China’s electric car sales slump, squeezing automakers

China’s leaders are promoting electric cars to help transform the country into a creator of profitable technologies, but sales are stalling

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Tesla on Autopilot rear-ends parked police car in Connecticut

A Tesla Model 3 sedan hit a parked police cruiser with its hazard lights flashing on a major highway near Norwalk, Connecticut, over the weekend

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Uber weighs next steps after jarring sex assault report

Critics say Uber should be doing more, particularly with background checks, to weed out potentially dangerous drivers

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Uber reports more than 3,000 sexual assaults on 2018 rides

Uber acknowledged more than 3,000 sexual assaults occurred during U.S. Uber rides in 2018, the company said in a long-awaited safety report

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Japanese hybrids are beating the slump in China’s car market

Toyota and Honda are leaders in hybrid technology, which appeals to consumers who aren’t ready to shift to pure-electric

What Ford F-150 owners think of the Tesla Cybertruck

Battery range and reliability are a real concern to truck owners

Ford challenges Tesla to an apples-to-apples truck tug of war

Tesla Inc.’s Elon Musk plainly says his pickup is a “better truck than an F-150.” Ford Motor Co. is taking issue with that claim

Musk reports 200,000 truck orders in reservation count revival

Musk’s tweets broke with recent practice at Tesla, which had stopped giving reservation figures on quarterly earnings calls, saying the metric wasn’t relevant

Shattering of Tesla truck windows joins list of auto launch fails

When it came time for the Nissan QX Inspiration to roll onto the stage at this year’s Detroit auto show, the SUV failed to appear

Tesla unveils radical stainless-steel ‘Cybertruck’ pickup

The presentation was marred in stunt when a sledgehammer broke Tesla's special 'armor glass'

Where parents feel like chauffeurs, companies step in

New York – When Deb Fink heard about a company that could drive her 9-year-old son to his after-school program, she balked at the idea of putting him in a car with a stranger. But faced with the unrelenting pre

Gov. Whitmer announces robocar partnership with Mobileye

The pact creates a pilot program for self-driving car vision technology developer Mobileye to test products in winter conditions on Michigan roads

Senators cite fatal Uber crash in push for mandatory self-driving rules

Trump administration officials say the federal government cannot compel automakers to publicly release self-driving safety assessments

LA Auto Show: EVs and SUVs as far as the eye can see

The show is a contradiction of battery-powered vehicles and gas-drinking SUVs

Distracted operator, Uber blamed for fatal self-driving test crash

Feds say the safety operator of a self-driving Uber SUV in Tempe was talking on her cellphone when the vehicle struck and killed a pedestrian

LA Auto Show: Ford and Porsche challenge Tesla with new EVs

Ford Mustang Mach-E and Porsche Taycan make runs at the mid and high ends of Tesla's business

They turn ’49 Mercurys and Shelby Cobras into EVs, one Tesla carcass at a time

Hot-rodders are cannibalizing crashed electric cars and using their batteries to create electrified sports cars and muscle cars

Tesla plans to build next factory in Berlin, Elon Musk says

Elon Musk told an award ceremony crowd that Tesla Inc. plans to build its next factory near the German capital of Berlin

China considers cutting electric-car subsidies again

Further cuts would deal another blow to a once-burgeoning industry that’s facing an unprecedented slump

Report on Uber crash questions testing of self-driving cars

Documents released this week raise questions about whether a self-driving Uber SUV that ran down a pedestrian should have been allowed on public roads

Daimler-backed battery startup raises funds, hires Tesla veteran

Sila Nanotechnologies, a San Francisco Bay-area battery startup, has hired two new executives including a former Tesla Inc. manager

Nobel laureate says better batteries can cement electric-car era

Increasing the energy density of batteries will allow cars to go farther, but perhaps more importantly it’ll allow batteries to be smaller

Future fast-approaching for Plymouth’s Rivian e-truck maker

Founded 10 years ago, Plymouth-based Rivian gaining traction in mission to become the Tesla of trucks, drawing more than $1.5 billion in investments

Tesla reports $143M Q3 profit as revenue drops

Tesla Inc.'s revenues dropped year-over-year in the third quarter for the first time since 2012 — even as the EV company turned a profit

Payne: Tesla road trips challenge EV ownership

Summer of traveling in a Model 3 around the Midwest provides a cautionary tale on the challenges facing EVs as more Tesla competitors arise

Renault joins Toyota, Mercedes with hydrogen van

Renault SA will offer its electric Kangoo van with added hydrogen fuel-cells before the end of the year

Ohio angles to become electric mecca for autos

Instead of following big industry, the region is leveraging its heritage to become a hub for electric-vehicle research, development and manufacturing.

Rio to produce lithium in California, joining electric car battery race

Rio Tinto Group is starting pilot production of lithium in California and will consider an expansion to become the top domestic supplier in the U.S.

Volvo to pay battery charges in bid to help sell electric SUVs

Volvo is tying the launch of its first all-electric vehicle to a broader plan for shrinking the carbon footprint of its models by 40% through 2025.

Toyota plans 10-fold boost to hydrogen bet with restyled sedan

As other carmakers plan battery-powered crossover SUVs and trucks, Toyota’s vision for the future of driving remains the hydrogen-sipping Mirai sedan.

Dyson becomes latest sign that electric-car bubble is bursting

Vacuum cleaner maker is one of the most high-profile players to pull out of the challenging sector that’s attracted hundreds of startups

Father sues Tesla after teen son killed in flaming crash

The father of an 18-year-old Florida teen killed when his speeding Tesla slammed into a wall and caught fire is suing the company

Tesla Smart Summon feature called ‘glitchy’ by Consumer Reports

Smart Summon, the semi-autonomous feature some owners can use to fetch their cars is not “consumer-ready technology,” Consumer Reports magazine said

Lordstown Motors hires ex-Tesla director to build electric truck

The United Auto Workers and GM are still negotiating a new four-year deal that will include what the future holds for the GM Lordstown Assembly Plant

Ford transfers India operations to new joint venture with Mahindra

The automakers have been in partnership discussions for roughly two years

Tesla revenue seen stalling out as Musk aims for delivery record

Ballyhooing about Tesla possibly setting another vehicle-deliveries record may have diverted attention from a less-flattering trend: falling revenue

Polestar 2 wants to take a chunk of market share from Tesla Model 3

The sexy electric vehicle you probably haven’t heard of costs $63,000

Bollinger introduces Motor City-made electric trucks

Bollinger Motors says it will start building an electric SUV and pickup next year

China’s Tesla rival NIO plunges 26% on escalating losses

A worse-than-expected quarterly loss triggered thousands of job cuts and exacerbated concerns that a bubble in the largest EV market may be bursting

Judge refuses to toss lawsuit challenging Musk pay package

A Delaware judge has denied Tesla’s request to dismiss a shareholder lawsuit over a compensation plan that could net CEO Elon Musk more than $50B