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BEIJING -- Passenger vehicle sales in China, the world's biggest car market, climbed 1.1 percent in May to 1.66 million cars from a year earlier, according to data from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) on Tuesday. Tesla Inc. sold…

Kia has given the new Sportage what it calls "futuristic" styling flourishes on the outside and an interior designed to be used with advanced connectivity features. The automaker released pictures of the compact crossover on Tuesday. The…

Mercedes-Maybach, the German carmaker officially launched the GLS 600 Ultra-luxury SUV in India at Rs 2.43 Crore (ex-showroom). Mercedes-Maybach GLS 600 4MATIC now sets a new benchmark in the luxury SUV segment and…

Mumbai, June 8: You might have received a message on WhatsApp which says you can win a Tata Safari by filling a questionnaire. The WhatsApp message, which also contains a link, claims the "offer" is made because…

Since last July, a little-known automaker in China’s southwest has dominated the world’s largest electric car market, outselling bigger players and even Tesla Inc. almost every month with a tiny, bare-bones EV that starts at just $4,500.…

Despite today's rosy profit picture, the auto retail franchise model faces new pressures as long-term prospects are fraught with uncertainty.

Mercedes-Benz said it has been promoting its 19 ethnic minority-owned stores through social media campaigns in a new initiative after the social justice uprising. "The past year has brought about significant change for many of us," Keri…

As a point of comparison, Toyota this year is completing its fifth expansion of a separate engine plant in Huntsville, at a cost of $288 million. This year's project will bring 18 years of investment in the site to a total of $1.2 billion…

In March, new EV registrations increased to 3.1 percent of the market, according to IHS Markit. That's significantly more than they had represented recently but still only a sliver of the overall market.Central lots could shift pressure to…

San Francisco: After announcing that Tesla will hold an event for the first Model S Plaid deliveries last week, its CEO Elon Musk on Monday said the new electric car will not arrive at all. The electric car-maker…

Q: A lot of things are happening with the auto industry in north Alabama. What's driving it? A: It's many different interests all working together in automotive, trying to get a piece of that pie. We're made up of 13 counties. The city of…

The estimated number of microchip-related vehicle production losses rose again last week, but the rise was smaller than in previous weeks, according to the latest industry report from AutoForecast Solutions.  AFS estimated that about…

BERLIN -- Volkswagen Group Chairman Hans Dieter Poetsch will seek reelection at the automaker's annual general meeting. Poetsch, VW's former finance chief,  became chairman of the supervisory board in 2015, weeks after the start of the…

Tesla has lost another top manager from the automaker's new European plant under construction near Berlin, according to a report in Automobilwoche, the German affiliate publication of Automotive News. Marcel Jost, head of general assembly,…

"Look at our proximity to Mexico," Watson reasons. "It's a key advantage. Ford has a facility just across the border in Sonora. As we worked closely to help Lucid with its supply base, we not only had suppliers here in Arizona, but also…

WASHINGTON -- Ford Motor Co. said Thursday it could face up to $1.3 billion in penalties in a long-running dispute over import duties paid on Ford Transit Connect vehicles. The No. 2 U.S. automaker said after the Supreme Court declined to…

PARIS -- Renault and U.S. hydrogen specialist Plug Power launched a joint venture to develop hydrogen-powered light commercial vehicles. The new venture, called Hyvia, will be equally owned by the two companies, Renault and Plug Power said…

BEIJING -- BMW Group said Thursday its factories in China plan to reach carbon emissions neutrality by the end of this year, while its total carbon emissions in its Chinese production chain will fall 80 percent by 2030. In China, the…

Just days after Stellantis resumed minivan production at its factory in Windsor, Ont., the company said Wednesday that it will idle the plant for two more weeks. “Stellantis continues to work closely with our suppliers to mitigate the…

STOCKHOLM -- Volvo Cars sales grew 43 percent in May, marking a continued recovery for the automaker, which is considering listing on the Nasdaq Stockholm stock exchange this year. Global sales rose for an 11th consecutive month to 64,111…

BorgWarner Inc. has landed a deal to supply Hyundai Motor Group with its integrated drive module as the supplier looks to grow its electric vehicle platforms business. BorgWarner's new module, iDM146, will power the South Korean…

Mumbai, June 1: Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India's domestic vehicle sales declined 28 per cent to 38,763 units in May over the same month last year. The Indian arm of the Japanese two-wheeler maker had sold 54,000…

DETROIT — Downtime will continue in June for several Stellantis factories due to the global chip shortage, but the Warren Truck Assembly Plant in Michigan is back online this week after being idled since late March, the automaker said. The…

Manufacturing plants run by Ford and Hyundai near Chennai were shut this week after workers protested over unsafe working conditions. Renault-Nissan shut its manufacturing unit after workers threatened to boycott work, saying social…

French investigating judges questioned fugitive former Renault-Nissan leader Carlos Ghosn in Beirut on Monday, in hearings that one of his lawyers described as a first for justice since his arrest in Japan. The architect of the…

The price of Tesla vehicles is increasing due to supply chain pressures across the auto industry, particularly for raw materials, Elon Musk said on Monday in response to a tweet. "Prices increasing due to major supply chain price pressure…

San Francisco: As US-based chip-maker AMD confirmed that it is powering the gaming rig inside Tesla's Model S and Model X, Elon Musk said the new models can run PS5 level entertainment computing power. AMD has…

Though most headlines involving the auto industry and COVID-19 have told stories of market disruption, there was another area impacted by the pandemic: data privacy. As the abrupt shift to remote work exposed new vulnerabilities and…

It's no World of Warcraft. But design engineers at Porsche Engineering's labs in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, have begun using gaming engines to give them a freer and faster hand at creating new models, components and vehicle control systems.…

New Delhi, May 31: Automaker BMW Group India on Monday said it has launched X7 M50d 'Dark Shadow' Edition in the country priced at Rs 2.02 crore (ex-showroom). The model comes to India as a completely built-up unit…