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After the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week removed most mask mandates for fully vaccinated Americans, automakers and dealership groups are assessing their own protocols. Most haven't gone mask-free yet as they await…

Ranchi, May 17: Homegrown automobile giant Tata Motors will undertake a block closure at its Jamshedpur facility from May 18 to May 22, as per an internal communication sent to its employees on Monday. The employees…

DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. will temporarily reduce output of the nation's bestselling vehicle — the F-150 pickup — at its Dearborn Truck Plant just days after President Joe Biden is expected to visit a new electric vehicle center nearby as…

4. CO2 reduction: After years of progress and ingenuity and debate, does anyone believe that it is a question of "can" global CO2 emissions be reduced? Isn't the real question simply "should" that happen? And if it should, then wouldn't it…

Other registration data from Experian shows that, while EVs such as those from Tesla remain largely a niche product — they accounted for about 1.7 percent of total industry registrations — they continue to attract new customers into a…

MILAN -- Stellantis and iPhone assembler Foxconn will announce a strategic partnership on Tuesday. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, now part of Stellantis, said in January it planned to set up a joint venture with Hon Hai Precision Industry,…

"We believe we can achieve 5 percent operating margin eventually," Uchida said. "But if you look at the immediate challenges today in fiscal year 2021, there is a big impact from semiconductor and commodity price hikes. So at this point in…

Automakers around the world have some big plans, but a handful of brands have declared a complete makeover.

Executives said development lead time for the bZ4X was about 30 percent shorter than for a traditional Toyota model. And the company expects to slash another 15 percent off the lead time of subsequent EV offerings. To deliver the…

Hyundai Motor Group has lately had a lot to say about its ambitions in electric vehicles and advanced transportation technologies. Last week, it vowed to put its money where its mouth is. The South Korean automaker said it will invest $7.4…

AlixPartners estimated that a typical new vehicle today contains as many as 1,400 chips. "And that number is only going to increase as the industry continues its march toward electric vehicles, ever-more connected vehicles and, eventually,…

Marelli was born in 2019 from the Japanese heating, air conditioning and exhaust supplier Calsonic Kansei and Magneti Marelli, the former auto components business of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. Now, it needs a partner to develop products…

The chip shortage comes as Infiniti juggles multiple key product launches.The all-new QX55 sporty crossover began arriving in U.S. stores last month, while production of the redesigned QX60 is expected to begin in early July.The QX60…

WASHINGTON -- A group of U.S. senators are close to unveiling a $52-billion proposal Friday that would significantly boost U.S. semiconductor chip production and research over five years sources briefed on the matter told Reuters. Senators…

Automakers have been idling plants for days or weeks at a time as the shortage worsens, with Ford Motor Co., General Motors and Stellantis taking some of the worst hits. In recent weeks, BMW — which was once largely unscathed by the crisis…

Piaggio India has finally announced prices of the Aprilia SXR 125 maxi-scooter in the country. Based on the elder sibling, the SXR 125 scooter costs Rs 1,14,994 (ex-showroom, Pune). The company is now accepting…

San Francisco: After less than two months of going bullish on Bitcoin, Tesla on Thursday applied brakes on the popular cryptocurrency as a payment mode to buy its electric vehicles, citing environmental harm. Musk…

The Geely Auto Group (which owns Volvo, Proton, Lotus, Terrafugia and LEVC) plans on challenging Tesla within the luxury electric car sector while simultaneously Lucid, the electric car company, prepares to release…

New Delhi, May 12: MG Motor India on Wednesday said it has extended warranty and service validity of all schedules due in April and May. The MG customers will now be able to avail their schedules until July 31,…

Former Nissan Motor Co. Director Greg Kelly testified in court in Tokyo for the first time, saying he considered Carlos Ghosn a flight risk after the ex-chairman voluntarily reduced his own pay, and that he looked for legal ways to keep…

Tesla Inc. sales in China dropped last month amid stepped up criticism of the U.S. automaker. But exports of its China-made electric cars were robust, a sign of increasing demand in Europe. Tesla sold 25,845 locally made vehicles in April,…

President Joe Biden plans to tour Ford Motor Co.'s electric pickup truck plant near Detroit on May 18, the day before the automaker is set to unveil its new F-150 Lightning EV, according to a source briefed on the president's plans. Biden…

Stellantis is idling its minivan plant in Windsor, Ontario, for another week due to the ongoing global microchip shortage. The company confirmed a union Twitter post saying the factory that builds the Chrysler Pacifica, Grand Caravan and…

TOKYO -- Nissan Motor Cop. reported a record annual loss on Tuesday as the coronavirus pandemic hit vehicle sales and a global shortage of semiconductors forced the automaker to cut production. Nissan said in a statement that its annual…

SHANGHAI -- U.S. electric-car maker Tesla Inc. has halted plans to buy land to expand its Shanghai plant and make it a global export hub, people familiar with the matter said, due to uncertainty created by U.S.-China tensions. With 25…

Mercedes-Benz is giving a sneak peek of an electric van concept that the automaker says is "near series production" ready and is among the models it is adding to broaden its battery-powered range over the next year. The electric iteration…

San Francisco: Elon Musk-owned Tesla's Supercharger network has now reached a total of 25,000 chargers -- a big milestone for the fast-charging network. At the end of 2020, Tesla had over 20,000 charging stalls at…

"There's a possibility that we need to look at how we manage the supply chains, that we have more visibility of what's happening in the various tiers of the supply chain, so that our intelligence is more immediate, and we can move faster,"…

If a tree falls in the forest, but the press release is quietly issued only in Spanish, does it make a sound?Well, the UAW heard loud and clear. The union called General Motors' plan to invest 20 billion pesos toward vehículos eléctricos…

Stellantis is working on more standardization across its vehicle lineup rather than having to use specific chips for some models, CFO Richard Palmer said on a call with reporters last week. "More standardization and flexibility — which is…