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Ford Motor Co. will extend production of its GT supercar by two years and build 350 more vehicles than it originally planned, the automaker said Thursday. Ford had previously announced plans to build 1,000 GTs through the 2020 model year. It now says it will build a total of 1,350 vehicles through 2022. “The response […]

WASHINGTON — NHTSA said Thursday it had opened a preliminary investigation into 54,400 Ford Motor Co. pickups after receiving five complaints that tailgates had unexpectedly opened while the vehicles were in motion. The agency said the investigation was looking into the issue in 2017 model-year F-250 and F-350 Super Duty pickups. NHTSA will investigate to […]

An employee handles a side panel of an Infiniti Q30 automobile on the production line at the Nissan Motor Co. plant in Sunderland, U.K. Photo credit: BLOOMBERG Advanced high-strength steel, the newest, lightest steel invented, is aiming to hold off aluminum’s rise as the metal of choice for an auto industry in the midst of […]

Trump: “The assault on our country at our Southern Border … is far more important to me, as President, than Trade or the USMCA.” WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump threatened to deploy the military and close the southern U.S. border on Thursday if Mexico did not move to halt large groups of migrants headed for […]

MUMBAI: Despite the massive government push towards electric mobility, e-car sales plunged 40 per cent to a low of 1,200 units in FY18 over FY17, while e-two-wheeler sales zoomed 138 per cent to 54,800 unit during the same period, says an industry report. As of March 2018, there were 56,000 electric vehicles on the roads […]

Cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The spread of EVs is widely expected to result in shortages of the mineral. In the race for the next generation battery, lithium-ion technology has made huge leaps in recent years. But the power packs continue to have drawbacks: they use raw material mined in unstable countries, […]

Tesla Inc.’s breakthrough deal to secure land for a Shanghai factory commits the electric-car maker to a multibillion-dollar investment just as the Chinese vehicle market falters. The company secured more than 200 acres of land for its planned Gigafactory 3 in Shanghai with a 973 million yuan ($140 million) bid, according to a statement Wednesday. […]

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and the Highway Loss Data Institute announced Thursday that crashes in states with legalized recreational marijuana have increased up to 6 percent. IIHS and HLDI are set to present two studies Thursday on collision crashes in states where marijuana is legal at the Combating Alcohol- and Drug-Impaired Driving summit […]

At the 12-month point of the 24-month term, a customer can opt to upgrade to another Volvo product, and in doing so reset the two-year term. Photo credit: Volvo Care by Volvo, the brand’s subscription service, is now available in Canada after its website underwent a soft launch on Oct. 16. The service allows users […]

Porsche’s Mission e concept, shown, will go on sale as the Taycan. WEISSACH, Germany — Porsche will position the Taycan below the brand’s Panamera sedan when the electric four-door sports car reaches markets next year, with a likely starting price above 80,000 euros (about $92,500). “We’re expecting a price somewhere between a Cayenne and a […]

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell: “The tariffs are beginning to have some impact in a negative way.” Photo credit: BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday prodded President Donald Trump’s administration to quickly resolve festering trade disputes, particularly with China, saying tariffs imposed by other countries in response to Trump’s trade policies […]

U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross: “The president’s patience is not unlimited.” Photo credit: REUTERS BRUSSELS — U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross challenged a fragile trans-Atlantic trade truce by accusing the European Union of dragging its feet over market-opening pledges. He lashed out at European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom for saying the onus is on the […]

WASHINGTON — The Republican chairman and the ranking Democrat on the Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday said they have asked top U.S. executives at Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Motors Corp. to testify at a Nov. 14 hearing on reports of engine fires involving vehicles from the Korean automakers. The request comes after safety advocates […]

In June, Tesla built a general assembly line for the Model 3 sedan underneath a massive outdoor tent near its Fremont vehicle factory’s paint shop. Photo credit: BLOOMBERG Tesla Inc.’s vice president of manufacturing, Gilbert Passin, has left the company, Business Insider reported  on Wednesday, citing a source familiar with the situation. The company has […]

Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk will purchase company stock worth $20 million in the next open trading session, the electric carmaker said in a filing on Wednesday. Tesla and Musk have each agreed to pay $20 million under a settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission of a fraud lawsuit relating to tweets by […]

NEW DELHI: German auto major Volkswagen Wednesday launched its premium carline Passat with an advanced telematics solution Connect at a price starting from Rs 25.99 lakh. The Passat is now available with Volkswagen Connect, an intelligent connected vehicle assistance system offering a holistic and connected experience to its customers, Volkswagen said in a statement. The […]

Two of the country’s top auto lenders, Wells Fargo & Co. and JPMorgan Chase & Co., remain cautious on auto finance, although Wells Fargo increased auto loan originations in the third quarter compared with a low level a year ago, and Chase Auto Finance has increased lease originations for its private-label customers: Jaguar, Land Rover, […]

Deputy NHTSA Administrator Heidi King has raised questions about drug-impaired driving. UPDATED: 10/17/18 11:31 am – adds Canada legalization WASHINGTON — U.S. transportation safety officials are sounding the alarm on drug-impaired driving, calling for state and federal regulators to do more to tackle the growing problem as states grapple with prescription drug abuse and adopt […]

Sandy Munro, the founder of Munro & Associates, a small company that disassembles new cars piece by piece, concluded that the Model 3 costs about $2,000 more than a similarly priced BMW i3 and may have more cost problems in its assembly plant. DETROIT — The manufacturing analysts who spent 6,600 hours inside a warehouse […]