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Tesla—which never buy ads—is buying ads to promote Elon Musk’s record $52 billion pay deal days before key shareholder vote
Elon Musk was asked back in early 2021 whether it was high time to ditch his hostility to publicity campaigns…
GM-owned robot taxis will be on the roads again with human safety drivers following a pedestrian-dragging accident and a $1B budget cut
General Motors’ troubled Cruise autonomous vehicle unit said Monday it will start testing robotaxis in Arizona this week with human…
Smartphone giant Xiaomi is making a new move on Tesla as it aims to begin selling an SUV like the Model Y as early as 2025
Xiaomi Corp. aims to begin making and selling a sport utility vehicle similar to Tesla Inc.’s Model Y as early…
50-year-old Mercedes worker in Alabama on voting to unionize: ‘Not falling for the lies anymore’
After 20 years at the Mercedes-Benz factory in Alabama, Brett Garrard said he is “not falling for the lies anymore”…
Autonomous cars could change our century-old traffic signal system with the addition of white lights, researchers say
As cars and trucks get smarter and more connected, the humble lights that have controlled the flow of traffic for…
BYD and Tesla race to carve up European EV market with Chinese carmaker planning to leapfrog Elon Musk by 2030
European automakers will increasingly play third wheel in the continent’s electric car market, as China’s BYD races for dominance with…
The Chevrolet Malibu, the last midsize car made by a Detroit automaker, is heading for the junkyard. General Motors confirmed…
Zeekr, an electric vehicle brand of Chinese billionaire Eric Li’s Geely Automobile Holdings, raised $441 million in an upsized initial…
Feds have ‘significant safety concerns’ about Ford’s recall for engine-fire-causing fuel leaks—which they suspect doesn’t work
Federal investigators say they have “significant safety concerns” about a Ford SUV recall repair that doesn’t fix gasoline leaks that…
No, combustion engines won’t be supplanted by electric vehicles—and they’re critical for sustainable transport
Today, support for a sustainable future of transport is unanimous, and it is rightfully acknowledged that electric vehicles (EVs) will…