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Tesla tops Cars.com’s American-Made list

The Tesla Model 3 sedan has become the first all-electric vehicle to top Cars.com's annual American-Made Index, beating out the Ford Mustang. The Model 3, assembled in Fremont, Calif., jumped to the No. 1 spot from No. 4 last year. It is…

Light-vehicle output continues to fall

Light-vehicle production across China continued to decline in the first weeks of June after contracting in May amid the severe semiconductor chip shortage.  Output at 11 key automakers fell 38 percent to some 864,000 vehicles in the first…

HAAH, losing execs, will import from China

Pradzinski said in a text message that he left HAAH for an opportunity at a new startup, but he declined to identify the venture. Asked to comment on HAAH's future, Pradzinski said briefly, "I still believe they are on track."Pradzinski…

EVs unleash massive investment in American industry

Swedish auto startup Polestar's decision to build a midsize electric crossover in South Carolina illustrates a new truth about vehicle manufacturing in the coming decade: Electric vehicles are changing the rulebook on how automakers think…

Volkswagen data breach a cybersecurity reminder

Consumers whose information was pilfered likely never knew that they had a digital relationship with this particular vendor for VW Group of America. They would have reasonably assumed that their electronic interactions were with their…

Chip shortage hangs over summer shutdowns

The global semiconductor chip shortage could create a steamy summer for the auto industry.As automakers cope with the supply chain crisis, production interruptions may overlap with normal summer factory shutdowns and model…

Lordstown Motors fights for survival

"If they actually do have $400 million to $500 million in cash on hand, it seems like they should be able to build an initial batch of trucks and actually deliver them to customers," said Sam Abuelsamid, principal analyst for e-mobility…

GM, Ford locked in EV spending race

Ford projects that 40 percent of its global sales will be electric by 2030. But in what CEO Jim Farley has called the "early innings" of electrification, the company is focusing on commercial products such as the E-Transit van and F-150…

Ferrari, Amazon enter agreement on data

MILAN -- Ferrari and Amazon Web Services have entered an agreement to make Amazon's cloud computing unit the automaker's cloud storage, machine learning, and artificial intelligence provider, AWS said. The deal will help Ferrari streamline…