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Innoviz wins $4 billion dollar Volkswagen lidar contract
In this photo illustration a Innoviz Technologies logo is displayed on a smartphone. Rafael Henrique | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Israeli lidar maker Innoviz announced Tuesday it has won...
Ferrari CEO shrugs off concerns about EV performance
A Ferrari photographed in Switzerland on March 2, 2015. The Italian company plans to launch a fully electric vehicle in 2025. Harold Cunningham | Getty Images News | Getty Images The CEO of Ferrari on...
Volkswagen CEO Diess to depart; Porsche boss Blume will lead the German auto giant
Herbert Diess, CEO of Volkswagen Sean Gallup | Getty Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess will leave the company at the end of August, the company said Friday. Oliver Blume, currently the CEO of Volkswagen su...
Volkswagen-backed Northvolt to develop wood-based batteries for EVs
This image from 2007 shows logs and wood chips outside a Stora Enso paper mill in Finland. The firm says it’s “one of the largest private forest owners in the world.” Suzanne Plunket...
Toyota plans to develop light duty hydrogen fuel-cell trucks
A Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel cell vehicle photographed in Berlin, Germany, in August 2021. The Japanese automotive giant started working on the development of fuel-cell vehicles back in 1992. Krisztia...
Volkswagen CEO says EV outlook is very good
An ID. Buzz photographed at a plant in Hanover, Germany, on June 16, 2022. Supply chain constraints — including those related to semiconductors — have been a major challenge for automakers in recent t...
States spend billions on EVs to replace automotive capital Michigan
For as long as there has been an auto industry, Michigan has been its epicenter. But now, the industry is making clear that it is not bound by tradition. The move to electric vehicles — rapidly accele...
VW and Goldman-backed Northvolt gets $1.1 billion funding
Northvolt’s most recent funding announcement comes at a time when major economies are laying out plans to move away from vehicles that use diesel and gasoline. Mikael Sjoberg | Bloomberg | Getty...
Tencent wants to be foreign automakers’ go-to company for EVs in China
BMW’s iX electric SUV in China was the first global car brand to include the automobile version of Tencent’s WeChat messaging app, according to the Chinese tech company. Tencent BEIJING — ...
BYD sold so many EVs it’s one of the top three automakers in China
One of BYD’s bestselling electric car models, the Han, is on display during an auto show in Shenzhen on June 5, 2022. Anadolu Agency | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese electric ca...
Latest Shanghai quarantines add more pressure to global supply chain
Staff members of China Post unload parcels of daily necessities for residents quarantined at home from a minivan on May 14, 2022 in Shanghai, China. Tian Yuhao | China News Service | Getty Images The ...
Why QuantumScape investors are still waiting for new EV batteries
A solid-state battery development lab for QuantumScape. QuantumScape The electric vehicle space has seen a handful of impressive stock market debuts in recent years, but battery start-up QuantumScape&...
Croatian EV supercar maker Rimac raises 500 million euros
Rimac Group, the Croatian company best known for its 1,900 horsepower Nevera electric sports car, said it has raised 500 million euros (about $537 million) from investors including Goldman Sachs, Pors...
Volkswagen says supply-chain problems are easing even as some Audi buyers face year-long wait times
Executives with German automobile maker Volkswagen said at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, that supply-chain problems exacerbated by the Russia-Ukraine war are easing but they’...
Stellantis, Samsung to invest $2.5 billion in Indiana EV battery plant
Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares holds a news conference after meeting with unions, in Turin, Italy, March 31, 2022. Massimo Pinca | Reuters Automaker Stellantis plans to invest more than $2.5 billion in...
Volkswagen CEO says carmaker will overtake Tesla on EV sales by 2025
The chief executive of Volkswagen believes Europe’s biggest carmaker can overtake Tesla to become the world’s largest seller of electric vehicles by 2025. Speaking to CNBC’s “S...
Why China will likely recover more slowly from the latest Covid shock
As Shanghai tries to reopen businesses, one downtown district over the weekend banned residents from leaving their apartment complexes again for mass virus testing. Pictured here, in another district ...
IMF chief Georgieva and Citigroup’s Jane Fraser discuss economy
[The stream is slated to start at 11:30 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Spiraling food and energy prices are squeezing households around the world, whi...
Renault says electric-hydrogen concept will have 497-mile range
Details of Renault’s Scénic Vision concept car were presented to the public on May 19, 2022. The firm’s idea of developing a passenger vehicle that uses hydrogen technology is not unique. ...
Toyota ramps up efforts to look at potential of hydrogen vehicles
One of Toyota’s Sora busess photographed in Japan on Nov. 5, 2021. Toyota started working on the development of fuel-cell vehicles back in 1992. Korekore | Istock Editorial | Getty Images Toyota...
Argo AI robotaxis ditch human safety drivers in Miami and Austin
Argo AI begins driverless operations in Miami and Austin. Courtesy: Argo AI Robotaxi start-up Argo AI said Tuesday it has begun operating its autonomous test vehicles without human safety drivers in t...
VW is looking to bring back the Scout brand as an electric vehicle
This image, from 2019, is of a refurbished Scout. The brand was originally built by International Harvester between 1961 and 1980. Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty Images Volkswagen is pl...
Volkswagen to prolong coal-fired power as Russia concerns continue
Covering an area of 6.5 million square meters, VW’s huge manufacturing facility in Wolfsburg uses two cogeneration plants that provide it with heat and power. Krisztian Bocsi | Bloomberg | Getty...
Autos CEO warns of battery supply scarcity as EV competition heats up
In 2021, Volvo Cars said it planned to become a “fully electric car company” by the year 2030, a move which will require it to have a consistent and secure supply of batteries for its vehi...
Workers in Shanghai struggle to get back to work
Tesla’s Shanghai factory was “back up and running” as of Wednesday, according to CEO Elon Musk’s comments during a quarterly earnings call, per a StreetAccount transcript. This...
How Russia’s war is cutting global auto production
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led auto industry watchers to cut production and sales forecasts for the next two years. The crisis has shuttered factories in Eastern Europe, and caused spikes ...
China’s 2022 Covid lockdowns inflation risk bigger vs 2020
China’s automobile and component exports more than doubled in 2021 from a year ago, exceeding 30% growth in China’s exports overall, Bernstein analysts found. Yi Fan | Visual China Group |...
Chinese EV maker Nio says it’s gradually resuming production after Covid halt
In February 2020, Nio got a lifeline of financing support led by the government of Hefei city, where the electric car start-up has established its China headquarters. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Im...
Porsche taking stake in ‘e-fuels’ maker Highly Innovative Fuels Global
A Porsche 911 Carrera 4S stands in the evening light in a drive-in cinema on the circuit of the Leipzig Porsche factory. Jan Woitas | picture alliance via Getty Images DETROIT — Porsche is upping its ...
Russia war could further escalate auto prices and shortages
BMW has halted production at two German factories. Mercedes is slowing work at its assembly plants. Volkswagen, warning of production stoppages, is looking for alternative sources for parts. For more ...