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Honda Motor Co. has a rude surprise for drivers of its leased cars: No more turning in your vehicles to other dealers. The carmaker said Thursday it will require the drivers with expiring leases to return their vehicles to authorized Honda…

Chandigarh, July 8: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar called upon Hyundai Motors India Managing Director Seon Seob Kim here on Thursday. During the meeting, he was invited by the company to inaugurate its…

Polestar, the electric-car maker controlled by Volvo Car AB and its owner Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., is in talks to go public through a merger with Gores Guggenheim Inc., a blank check-firm, according to people with knowledge of the…

ZISLOW, Germany -- Volkswagen's supervisory board will discuss on Friday whether to extend the contract of CEO Herbert Diess, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The meeting, at which the sources said the board could decide…

Stellantis, the world's No. 4 automaker, is projecting that more than 40 percent of its U.S. sales will be electrified vehicles by 2030, with new offerings from Dodge and Ram expected to contribute to that figure. By that point, all 14 of…

A two-minute YouTube video (see above) posted by Audi on July 5 and featuring Audi's design chief, Marc Lichte, and senior vice president, Henrik Wenders, said the vehicles would be revealed over the next 12 months."They recognize you,…

BERLIN -- A German regional authority said it was preparing to fine Tesla for illegal building activity on the site of its planned new car factory near Berlin. The environment ministry for Brandenburg, where the factory will be located,…

MILAN -- Stellantis, the world's No. 4 automaker, said on Thursday it plans to invest more than 30 billion euros ($35.54 billion) through 2025 on electrifying its vehicle lineup. The company, which was formed in January from the merger of…

BMW Motorrad, the German two-wheeler maker, has officially introduced its CE 04 electric scooter. The EV was first showcased in a concept form in 2017. It gets a similar futuristic design as that of its concept. The…

Apart from his calm-headed finishes and powerful hitting, former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is also quite well-known for his car collection. And he recently added to that, in form of 1969 Ford Mustang muscle…

MILAN -- Stellantis softened up investors ahead of its electrification strategy event on Thursday by hinting that it had a better-than-expected start to 2021 despite a chip shortage that has hit automakers worldwide. The company said its…

Shenzhen: Chinese conglomerate Huawei has reached a patent license agreement with a supplier of Volkswagen Group. According to reports, it was Luxembourg-based Rolling Wireless. Huawei expects more than 30 million…

The Emira will be priced at less than 60,000 pounds ($83,000) in its home market of the U.K., the company said without giving more details. The starting price makes it more expensive than the Renault's Alpine A110 which starts at 46,900…

Renault CEO Luca de Meo said the effects of the global semiconductor shortage will be felt through next year, a warning that doesn’t bode well for a recovery in auto production. Major suppliers have cautioned Renault that the shortage is…

New Delhi: Tata Motors on Wednesday said it has expanded its dark range with the launch of Altroz, Nexon and Nexon EV dark editions in the country. The Altroz Dark range is priced from Rs 8.71 lakh, the Nexon trims…

BERLIN -- Tesla is increasing the training of skilled workers for its new European factory after it was reported that the electric-car maker is struggling to find employees. The company plans to train around 150 apprentices in…

San Francisco: Elon Musk has confirmed that Tesla will release a new user interface with its upcoming FSD v9 Beta software update. The updated UI will have something that the CEO referred to as the "mind of car"…

LOS ANGELES — Genesis Motor North America CEO Mark Del Rosso has taken a leave of absence as of July 1, the automaker told Automotive News.Jose Muñoz, CEO of Hyundai Motor North America, will serve as the interim Genesis chief during Del…

America's quickest police vehicle is now a pickup. Ford Motor Co. says the 2021 F-150 Police Responder beat every factory-built, pursuit-rated sedan and SUV in testing by two influential law enforcement agencies. The F-150, which is the…

In case one Ferrari is not enough, the Italian automaker has a new program that lets buyers get two identically configured cars — with one being a scale model. The models, made by Amalgam Collection, replicate the buyer's car in "every…

New Delhi, Jul 4: Japanese automaker Honda plans to increase prices of its entire model range in India from the next month as it looks to offset the impact of a sharp increase in the procurement cost of various…

The new EV platform will underpin future crossovers, sedans and station wagons, and Volvo will count on it to propel the company toward its stated goal of selling 600,000 EVs — half of its anticipated global volume — by 2025."We see the…

San Francisco, July 3: Elon Musk has confirmed that the Tesla Cybertruck will be equipped with a 4-wheel directional steering, resulting in a feature similar to the Hummer EV's 'Crab mode'. Over the last year, Musk…

Tennis star Novak Djokovic was on Saturday, appointed brand ambassador of  Mahindra Group-owned Peugeot Motocycles' electric scooter brand e-Ludix. Taking to Twitter, Anand Mahindra, compared Djokovic's speed as an…

Of course, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Tesla's snub-nose models project a modern "anti-grille" attitude as a rebuke to gasoline rivals, but that look is aging. Some analysts and designers think the newly available real estate…

Chen Hong, chairman of SAIC Motor Corp., a state-owned automaker that operates joint ventures with General Motors and Volkswagen Group, said microchip supplies at the company will return to normal later this year. Chen made the forecast at…

Nissan will add production of a new electric crossover and build a gigafactory with its battery partner Envision AESC at its UK plant. The 1-billion-pound ($1.38 billion) investment secures the future of Nissan's plant in Sunderland,…

Volvo Cars laid out an extensive road map to becoming a fully electric car maker by 2030, including plans to sell 600,000 battery electric vehicles at mid-decade and build a European battery gigafactory in 2026. Volvo also said it plans to…

MEXICO CITY -- Mexico is looking at new ways to carry out the worker contract votes that are required under a recent labor reform, officials said on Tuesday, after a disputed vote at a General Motors plant drew U.S. scrutiny over possible…

Klein Vision’s Flying car called AirCar Prototype 1 achieved a key milestone after it completed a 35-minute flight from the international airport in Nitra to Bratislava on June 28, 2021. AirCar is a flying vehicle…