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Rivian said Friday that it’s recalling roughly 13,000 of the 14,000 electric trucks and SUVs made at its assembly plant in Normal, Ill., because of concerns that a bolt in steering assemblies wasn’t sufficiently tightened.  No accidents…

BERLIN – Chinese electric startup Nio will bring its new mainstream electric brand to Europe a few months after it launches in China in 2024, Nio president and co-founder Lihong Qin said. Nio announced the foundation of the mass-market…

Federally funded electric vehicle tax credits contained in the Inflation Reduction Act signed into law this summer have Volkswagen Group, and especially Audi, taking a hard look at expanding its manufacturing footprint in North America —…

Automakers and suppliers have announced $11 billion in electric vehicle battery investments since the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act in August as they look to localize supply chains to meet sourcing requirements and tap new…

Polestar said supply issues that lingered after China’s COVID-19 lockdowns earlier this year will weigh on results the electric-car maker is releasing next month, though it’s sticking with its full-year deliveries target. The Volvo plant…

Stellantis has been hit with another odor violation at its Detroit Assembly Complex on Mack Avenue, marking the sixth time in a year that state regulators have flagged the Jeep plant for air pollution. The assembly and paint complex on the…

Musk said when Tesla first unveiled the Semi in November 2017 that it would go into production two years later. While would-be customers including Walmart Inc. and Anheuser-Busch InBev SA put down deposits, the automaker ended up…

San Francisco: Tesla has started the production of its long-delayed Semi Truck that will have a 500 miles (800 km) range and will first reach Pepsi facilities, Elon Musk announced on Friday. The electric-car-maker…

What went wrong Production of both the bZ4X and Solterra at Toyota’s Motomachi assembly plant has been suspended ever since as Toyota Motor Corp. raced to find a remedy. The defect stemmed from not accounting for the high torque exerted on…

BERLIN – Volkswagen Group is planning a significant investment in a joint venture in China for software production, sources with knowledge of the matter said. An official announcement is expected next week, one person close to negotiations…

New Delhi: Road safety body International Road Federation (IRF) has urged the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) Nitin Gadkari to withdraw the notification making six airbags mandatory in…

"I think the relationship, the understanding and the respect of different cultures, 'guanxi,' truthfully is crucial," he said. "I would say number one, even more important than technological capability in this cross-border investment." The…

Michigan officials have approved a bundle of incentives valued at $715 million for a $2.4 billion electric vehicle battery plant to be built by a Chinese manufacturer in the Big Rapids area. The incentives for Gotion Inc., given the green…

Our Next Energy will spend $1.6 billion on a new battery cell plant in suburban Detroit and begin production of lithium iron phosphate cells and battery packs in 2024, company officials said Wednesday. Known as ONE, the company signed a…

PARIS – This year’s Paris auto show will look very different than the one that was last held in 2018. For one, it is being combined with the Equip’Auto exhibition of aftermarket supplies, in an effort to offer a broader experience for…

Rivian Automotive Inc. said it produced 7,363 vehicles at its manufacturing facility in Normal, Illinois and delivered 6,584 vehicles in the quarter ended Sept. 30. The company, in a statement Monday, also reiterated its full-year…

New Delhi: Kia India on Tuesday said it is recalling 44,174 units of its latest model 'Carens' to inspect and fix any potential error in air bag control module software. As a responsible corporate, the company has…

Georgia state officials said on Monday they were disappointed after a local court rejected a joint proposal to secure local incentives for Rivian Automotive Inc.'s $5-billion manufacturing plant in the state. "We remain undeterred in our…

New Delhi, October 3: Maruti Suzuki India on Monday reported an over two-fold rise in its vehicle production at 1,77,468 units in September 2022. The company had produced a total of 81,278 units in the same month…

New Delhi: Skoda Auto Volkswagen India on Monday said it has commenced exports of mid-sized sports utility vehicle Kushaq. The company, which manages the Indian region of five Volkswagen Group brands – Skoda,…

Electric scooters are the future and are slowly taking over fuel bikes. Like any other electronic device, buying an electric scooter is exciting. When it comes to e-scooters, we have to take steps to protect its…

Palghar (Maharashtra) : A 7-year-old boy was killed after the battery of an electric scooter exploded while it was being charged in Palghar on Sunday. The incident occurred in Vasai area of Palghar district.…

A seven-year-old boy died during treatment after he was critically injured in an e-scooter battery blast in Maharashtra. The blast occurred while the e-scooter was getting charged in Vasai, Palghar. The explosion…

The Blue Oval is grappling with a shortage of blue ovals.Ford Motor Co. has had to delay shipments of some vehicles in recent weeks because it ran out of the badges that go on the front and rear, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing…

San Francisco, Oct 1: Elon Musk has said that 160,000 Tesla customers are now running the Full Self Driving (FSD) beta, from a mere 2,000 last year. Tesla has so far released 35 software updates of FSD, that has…

Florida dealership associations described retailers as relatively unscathed after Hurricane Ian soaked and whipped the state last week, while auto plants and dealerships in the Carolinas closed in anticipation of being the storm's next…

Zhejiang Geely Holding Group said it had taken a 7.6 percent stake in Aston Martin. The purchase is another move by Li Shufu, Geely's billionaire owner, to expand his automobile empire. Geely also owns Volvo and Lotus Cars and has a stake…

San Francisco: Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that the EV maker's upcoming Cybertruck will "serve briefly as a boat" that will help in crossing rivers and other water bodies. According to Musk, the objective is for a…

San Francisco: Tech giant Apple is reportedly planning to build a team for its electric car project -- Project Titan -- before the end of the year. On the microblogging site, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo wrote, "Apple is…

LAS VEGAS – Ambitious targets for electric vehicle sales – in California or nationwide – will be hard to achieve by 2030 or 2035, Akio Toyoda told reporters Thursday.  Regarding California’s rule calling for a ban on the sale of…