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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Senate on Monday confirmed Jennifer Homendy by voice vote to chair the National Transportation Safety Board, the independent federal agency charged with investigating all civil aviation and other transportation…

San Francisco: Tesla aims to sell 20 million electric vehicles per year by 2030 -- from 0.5 million in 2020 -- and deploy 1,500 GWh of energy storage per year, compared to 3 GWh last year. In its '2020 Impact…

For a rare change, Illinois has a chance to really compete in such a growth area. Be it U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., helping get money to build electric charging stations; Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., meeting with the CEO of industry…

The homegrown auto major Mahindra & Mahindra on Monday officially unveiled its new visual identity, including a brand new logo exclusively for its SUV portfolio. In a press statement, the Indian carmaker said…

Maybe the fifth time will be the charm for the New York auto show. Organizers now hope to hold the show next April, which would be a full three years after the last one. Rising cases of COVID-19 and increased restrictions in New York City…

Seoul: Hyundai Motor said on Monday it has resumed production at one of its seven domestic plants after a four-week suspension to prepare for the production of an electric vehicle. Hyundai halted the Asan plant from…

While not all fleet contracts are negotiated in the third quarter, many have traditionally been done at this time of year because it is mutually beneficial for automakers and large fleet operators, Betts said."The people buying fleet cars…

Beijing: Automobile and motorbike giant Honda's Chinese arm Wuyang-Honda has added a new electric scooter, 'U-GO Electric Scooter', to its lineup in the Chinese market. The U-GO e-scooter comes in two models that…

Tesla Inc. is telling workers at its Nevada battery factory they will be required to wear a mask indoors starting Monday regardless of vaccination status, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. Workers at the Reno, Nevada-area…

Lear Corp. swung to net income of $175 million in its second quarter despite a $1 billion sales hit from production and supply issues that are hurting the business more than executives had anticipated. The Southfield-based automotive…

Trevor Milton has more in common with Elon Musk than starting a prominent electric vehicle company named after inventor Nikola Tesla. He’s now hired the same lawyers to defend him. Brad Bondi and Terence Healy represented Musk when the…

San Francisco: Electric vehicle maker Tesla is going to supply its full energy ecosystem with solar, batteries and EV chargers, to new homes in a new luxury community being built in Florida. According to the…

China’s new-vehicle market is expected to shrink for the third straight month in July as the semiconductor chip crunch continues to constrain vehicle production. New-vehicle sales across the country fell nearly 14 percent last month to…

Lamborghini has appointed a veteran executive as the new CEO of Automobili Lamborghini America, the company's biggest market. Andrea Baldi, 45, who has been with Lamborghini since 2010, most recently as director of the brand's…

New Delhi: Honda Cars India Ltd (HCIL) on Wednesday said it has commenced bookings for the new version of its compact sedan Amaze. With the model slated to debut on August 18, the company has initiated pre-bookings…

Honda Cars India is all geared up to launch the 2021 Amaze facelift in India on August 18, 2021. Ahead of its launch, the company has started teasing the new Amaze facelift on its official social media platforms.…

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Rising political tensions with China mean that tariffs originally imposed by the Trump administration will likely stick around for the foreseeable future. "I don't see the Biden administration removing tariffs on…

The announcement, which will be attended by representatives of some Detroit automakers, is expected include a commitment from auto manufacturers to target at least 40 percent of sales as electric vehicles by 2030, according to two of the…

The supplier attributed the increases to economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic as well as its acquisition of Delphi Technologies in October. However, continued supply chain disruptions, such as the global microchip shortage, and…

"Honda has brand name, good residual value, high market share. Why isn’t it making more profit?" Takaki Nakanishi, an analyst at Nakanishi Research Institute, said prior to Wednesday's results. "It's all about inefficiencies." GM tie-up…

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…