Volkswagen recalled 246,000 Atlas and Atlas Cross Sport SUVs in the U.S. and Canada because of a wiring issue that could cause problems with the airbags, windows and brakes of the cars. Damage to the ...
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Audi expects war in Ukraine to cause ‘tremendous interference’
DETROIT – Audi expects the war in Ukraine to cause “tremendous interference” to the global supply chain, an executive with the German luxury brand said Thursday. The comments come as autom...
Russian-Ukraine war to lower car production by millions of units
A worker attaches a wiring harness to the chassis of an X model SUV at the BMW manufacturing facility in Greer, South Carolina, November 4, 2019. Charles Mostoller | Reuters DETROIT – The war in Ukrai...
VW and Goldman Sachs-backed Northvolt plans German gigafactory
A lithium-ion prismatic cell battery from Northvolt, photographed on Feb. 17, 2022. Mikael Sjoberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Northvolt said Tuesday it would look to build a gigafactory in Germany, wi...
Volkswagen VOW VWAGY 2022 annual meeting EV updates
A technician fixes a VW sign in the assembly line of German carmaker Volkswagen’s electric ID. 3 car in Dresden, Germany, June 8, 2021. Matthias Rietschel | Reuters Volkswagen said Tuesday that ...
Volkswagen unveils new electric ID. Buzz microbus
Volkswagen is resurrecting its iconic microbus — the quintessential van associated with traveling Deadheads and the 1960s counterculture — as an all-electric van called the ID. Buzz. The German automa...
Russia-Ukraine war could cut auto production by millions of vehicles
The 111,111th Ford Transit car manufactured at the Ford Sollers car factory in the town of Yelabuga in Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan. Yegor Aleyev | TASS | Getty Images Russia’s invasion ...
Tesla factory in Germany gains conditional approval for production
A Tesla Model Y is seen in a production hall of the Tesla Gigafactory during the open day. In Grünheide, east of Berlin, the first vehicles are to roll off the production line from the end of 2021. Pa...
Jeep maker Stellantis aims to double revenue by 2030
Chris Feuell, CEO of Chrysler brand of Stellantis, introduces the all-electric Chrysler Airflow Concept vehicle during a Stellantis press event at CES 2022 at the Las Vegas Convention Center on Januar...
Toyota commissions Yamaha Motor to develop hydrogen-fueled engine
A Yamaha Motor Co., V8 hydrogen engine displayed in Japan, on Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021. Toru Hanai | Bloomberg | Getty Images Toyota has commissioned Yamaha Motor to develop a hydrogen-fueled engine, w...
EV start-up Polestar takes shots at Tesla’s Elon Musk in Super Bowl ad
Electric vehicle start-up Polestar, which is expected to go public this year, used its first-ever Super Bowl ad to indirectly take shots at its competitors, including Tesla and Volkswagen. The 30-seco...
Volvo Cars, Northvolt to build gigafactory in Gothenburg
A Volvo XC40 Recharge car on display at the 38th Thailand International Motor Expo 2021. Peerapon Boonyakiat /SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Volvo Cars and Northvolt said Friday they would b...
Bentley to invest $3.4 billion to exclusively offer EVs by 2030
A rendering of Bentley’s new electric vehicle production operatins in Crewe, England. Bentley Bentley Motors plans to spend 2.5 billion pounds (about $3.4 billion) over the next decade to become...
ECB’s Lagarde and IMF’s Georgieva discuss the global economic outlook
[The stream is slated to start at 7:30 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] The Covid-19 pandemic sent the global economy into one of its worst recessions e...
I prefer Rio Tinto over Vale
ChargePoint: “ChargePoint is part of a very challenged group. I’ve done a lot of soul searching and, of course, a lot of research on this group. There are too many players, and there has n...
Bentley reports a second consecutive year of record sales in 2021
A Bentley PHEV Mulliner car is displayed during the 19th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition, also known as Auto Shanghai 2021, at National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai...
Daimler’s concept car uses bio-based materials, has solar tech on roof
Fred De Noyelle /GODONG | The Image Bank Unreleased | Getty Images Daimler has released details of a concept electric vehicle which uses solar technology and bio-based materials, with the German autom...