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Scaringe said the company has begun to "assess the size and structure of our teams" and will be "as thoughtful as possible as we consider any reductions" in employee head count. Rivian carried about $16 billion in cash at the end of the…

The lawsuit seeks to set a precedent that would enable owners of Mercedes GLC and GLK vehicles to gain compensation for software that was allegedly used to trick emissions tests. The lawsuit covers nearly 50,000 GLC and GLK models and was…

Seoul: The union of Hyundai Motor said on Tuesday it has tentatively agreed with the company to build a dedicated electric vehicle (EV) plant in South Korea by 2025 amid a global electrification push. Hyundai and…

Rivian Automotive Inc. is planning hundreds of layoffs to trim its workforce in areas where the electric-vehicle maker has grown too quickly, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg. The cuts will focus on nonmanufacturing roles,…

Audi is not the only major global luxury brand accelerating EV production in China. BMW last month opened a new assembly plant in the northeast China city of Shenyang along with local partner Brilliance Automobile Holdings Group Co. That…

Maruti Suzuki Grand Vitara bookings are now open in India. Customers can pre-book the Grand Vitara at any NEXA showroom or via Nexa website with an initial payment of Rs 11,000. In addition to this, the carmaker…

However, Geert Bruyneel, Volvo's head of global manufacturing, told Automotive News Europe that the vehicle architecture used at the new plant "will be a successor to SPA2," the automaker's newest electric-only architecture that will…

General Motors, whose vice president of corporate giving, Terry Rhadigan, sits on the museum's board, made a $500,000 grant to the museum to support development of the exhibit and educational program, "Black Innovation, Invention and…

General Motors' venerable commercial vans, the Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana, will likely go electric in 2026, forecasters say. Production of the vans is expected to remain at GM's plant in Wentzville, Mo., when they become electric…

VW has positioned the Amarok as a premium pickup, and has added safety and convenience features. Among them are more than 30 advanced driver assistance system functions, 20 of which are new to the Amarok, including park assist and speed…

International automakers account for 47 percent of all vehicles produced in the U.S. and 55 percent of all-new vehicle sales. What's more, international automakers are responsible for $22 billion in annual vehicle exports: More than…

Every winter, the holidays take many of us by surprise. The Yuletide season arrives the same time each year — we know it's coming — and yet we annually find ourselves at the last possible moment raiding the shopping malls and scouring the…

While policymakers debate whether a U.S. recession is inevitable, the real question for many in the auto industry should be whether it's relevant. It sounds preposterous on the face of it because for generations, the industry has been a…

It's clean, it's environmentally kind and it's utterly indistinguishable from ordinary car paint. But sometimes a technological innovation just makes you blink. BMW and the global coatings supplier BASF are partnering to create vehicle…

San Francisco: As recession fears grow, the US-based autonomous vehicle technology startup Agro AI, backed by Ford and Volkswagen, has laid off about 150 people and slowed the pace of hiring, making it the latest…

Berlin: German automaker Volkswagen will invest $20.38 billion to build electric vehicle (EV) batteries, creating 20,000 jobs and generating more than $20 billion in annual sales. Volkswagen broke the ground for its…

It's getting complicated for investors in semiconductor stocks, with last year's big chip shortage morphing into an inventory glut for some companies, and others getting caught up in geopolitics. The COVID-19 pandemic spurred an…

Volkswagen Group is planning major investments in China to employ “several thousand” software engineers and catch up with local rivals when it comes to equipping cars with the latest digital technology, CEO Herbert Diess said. “It's…

It's getting complicated for investors in semiconductor stocks, with last year's big chip shortage morphing into an inventory glut for some companies, and others getting caught up in geopolitics. The Covid-19 pandemic spurred an…

Vietnamese automaker VinFast, which expects to launch two electric vehicles in the U.S. market this year, is partnering with Taiwanese battery startup ProLogium Technology on solid-state EV batteries for delivery as early as 2024, VinFast…

Susquehanna said that leading or predictive company-specific data show contractions in lead times for the second month in a row, with some declines of as much as 45 percent. Some of the largest declines were for microcontroller units, or…

Rivian Automotive Inc. said on Wednesday it delivered 4,467 vehicles in the second quarter, a sequential rise of nearly four times, as a ramp-up in production and red-hot demand helped the startup electric-vehicle maker. Shares of the…

MOSCOW – Volkswagen Group will stop output in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, where VW and Skoda cars were being assembled under contract with GAZ Group, a trade union said, citing the company's message to the plant's staff. VW announced in March…

New Delhi: As Bhavish Aggarwal focuses his energies towards Ola Electric, the ride-hailing platform Ola is planning to lay off up to 500 employees across departments as it aims to cut cost and streamline operations…

The project's existence came to light Friday following Michigan lawmakers' approval of a $77 billion budget that included $1 billion in earmarks. The largest appropriation – $130 million – was made for the new EV training center. The…

New Delhi: Alarmed at the unabated EV fire incidents, the Centre has now sent show cause notices to EV manufacturers like Ola Electric, Okinawa Autotech and Pure EV, among others, warning them why a penal action…

San Francisco: Electric vehicle company Tesla has confirmed that its vehicles can now scan for rough roads, like potholes, to help avoid them damaging the vehicles by adjusting the suspension. In a new 2022.20…

Bhimavaram, July 4: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Monday presented an unusual gift to Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the launch of the 125th birth anniversary celebrations of revolutionary…

TO THE EDITOR: The subject of electric vehicles is mesmerizing. Omari Gardner's "I was going to wait to get an EV, but the time to switch is now" (autonews.com, June 18) brought to mind what happened during the advent of color TV. The…

Tesla Inc. has begun tracking how often its employees show up at the office after CEO Elon Musk said he was no longer allowing widespread remote work. Business Insider reported last week that the automaker was sending emails to employees…