kms on a fully…

Tesla is preparing to resume production at its Shanghai plant on Monday following a three-week stoppage, having received the go-ahead from local authorities, two people familiar with the matter said.The Shanghai factory, located in the…

Mibe stressed that gasoline-electric hybrids will remain a key element of Honda's lineup well into the 2030s and that he expects demand for them to increase in some places. "We will continue to rely on hybrids as one of our powerful…

BMW Group said production at all its plants in the northeastern Chinese city of Shenyang resumed on Thursday. The German automaker had suspended output in Shenyang since March 24 because of COVID-19 control measures. BMW and its Chinese…

In some instances, truck drivers have been sealed inside their cabins, their doors and windows taped over with plastic, leaving them locked inside their vehicles. “I was stuck in my truck for almost 24 hours last weekend,” said one driver,…

New Delhi: Japanese auto major Honda Cars on Thursday unveiled its new offering for the Indian market -- City e: HEV sedan, marking its foray into the mainstream strong hybrid electric vehicle segment in the…

Tokyo: Toyota will launch its first full-electric vehicle (EV) in May that starts from $42,000 and offers superior power efficiency performance and sufficient cruising range for practical driving. Called bZ4X BEV…

NEW YORK — Hyundai Motor Co. will build an assembly plant in the U.S. for electric vehicles and batteries, COO Jose Muñoz said Wednesday at the New York International Auto Show. The new plant is part of Hyundai Motor Group's $7.4 billion…

Workers locked in Volkswagen Group's Shanghai factory are getting movie nights and scheduled exercise to keep them entertained after production was idled by the city's prolonged lockdown.    While several dozen employees initially…

NEW YORK — Hyundai Motor Co. will build an assembly plant in the U.S. for electric vehicles and batteries, COO Jose Muñoz said Wednesday at the New York International Auto Show. The new plant is part of Hyundai Motor Group's $7.4 billion…

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Envision AESC of Japan is staking a claim on the expanding American electric vehicle market with a $2 billion investment in a massive new battery cell and module plant in Bowling Green, Ky. The plant will supply…

NEW YORK — The Hyundai Ioniq 5 was named World Car of the Year, besting two other electric crossovers for the award, handed out Wednesday at the New York International Auto Show. The other top vote-getters were Ford's Mustang Mach-E and…

"The Company's management is working diligently to complete the Form 10-K and intends to file the Form 10-K as soon as practicable, but does not expect to do so within the timeframe specified by Rule 12b-25 for the reasons discussed in the…

Seoul: Hyundai Motor said on Wednesday it will invest 370 billion won ($300 million) in its US plant to begin the production of environment-friendly vehicles there later this year. Hyundai Motor will upgrade the…

Hyundai brand sales slipped 4.5 percent in the U.S. during the first quarter, a narrower slide than the overall market decline. Consumer demand for Hyundai's electrified models, including hybrids, plug-in hybrids, full cells and EVs, has…

NEW YORK — Hyundai plans to build the hybrid version of its Santa Fe midsize crossover and the Genesis Electrified GV70 compact crossover at its plant in Montgomery, Ala., Hyundai Motor North America CEO Jose Muñoz said. The manufacturing…

European electric vehicle charger maker Wallbox on Monday began construction of its U.S. plant, in Arlington, Texas. The 130,000-square-foot factory will begin production in early fall and manufacture more than 250,000 units in 2022, the…

Robert Bosch suspended production at two of its factories in China and is operating two others on a so-called "closed loop system" as COVID-19 lockdowns batter manufacturers. A thermotechnology plant in Shanghai, which makes home hot water…

SHANGHAI — Contemporary Amperex Technology has implemented a so-called "closed-loop management" system at its main factory to keep production going as the country battles an Omicron wave of the coronavirus. The southern Chinese city of…

American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc. is acquiring Tekfor Group in a deal valued at more than $135 million as the U.S. automotive supplier expands its electrification portfolio. American Axle's purchase of the Hausach,…

Automakers are driving toward eliminating emissions in their vehicle fleets, production plants and supplier networks. Mercedes-Benz said Monday it will more than halve its carbon footprint per passenger car by the next decade compared with…

Automakers are dealing with the double challenge of the microchip shortage and disruption of wire cable harnesses manufactured in Ukraine caused by Russia's invasion of the country. Antlitz said individual VW Group plants are continually…

Jaguar Land Rover has hired Thomas Mueller, a former Volkswagen Group executive and autonomous driving specialist, to lead the automaker’s product engineering. Mueller replaces Nick Rogers, who left JLR at the end of the year after 37…

New Delhi: Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Monday said it has commenced bookings for the all-new version of its multi purpose vehicle, XL6, from the Nexa retail channel. The model comes with next generation K-Series…

Mazda's new plug-in hybrid system will be deployed in the U.S., Europe and Japan. It mates a 2.5-liter, four-cylinder Skyactiv-G gasoline engine to a 17.8-kilowatt-hour lithium ion battery and a 129-kilowatt electric motor. Total system…

During Mazda's now defunct alliance with Ford Motor Co., Aihara worked in human relations at their jointly operated AutoAlliance International plant in Flat Rock, which Mazda exited in 2012. Negotiations with the UAW there, Aihara recalls,…

Hester has been president of LM Manufacturing since 2019 and spent the past two decades in the C-suite of procurement and logistics provider Global Automotive Alliance. He will have a 51 percent ownership stake in LAN Manufacturing and…

SHANGHAI — Nio Inc. said on Saturday it suspended production after China's measures to contain the recent surge of COVID-19 cases disrupted operations at key suppliers. "Since March, due to reasons to do with the epidemic, the company's…