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The concern over facility maintenance due to cutbacks at Pomigliano — where less than half of workers making the Panda took part in Friday’s protests — is not isolated with staff at other factories also pressuring management to improve…

Delhi, May 15: Tata Motors is all set to launch a fully-electric version of its popular Punch SUV. It has been in the testing phase for a while. Now, a Tata Punch EV has been spotted for the first time. It showcases…

LONDON -- Volkswagen Group's Cariad plans to bring its delayed 2.0 software platform to market in 2027 or 2028 after the launches of key new electric models from Porsche and Audi. The original launch date for the sophisticated software…

Many of us working in the connected car space are searching for explanations for the slow consumer adoption of telematics-enabled, usage-based insurance, or UBI, programs, especially as more new vehicles are embedded with connectivity,…

It seems that software is to the auto industry what alcohol is to Homer Simpson: the cause of — and solution to — all of life's problems. Software has become a huge part of modern life. And while we've all been told that autos today have…

New Delhi, May 14: India is making progress in building its electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure in order to phase out diesel vehicles in a stipulated time-frame but there is still a long way to go.…

Tokyo, May 13: As connected cars become mainstream globally, Toyota has issued an apology after it discovered that millions of customers' partial data was made public "due to misconfiguration of the Cloud…

Detroit, May 12: Chinese safety regulators have ordered Tesla to recall 1.1 million vehicles because drivers might step on the accelerator for too long, increasing the risk of a crash. The State Administration for…

New Delhi, May 12: Japanese auto major Toyota is getting all braced up to officially take the wraps off its new SUV. Named as the Toyota Urban Cruiser Icon, this new SUV will be unveiled on 15th of May. The new…

TOKYO – Export-dependent Mazda Motor Corp. expects a big surge in U.S. sales this year. That is, if it can secure enough car carriers to transport its popular product from Japan. A global shipping shortage is causing the Hiroshima-based…

New Delhi, May 12: The BMW X3 M40i has launched in India making the German luxury auto behemoth’s car lineup ever so richer in the country. The first-ever BMW X3 M40i has launched in India via the CBU (completely…

TOKYO — Electric vehicle latecomer Subaru expects to have capacity to build 400,000 such vehicles a year in 2028 by adding a second EV line in Japan, signaling a dramatic ramp-up as it tries to get 40 percent of its global sales from…

Canadian auto supplier Linamar Corp. plans to break ground “immediately” on a new plant in Welland, Ont., that will house three giga-casting presses capable of producing very large aluminum structural parts for electric vehicles.  The…

Production was previously planned to begin at the end of 2023, a Volvo spokesperson said. He declined to say when the company now expects the model to reach showrooms. The biggest all-new product debut for Volvo Cars in half a decade will…

If the sales rate reaches 70 percent, the average unused capacity utilisation rate for ICE production would rise to two thirds, Greenpeace said, basing its estimates on public information about planned capacity and projected sales. GM and…

New Delhi, May 11: South Korean auto major Hyundai has unveiled the new i20 facelift for the European market, which is scheduled to hit the market towards the end of 2023. The new 2024 Hyundai i20 facelift comes…

Cobalt, nickel and lithium prices shape the cost of producing these cathodes. All three rose sharply in price in 2022 before falling rapidly this year in response to weakening demand. The weakened demand was partially a response to…

SAN FRANCISCO/TOKYO - Panasonic said on Wednesday that it will delay the commercial production of its 4680 battery cells championed by Tesla CEO Elon Musk and begin operations during the April to September period in 2024, later than…

Exterior design features are focused on maximizing aerodynamics, Alpine designers said, including two large air scoops in the front grille, air ducts ahead of the front wheels and "floating" side mirrors. Other features on the show car…

LONDON -- General Motors will begin sales of full-electric cars in Europe in the autumn, with the first markets expected to be Nordic countries. GM's European lineup will be an "all-electric portfolio" that will leverage the automaker's…

New Delhi, May 10: South Korean auto giant Hyundai has officially revealed its all-new EXTER SUV after building the buzz around it with a string of teasers. The new upcoming Hyundai EXTER SUV was revealed alongside…

Mumbai Indians cricketer Nehal Wadhera has been one of the finds of the season. He didn't get many opportunities to bat initially but in the last two games he scored back-to-back fifties. In he match against RCB,…

Workers at a Clarios vehicle battery plant in Holland, Ohio, began striking Monday morning after voting down a contract proposal, local TV news station 13abc reported. The approximately 400 striking workers are members of UAW Local 12.…

The first component of the system is an LFP, or lithium iron phosphate battery. Although it doesn't pack as much energy as NMC chemistry, it has fewer of the costly materials, a longer lifespan and is less prone to fires. Automakers…

Fisker is facing delays on delivering its debut electric SUV to customers because of problems integrating software into the vehicles, according to people familiar with the matter. The EV startup, which began production in November at…

BMW was the No. 1 German premium brand by unit sales in the first quarter. Its China sales fell 6.6 percent to 195,100. Mercedes-Benz sales increased to about 190,000 from 186,000 in the same quarter last year. Audi's Chinese deliveries…

Xpeng, Leapmotor and others have fired back with their own discounts, while BYD offered a discount of $1,000 on its market-leading Song Plus SUV, or about 4 percent off. Those refusing to slash prices on existing models to protect brand…

New Delhi, May 8: India should by 2027 ban the use of diesel-powered four-wheelers in cities with over 10 lakh population and switch to electric and gas-fuelled vehicles, according to a report commissioned by the…

Hyundai India has officially revealed the new EXTER SUV after building the buzz with a bevy of teasers. Besides officially revealing the full exterior design language of the EXTER, Hyundai has also officially opened…

While Rivian is running behind the pace it needs to meet its 2023 production estimate, the company says it's laying the groundwork for better numbers for the rest of the year.In a May 1 shareholder letter, CEO RJ Scaringe said the EV maker…