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VANCE, Ala. — Mercedes-Benz's U.S. assembly plant, which has been building gasoline-powered trucks for 25 years, could switch to all-electric vehicle production as early as 2025, the luxury brand's global production chief Jörg Burzer told…

The newly electrified Alabama plant is part of an "EV Belt" emerging across the Southeast. Ford Motor Co., General Motors and Volkswagen have announced battery-vehicle assembly plants in neighboring Tennessee. Volvo will begin building…

The newly electrified Alabama plant is part of an "EV Belt" emerging across the Southeast. Ford Motor Co., General Motors and Volkswagen have announced battery-vehicle assembly plants in neighboring Tennessee. Volvo will begin building…

New Delhi: Tesla CEO Elon Musk has not taken lightly the public criticism of the company's full self-driving (FSD) beta software, clamping back at a user who raised complaints. Tesla owner James Locke slammed FSD…

No jobs will be cut at its plant in Valencia for now, a Ford Spain spokesperson said, although the automaker has long said there will be some restructuring of its workforce as electric cars require fewer labor hours to assemble. Both UGT…

TOKYO -- Honda Motor Co. is considering building a separate supply chain that would reduce its dependence on China, the Sankei newspaper reported on Wednesday, in what would be a high profile move with global implications by a major…

TOKYO -- Little more than a year ago, Toyota Motor Corp.’s truck-making subsidiary Hino Motors entered into a Japan-wide commercial vehicle consortium to speed the shift to electrification. Now, after being snarled in a series of…

Scholz, who is midway through a three-day visit to Canada accompanied by numerous German business leaders, said Canada has “almost boundless potential to become a superpower” in sustainable resource production. Germany is intent to become…

Volkswagen Group and Mercedes-Benz Group have sealed agreements with Canada to secure access to raw materials such as nickel, cobalt and lithium for battery production, according to people familiar with the accords. The memorandums of…

SAN FRANCISCO -- Xiaolang Zhang, a former Apple engineer, pleaded guilty to trade secret theft -- one of two people accused of stealing trade secrets from the iPhone maker's nascent self-driving car program. U.S. prosecutors have alleged…

NEW YORK - The U.S. Department of Labor on Monday accused a Korean-owned auto parts maker and supplier to Hyundai Motor Co of violating federal child labor laws at an Alabama factory, federal court filings reviewed by Reuters show. The…

DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. has canceled a plan to build the next-generation Transit Connect van in Mexico and will stop selling the vehicle in the U.S. by the end of next year, according to three people with knowledge of the decision. Ford…

San Francisco: The US-based car maker Ford Motor has reportedly confirmed that it is laying off roughly 3,000 employees and contract workers, with the cuts primarily affecting staff in the US, Canada and India. Ford…

Volkswagen Group has sealed an agreement with Canada to secure access to raw materials such as nickel, cobalt and lithium for vehicle and battery production, people familiar with the accord told Bloomberg. The memorandum of understanding…

Seoul: Hyundai Motor is considering speeding up the construction of its dedicated electric vehicle (EV) plant in the US amid a new law excluding EVs built outside North America from tax breaks, industry sources said…

TO THE EDITOR: The revealing documents from Mercedes-Benz Australia officials referring to dealers as "little piglets" is a somewhat rare lapse exposing the contempt manufacturers have for the dealers who have invested their energy,…

TO THE EDITOR: The demise of golf in the corporate world is not something to be mourned, but to be celebrated ("Fundraisers in the tall grass," Jamie Butters, autonews.com, July 31). It was (is?) one of those insidious, invisible barriers…

U.S. auto-safety regulators have a message for Tesla owners intending to use their children to test automated driving technology: Don't. NHTSA said it uses controlled procedures and "it could be highly dangerous for anyone to attempt to…

OKYO — Denso Corp.'s bold new move into air mobility is taxiing for takeoff with a new motor developed for a funky, futuristic all-electric jet aircraft. The motor is the first outcome of an alliance forged in 2019 between the Japanese…

A pair of lessees of a 2018 Mercedes-Benz Metris hoped to win more than $38 billion from the lender that repossessed their vehicle. Instead, they left the British Columbia Supreme Court owing Mercedes-Benz Financial Services Canada nearly…

Low-Earth orbit satellites also provide ultrafast connectivity. Lanctot, of Strategy Analytics, said automakers could use satellite-based communication for a range of applications, including diagnostics, emergency response, software…

New Delhi, August 19: Indian commercial vehicle industry is on the road to recovery and is expected to witness a growth (in volume) of 12-15 per cent in 2022-23 (April-March), rating agency ICRA said in a report.…

Tesla Inc. and SAIC Motor Corp. told Shanghai’s government they may have difficulty maintaining production if a power crunch in Sichuan continues to impact suppliers, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg, prompting city officials…

Relations between Europe and China have been deteriorating for more than a year, with Beijing’s refusal to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine only worsening political ties. A bilateral investment treaty with Brussels was frozen last…

SHANGHAI -- Tesla has cut the delivery waiting time for its Model 3 and Model Y cars in China as it ramps up output at its Shanghai plant after upgrading production lines. The waiting time for the rear-wheel drive Model Y SUV is now four…

Maruti Suzuki India has officially launched the new Alto K10 today in the country starting at Rs 3.99 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi). The new Alto K10 is based on the Heartect architecture and is inspired from its elder…

MEXICO CITY -- Workers at Volkswagen Group's main Mexico factory will be asked to vote again on whether to approve their union's deal with management for a 9 percent pay increase after initially rejecting the agreement, the union said. The…

Business tycoon Anand Mahindra on Tuesday shared a tweet after a user posted a meme about Elon Musk's Tesla not coming to India. The post shows the famous dialogue from Mirzapur web series, "Hum Karte Hai Prabandh" …

WASHINGTON -- Audi of America, Kia and Porsche said buyers of its electric vehicles will lose access to federal tax credits of up to $7,500 once President Joe Biden signs a $430 billion climate, health and tax measure. The legislation set…

Once every party has accepted the others' certificates as validated by a third party, the charging session initiates automatically. Robert Barrosa, senior director of sales, business development and marketing at Electrify America, called…