China site tests autonomous cars in highway conditions

State-backed Qilu Transportation Development Group Co. is using a section of an existing highway to create the test site

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Uber rolls out feature urging riders to ‘check your ride’

Uber said Thursday it would send a push notification to riders reminding them to check the driver and vehicle

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Tesla adds Model 3 leasing to its product options

Leased Model 3s will have to be returned at the end of the leasing period for use in a ride-hailing network

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GM quiet about Cruise driverless taxis as deadline looms

As the self-imposed deadline for the GM Cruise autonomous taxi service nears, company leaders say they will be guided by safety

Lyft pulls electric bikes after brake problems

Lyft has pulled 3,000 electric bikes from New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., after customers complained

Musk tweets Tesla forecast in midst of SEC talks

Elon Musk, already in hot water over his Twitter use, posted another Tesla production forecast

Musk again tweets projection of half-million Teslas in next 12 months

Musk wrote Sunday that Tesla will make more than 500,000 cars in the next 12 months.

Volkswagen announces fully-electric SUV for China market

Volkswagen is planning to release a fully-electric SUV in China which could compete with Tesla’s Model X.

GM-Rivian tie-up talks may be dead

Talks between General Motors Co. and electric-vehicle startup Rivian Automotive Inc. have reached an impasse

Tesla’s cheapest model now harder to purchase

A standard Model 3 costing $35,000 just became harder for customers to actually order

Uber reveals strong growth, huge losses ahead of IPO

Documents released Thursday offered the most detailed view of the ride-hailing service since its inception a decade ago

Freeze at Tesla Gigafactory may hint at slower sales

An analyst says the planned suspension of Tesla’s battery plant expansion signals doubt in their meeting projected sales

Bill would triple number of EVs tax credits

Each carmaker could offer tax credits as much as $7,500 on up to 600,000 electric cars under the terms of a proposed bill in Congress

Ford realigns top execs, setting up possible CEO succession

Joe Hinrichs and Jim Farley become the only two presidents at Ford in latest realignment

Ford, UM study if flying cars would be better for environment

They found that electric flying cars could be more environmentally friendly on longer trips

Fastest car chargers wait for batteries to catch up

The latest chargers add more than 215 miles of range in 10 minutes

Austria’s AI brain has plan to take down Waymo, Tesla

He’s at the forefront of cutting-edge research that stands to reshape the future of transportation

Fiat Chrysler, Tesla team to meet EU emissions targets

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles is teaming up with Tesla Inc. to comply with stricter European Union emission rules.

Public gets free rides in self-driving car in Cobo

Hundreds signed up for the 6-minute, driverless journey that led riders through a course set up inside Cobo Center

As Tesla heads to court, shares fall as deliveries slow

A federal judge will hear oral arguments Thursday about whether Tesla CEO Elon Musk should be held in contempt of court

Tesla’s output slowed to 77,100 vehicles in Q1

The Palo Alto company churned out 77,100 vehicles from January to March, well behind the pace it must sustain

Ford, GM, Toyota collaborate for self-driving safety rules

Three major carmakers are banding together to establish safety and testing principles for driverless cars as Congress remains unable to act

Tesla Model 3 German sales jump, closing in on Porsche

German car registrations for Tesla rose more than five times to 2,367 vehicles in March

Bloomberg Tesla tracker suggests possible surprise

A tool built by Bloomberg to track the Tesla Model 3 rollout suggests next week’s production could approach 80,000 cars

Electric cars outsell traditional ones in Norway

Sales figures show 58.4% of new cars sold in the country in March were battery-powered

Investors hail Lyft shares in IPO, see profits down the road

Lyft’s shares soared as the company went public Friday, giving investors their first chance to bet on their future

China scales back electric-car subsidies

China is trying to encourage local manufacturers to rely on innovation rather than government assistance to spur sales

BMW to start production of Minis in the U.K. this year

An electric Mini model will be built in the U.K. even as carmakers grapple with the implications Brexit

Tesla says billionaire’s engineer stole tech secrets

Chinese billionaire is at the center of separate trade-secrets lawsuits filed by Tesla and Apple

Dockworkers battle driverless trucks plan

A plan to introduce driverless electric cargo trucks encounters resistance

Tesla sues Zoox, claims ex-workers stole trade secrets

Tesla accused one of its former engineers of stealing highly confidential autopilot information before bolting to China

SEC: Musk’s contempt defense ‘borders on the ridiculous’

U.S. securities regulators are fighting back against Tesla CEO Elon Musk, arguing that he should be held in contempt

Lyft opens up its IPO road show, offers 30M shares

The anticipated price is between $62 and $68 a share, which would raise more than $2B for the ride-hailing company

Tesla’s shift to online sales could be model of future

Car-buying is increasingly shifting to the web

Fear factor persists toward robotic cars

71 percent say they’re afraid of autonomous cars in AAA’s latest survey

GM’s driverless car plans enters next phase

NHTSA is taking action on GM's request to put a driverless car without a steering wheel or pedals on the road 14 months after the petition was filed.

Revealed: Tesla raises curtain on Model Y compact SUV

The Model 3 is a five-door hatchback version of Tesla’s popular Model 3 sedan with similar styling - but more cargo and seven seats.

A ship full of Teslas is hotly awaited in Oslo

Tesla is set to make one of the largest deliveries yet of its new Model 3 car to one of their biggest markets

Chevy Bolt joins ‘Driving America’ exhibit at The Henry Ford

A self-driving Chevrolet Bolt that started life navigating the streets of San Francisco in 2016 will now make its home at The Henry Ford

Trump wants to kill $7,500 electric-car tax credit

President's budget proposal would eliminate the federal tax credit for EVs that has become a target for conservative lawmakers