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Tata Motors, the Indian carmaker has officially launched the 2021 Tiago NRG facelift today in the country with prices starting at Rs 6.57 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi). The new Tiago NRG is based on the Tiago facelift…

TOKYO -- Toyota Motor Corp. blasted past the global pandemic and microchip shortage to achieve record operating profit in the latest quarter on robust sales and cost control as it managed to keep the product pipeline pumping, despite…

BMW raised its profit forecast for 2021 after strong quarterly results, but warned that the global semiconductor shortage and rising raw materials prices would impact its performance in the second half. Net profit for the second quarter…

The group's EBIT margin was 11.4 percent, more than double the low end of the range forecast in March. North America was the company's standout region in the first half, bolstered by the Jeep SUV and Ram truck brands. Net revenue rose 42…

SHANGHAI -- China's regulatory agency is launching an investigation into chip distributors in the auto industry, it said on Tuesday, citing suspicions of price gouging. The action by the State Administration for Market Regulation is the…

Ola Electric scooter is all set to be launched in India on August 15, 2021. This piece of information has been confirmed by Ola Electric CEO Bhavish Aggarwal on its official Twitter account. Aggarwal has announced…

TOKYO – Subaru swung back to profitability in the latest quarter on the back of booming sales in the recovering U.S. market, the Japanese automaker’s traditional earnings engine. Subaru Corp. booked operating profit of 29.5 billion yen…

Seoul, August 3: Hyundai Motor overtook Toyota and regained its number 1 position in hydrogen electric vehicle sales. According to SNE Research on the 2nd, Hyundai Motor sold 4,700 hydrogen electronic vehicles to…

WASHINGTON -- A $1 trillion infrastructure bill under debate by the U.S. Senate includes a provision that directs U.S. regulators to mandate a passive technology to prevent intoxicated drivers from starting vehicles and avert more than…

Tesla is seeking to make inroads into Asia’s third-largest economy, where electric vehicles account for less than 1 percent of annual car sales, compared with about 5 percent in China. The sparse charging infrastructure and expensive cost…

The automotive industry has faced its share of challenges over the past year, beginning with the coronavirus pandemic that forced thousands of dealerships to briefly close their doors. Now they face a worldwide…

The lighter platform allows for a lower center of gravity and a better front-rear weight distribution. The new suspension also delivers better driving dynamics on-road and off. Up front, the Land Cruiser gets a high-mount double-wishbone…

MILAN -- Ferrari maintained stable profitability before the supercar maker installs an executive little known within the auto industry to raise the company's game in electrification and software. Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes,…

"We've used automation in our manufacturing plants for a very long time, but we really haven't delved too deeply into automation on our warehousing side before," said Mike Schober, vice president of parts supply chain operations for Toyota…

New Delhi: The country's leading automobile show, the Auto Expo, which was scheduled to take place in February next year at Greater Noida, has been postponed due to the COVID-19 situation and apprehensions of a…

Building a car that can reach 250 mph in wind tunnel simulations is one thing. Hitting that number when the rubber meets the road is quite another.To prove the Speedtail's performance, McLaren turned to Indianapolis 500 winner and McLaren…

Pune: Automotive start-up EVTRIC Motors on Monday launched its first electric scooters in the slow-speed category -- EVTRIC AXIS and EVTRIC RIDE -- for Rs 64,994 and Rs 67,996, respectively. The company said that…

Many of those new employees have more than a decade of experience in vital fields such as cloud-based services, Kuffner noted, and nearly a quarter of the newcomers have doctoral degrees in mission-critical areas such as machine learning…

Die-hard fans of Saturn's plastic body panels and no-haggle pricing descended on Detroit last month to demand that General Motors revive the defunct brand, according to one local TV station. But the supposed protest was actually an…

Seoul: Kia, South Korea's second-biggest carmaker, on Monday launched an all-electric EV6 sedan in the domestic market ahead of its overseas launches later this year. The EV6 is Kia's first model embedded with…

What's happening?You're seeing problems right now with some of the tool production in China. There's a serious container issue at the moment, and so getting goods onto a ship and over from China has become a problem. The alternative is to…

Michael Robinet, executive director at auto industry analysis and forecasting firm IHS Markit, is tracking the new acceleration and what it will mean to automaking.Robinet believes that a fundamental change is taking place in the industry.…

New Delhi, August 1: Automobile companies registered an increase in their sales for July 2021 on a year-on-year basis, largely on the back of lower sales in July 2020 when the country was significantly hit by the…

To start, Ford located the entire Maverick team — from design and engineering to marketing and sales — in one large room in the basement of its Dearborn, Mich., Product Development Center. Design sketches, data and product development…

Porsche advertises that a five-minute charge at the fastest 350- kilowatt public chargers can add about 60 miles of range with a charging peak of 270 kW. Hyundai makes a similar claim with more than 60 miles of added range in the same five…

Jeep Gladiator production at Stellantis' Toledo, Ohio, assembly plant will be idled next week, making the midsize pickup the latest casualty in the global microchip shortage. The third-best selling midsize pickup in the U.S. this year is…

FRANKFURT -- Volkswagen Group's top three brands have pointed to an ongoing shortage of automotive chips that could intensify in the coming months, highlighting the industry's difficulty in tackling the issue. "Although there are signs…

Longtime auto supply executive Richard Dauch will be the next CEO of electric vehicle company Workhorse Group. Dauch, who starts in his new job Monday, replaces Duane Hughes, who was in the role 2 1/2 years, according to a news release.…

A critical product line is coming to life at Volkswagen's plant in Zwickau, Germany, and the last thing the company wants there is a manufacturing process that holds back speed.The product: the ID4, Volkswagen's first all-electric…

DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. on Wednesday posted second-quarter net income of $561 million, crediting strong demand for helping it stay in the black despite the ongoing global semiconductor shortage and improving its forecast for the rest of…