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One of Europe's biggest automakers warned after a deal to phase out combustion engines that the industry is doomed unless EVs get less expensive.Stellantis is aiming to cut the cost of making electric vehicles 40 percent by 2030, Chief…

Bigg Boss 14 fame Nikki Tamboli looked happy and excited as she brought home a stylish Mercedes Benz GLE 300D. The car is worth Rs one crore. Nikki was seen wearing a black dress. She shares: "My dream is indeed…

New Delhi, June 28: Tata Motors has announced it will hike the price of its commercial vehicle range from July 1, the automaker said in a statement on Tuesday. An increase in the price of the vehicles would be in…

Mumbai, June 27: Home-grown auto major Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) on Monday launched the all-new Scorpio-N SUV in five variants, equipped with advanced modern features and latest technology, with prices…

BRUSSELS -- Italy, Portugal, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Romania want to delay a European Union plan to effectively ban the sale of new gasoline and diesel cars starting in 2035 by five years, according to a document seen by Reuters. The policy…

A Tesla Model S that had been totaled in a crash suddenly ignited after sitting in a California junkyard for three weeks, and firefighters struggled to put out the 3,000-degree flames for more than an hour. Firefighters thought they had…

"Although the situation continues to be uncertain, we will carefully monitor our suppliers' personnel structure and equipment capacity and place the highest priority on quality and safety in our production," spokeswoman Shino Yamada said.…

Speaking June 16 at the Automotive News Congress in Washington, VW of America CEO Scott Keogh said he expects ID4 availability and inventory to build dramatically late this year and into 2023 as production in Tennessee ramps up."We're…

Speaking June 16 at the Automotive News Congress in Washington, VW of America CEO Scott Keogh said he expects ID4 availability and inventory to build dramatically late this year and into 2023 as production in Tennessee ramps up."We're…

The current champions league winners, Real Madrid, have ended the contract of their major sponsor Audi, effective from July 1, according to Marca. The Los Blancos have reportedly left Audi after 19 years for a new…

High-performance permanent magnets of different sizes are critical to electric vehicles, as well as to new-age military hardware and cellphones. But according to Thayer Smith, USA Rare Earth CEO, U.S. production of permanent magnets has…

Improving visibility has taken center stage at many companies in the past two years — but this is not the first time it's become a top priority. Japanese automakers and suppliers have been attempting to bring more clarity to their supply…

"To construct this supply chain," Matsumoto said before making his company's public announcement, "it's very important to us that there are several major parts and material suppliers, at least five, that need to be near our company. "We…

Then there's the European Union Battery Directive ruling, designed to reduce the CO2 in battery production. That ruling again forces automakers to inspect the value chain and, ideally, localize it. From July 2027, batteries in vehicles…

Setting procurement standards for suppliers is a powerful lever to address upstream emissions.But if automakers are to meet their climate goals, it will require greater collaboration and involve educating suppliers on decarbonization…

Japan's safety regulator said sharp turns and sudden braking  in the cars could cause a hub bolt to loosen, raising the risk of a wheel coming off the vehicle. The regulator said it was not aware of any accidents being caused by the…

The first model in production at the Lydia plant is the i3, a full-electric sports sedan, BMW said, increasing the range of its EV models for Chinese customers to 13 next year. Tesla and Chinese automakers such as BYD dominate China's…

Mumbai/New Delhi: In a first such case involving an electric car in India, a Tata Nexon EV caught fire in Mumbai and the company was investigating the incident. The EV car fire incident was reported from Vasai West…

New Delhi: Ola Founder and CEO Bhavish Aggarwal on Thursday had another opportunity to take a dig at the mainstream media after reports surfaced that a Tata Nexon EV caught fire in Mumbai. In a tweet, Aggarwal said…

New Delhi: Bajaj Auto on Wednesday launched its new Pulsar N160 motorcycle model in India priced at Rs 1.28 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi). The Pulsar N160 is built on the same new platform as the Pulsar 250 which was…

Tesla Inc's new car factories in Texas and Berlin are "losing billions of dollars" as they struggle to increase production because of a shortage of batteries and China port issues, Chief Executive Elon Musk said recently. "Both Berlin and…

SHANGHAI -- Tesla Inc. plans to suspend most production at its Shanghai plant in the first two weeks of July to work on an upgrade of the site, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters. After the upgrade, the U.S. automaker aims to…

BERLIN -- The German government is still discussing its voting behaviour on European Union plans to effectively ban the sale of new cars with combustion engines from 2035, a German government spokesperson said. The comments come after…

Toyota Motor Corp on Wednesday cut its July global production plan by 50,000 vehicles as semiconductor shortages and COVID-19 parts supply disruptions continued to curb output. The world's largest car maker by volume expects to make…

Speaking at an event hosted by Germany's BDI industry association on Tuesday, Lindner said there would continue to be niches for combustion engines so a ban was wrong and said the government would not agree to this European legislation.…

FRANKFURT -- BMW said it will invest 1-billion-euros ($1.05 billion) in its plant in Steyr, Austria, by 2030 to allow the development and production of next-generation electric powertrains starting in 2025, the automaker said in a…

Gao has "essential know-how about China and other Asian growth markets," Kallenius said in the release. "This makes Paul the right choice to further enhance the international profile of our brand, our management and our company." China is…

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia's total vehicle sales fell 11.76 percent from April to 49,603 in May due to a shortage of chips and components, according to the Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA). The shortage of chips…

Tesla’s recruitment “is not progressing at the planned speed,” Birgit Dietze, a regional IG Metall chief, said. “Many people would be interested in switching to Tesla, but ultimately decide against it, also because they sometimes earn…

New Delhi: The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India on Monday announced opening of bookings for the upcoming new version of its compact SUV Brezza. The new Brezza, to be launched at the end of the month,…