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Replacing the milkman for good will require auto makers like Ford and Tesla to help build tiny self-driving delivery robots, said Dave Ferguson, co-founder and ...

Japanese automakers say they generated more than 1.6 million jobs in the U.S. at manufacturing plants, dealerships and suppliers. Of those jobs, more than ...

As global auto sales slow after a decade of growth, carmakers are girding for a deeper downturn by slashing payrolls. From China to the U.K., Germany, Canada ...

Auto makers are laying off employees at the fastest pace since the financial crisis, according to outplacement services company Challenger, Gray &...

But the auto industry is downplaying a report that a hacker's use of GPS trackers allowed him to monitor the location of thousands of vehicles in commercial ...

It is effectively a recession in the U.S. automotive sector, and Ford Motor is the latest company to respond, with plans to reduce its salaried staff by 7,000 people, ...

For automakers, digital retailing is now seen as essential as other tools at franchised dealer, vendors say.

Citigroup analyst Itay Michaeli has an interesting idea for Ford Motor and General Motors . Disclose the profitability of pickup trucks. He thinks that new ...

It is effectively a recession in the U.S. automotive sector, and Ford is the latest company to respond, with plans to reduce its salaried staff by 7000 people, ...

If the negotiation had taken place at a car dealership, it would have ended with the customer walking away — without the keys to a new vehicle in hand.

A few years ago, the auto industry boldly predicted full, Level 5 autonomy would arrive in 2020 or 2021. But the task has proven more complex than they ...

The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association U.S. office (JAMA USA) released its 2019-2020 Annual Contributions Report, “JAMA IN AMERICA: An ...

The inevitability of electrification is clear. The timing less so. The size of the automakers' existing combustion engine manufacturing networks illustrates the scale ...

Automakers expect U.S. President Donald Trump to delay a decision due next week on whether to impose steep tariffs on imported cars and auto parts on ...

Lucerne International wants to build car parts in Michigan and create 200 jobs, but until it has certainty on President Trump's tariffs, it's frozen.

A Morning Consult survey of 2201 U.S. adults suggests that electric car makers not only have to overcome consumers' perceptions of the vehicles' ...

Special teams dispatched by a number of manufacturers glean valuable information on what happens to vehicles and their occupants after a crash.

Americans' growing preference for sport-utility vehicles has led to a new category in car showrooms: the petite SUV. As the sedan has fallen out of favor with ...

Tesla Inc. reported a bigger-than-expected $702 million loss in the first three months of the year, pushing the electric car-maker back to the capital markets for as ...

Nissan CEO Hiroto Saikawa has a plan to bring Nissan back in the U.S. and globally. But he says it's going to take years.

Japanese automakers announced Tuesday that they were disappointed that President Donald Trump concurred with a Commerce Department finding that auto ...

Colorado state officials are taking a two-track approach to electrifying the state's transportation: pursuing a mandatory standard for electric vehicles while ...

Advance Auto Parts stock bucked the market's downward trend on Wednesday thanks to its upbeat first-quarter earnings report. The Back Story. Advance Auto ...

For the companies looking to implement the biggest and most complex IoT setups in the world, the idea of pairing up with AWS, Google Cloud or Azure seems to ...

Automakers such as Volkswagen and Tesla cannot afford to lose focus in China, which looks set to remain the world's No. 1 market for electric vehicles with ...

General Motors' Maven car-sharing *service* will wind down *service* in eight of the 17 North American cities it operates in within the next few months, a GM ...

Chinese automaker GAC has delayed its entry into the U.S. market, citing trade tensions between the U.S. and China.

Concept cars are big hits at auto shows, but the most daring designs rarely make it to production. We spoke with the top automakers to find out why.

After years of through-the-roof numbers, new car sales have slowed down of late — and it's putting shoppers in the driver's seat this Memorial Day. U.S. News ...

President Trump's tariff tit-for-tat with China is not the only trade tension in town. The White House is weighing the possibility of tariffs on cars and car parts from ...

All-wheel-drive sedans used to be a niche market limited to park rangers and uptight snow-belt drivers. These days, they're becoming a more popular choice for ...

More of the auto maker's workers are feeling unsure about its strategy and looking for clearer communication from the company's leadership team, according to ...

Just days after FCC Chairman Ajit Pai called for a *fresh* look at the 5.9 GHz band, the Association of Global Automakers urged the commission to ensure the ...

As automobiles become increasingly autonomous, the nature of car insurance is changing too. Tesla is at the forefront of this change; Christa reads listener ...

Jeff Bezos has set his sights on yet another industry. The Amazon CEO told employees in March that he's “very excited” about the technological revolution ...

Hoping to take some of the complexity out of a product portfolio that has proliferated in nameplates, model variants, trim packages and engine options over the ...

Some BMW supervisory board members are raising questions over whether Harald Krueger is the right choice to lead the automaker and will discuss the CEO's ...

Modern automobiles collect copious amounts of data ranging from driving habits to the weight of its occupants.

LOS ANGELES — Kia's muscular Telluride has elbowed into the three-row crossover segment with gusto, becoming the latest newcomer to disrupt a bastion of ...

Sport utility vehicles are everywhere: on the streets, in dealer showrooms or spinning on turntables at auto shows. If consumers look closely, however, they'll ...

BMW CEO Harald Krueger's cautious leadership style appears to have unsettled some people at the automaker and his future is said to be in the balance.

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV's operating profit in the first quarter declined 29% as the auto maker posted lower sales globally, including in its key U.S. market.

Lobbyists representing the automakers suggest that a voluntary program would be a better way to get electric cars and plug-in hybrids to the market.

Hybrids used in the 2020 Ford Explorer and 2020 Ford Escape SUVs play a key role in the automaker's $11B plan to reduce fuel consumption and emissions.

Buying a car is often a stressful process. It takes a ton of research to find the right vehicle among thousands of options. And once you step on the dealership lot, ...

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Federal Communications Commission plans to vote in June on launching a new review of a key spectrum band reserved for ...

Most of the new entrants will target the midsize truck market which is expected to be one of the fastest growing segments in the U.S. between now and ...

To run a car maker, even one as small as Jaguar Land Rover (relative to giants like Toyota and GM), is to play chess in the big leagues. Each move a company ...

All-wheel-drive sedans used to be a niche market limited to park rangers and uptight snow-belt drivers. These days, they're becoming a more popular choice for ...

Big automakers are questioning B.C.'s proposed 2040 ban on the sale of new gas-powered cars, SUVs and light trucks.

Connected cars are capable of transmitting more data than ever before. From engine performance to navigation, vehicle data is now collected, analyzed and ...

Buckle in. This is about the battle over speed. And muscle. A quiet fight has been raging over which car holds the No. 2 spot in the sports car category.

The latest version of Tesla's automatic lane changing feature may actually be less safe than a human driver, according to Consumer Reports. An April update to ...

South Korean automakers saw their shares rise on Monday on optimism they would be exempt from import tariffs on vehicles the United States deems a threat to ...

We look at the final releases of ill-fated manufacturers in the United States.

Legacy automakers would like the general public to think they're well on their way to an EV future. However, that's clearly not the case.

The longer-term notes have a high yield, and the convertibles are a lower-risk way to play the common shares.

As Colorado moves forward with its plans to adopt a Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) standard to reduce smog and combat climate change, a coalition of ...

Automakers in Brazil warned on Tuesday of the threat from cheap imported cars from Mexico, as the end of a cap on bilateral trade in the sector presents a new ...

ZWICKAU, Germany (AP) — Over 115 years, the auto industry in the east German town of Zwickau has lived through wrenching upheavals, including World War ...

Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. forecast profit and sales short of analysts' estimates as a trade spat between the U.S. and China threatens global car ...

As driverless cars move closer to reality from science fiction, there's a new competition: the race to a business case. Self-driving cars are often heralded as the ...

David Kennedy, founder of TrustedSec (trustedsec.com) and Binary Defense Systems, is a white hat hacker and cybersecurity consultant to major corporations, ...

Nissan is testing ways to use EV batteries outside of the car. The automaker's data shows that the batteries used by its Leaf will outlast the car by 10-12 years.

Auto workers and their communities are feeling the brunt of the U.S. auto industry's lack of leadership. The latest casualties are 1,300 workers in Lordstown, Ohio ...

Although it announced the end of using Ferrari engines in its cars last week, Italian luxury-carmaker Maserati won't be going all-electric any time soon. "This is a ...

ZWICKAU, Germany (AP) — Over 115 years the auto industry in the east German town of Zwickau has lived through wrenching upheavals including World War II ...

Audi will kill its iconic two-seater TT sports car and replace it with an electric vehicle as part of a plan to eclipse Tesla as the leading premium global electric-car ...

The Indian government's leading think-tank has proposed electrifying most motorbikes and scooters within the next six to eight years to curb pollution and ...

In the late 1990s, it seemed that big, publicly traded dealership groups would come to dominate auto retailing, leaving independent operators and small, ...

In the recent focus on climate change, we may have missed what's been happening in the private sector. Renewables have become cost competitive and more ...

U.S. automakers barely have a presence in Japan, the world's third-largest car market. Some blame protectionism, others cite the tastes of Japanese consumers ...

Consumer Reports shares details of the Volvo XC90 recall, which involves more than 34000 XC90 SUVs because a leaking hose might cause a fire.

Prosecutors in Germany ordered automotive parts supplier Robert Bosch GmbH to pay a relatively light $100 million fine in connection with its role the ...

Back in the day, well before my day, some automakers would underrate the horsepower of their engines. There were several reasons for this. Sometimes, like in ...

DETROIT — Amid General Motors' restructuring and cost-cutting efforts last year, the automaker also was in talks to sell its Renaissance Center headquarters, ...

As Colorado moves forward with its plans to adopt a Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) standard to reduce smog and combat climate change, a coalition of ...

Car makers are busy electrifying their vehicles, but they'll still have to wait as much as two decades before consumers buy more electric cars than conventional ...

According to Lex Fridman, a research scientist at MIT working on human-centered artificial intelligence and autonomous vehicles, Tesla's software lead is so big ...

The dilemma stems from a new law that loosens the requirement permitting foreign automakers to operate only through a joint venture with a local partner in ...

Executives for Ford Motor Company, General Motors and Fiat Chrysler said the USMCA is a critical piece of legislation.

Back around the time the automobile was first taking over the world, it became a point of national pride for a country to have a thriving auto industry. That hasn't ...

US automakers were under close watch on Monday after President Donald Trump escalated the US-China trade war by threatening to implement new tariffs on ...

A South Korean automakers' group called on Friday for an end to generous state subsidies for sales of Chinese electric vehicles (EVs), citing a potential threat to ...

These days, we keep hearing automakers talk about all the partnerships they're forming for autonomous cars, car sharing, large-scale electrification, and just ...

Used-car recalls can often go unnoticed, Consumer Reports says. Here's how to make sure you get recall notices for a used car and find out about critical safety ...

The auto giant foresees a time when people will summon a self-driving car--owned, perhaps, by GM--instead of buying and maintaining their own vehicles.

One concern: Electric car engines and transmissions don't need nearly as many parts as those in a gas-powered car.

COMMENTARY. In the end, neither Ford Motor Co. nor FCA US LLC could resist a move General Motors Co. made last year. As a result, the era of monthly ...

MUMBAI: Top automakers have cheered the government's recent push to localise manufacturing for hybrid and electric vehicle (xEV) under the revised norms of ...

Tesla's stock dropped as much as 7% Monday, highlighting challenges for the electric car maker including its balance sheet and Model 3 vehicle demand.

A Texas-based company believes it could make the first production car to reach speeds of 300 mph. But there are other entrants in the race.

Interest in the traditional test drive is waning, but some brands have employed clever new tactics to elevate the ride-and-drive while boosting engagement.

GREENSBORO, N.C. — According to carfax, there are 57 million vehicles on the road right now that have some sort of recall. And that's because a lot of them ...

If the Trump administration would be successful at getting rid of California's waiver to set its own vehicle emission standards, then the state says it would have to ...

There's no shortage of daily Tesla (TSLA - Get Report) drama, but sometimes one has to step back and look at the bigger picture that is weighing on the stock.

Auto stocks in Asia were mixed amid concerns over U.S.-China trade, after seeing an earlier jump following reports that the U.S. may delay tariffs on the sector.

Renault has introduced the production version of the Arkana, a coupe-styled compact SUV for Russia and other global markets. The Arkana will be built in ...

President Trump's threat to raise tariffs on Chinese imports to the U.S. will cause aftershocks for German automakers that have made big profits in China.