42+ min ago  (983+ words) Everything about Ford Motor Co. s Long Beach, California, "skunkworks" operation was designed so that its crack engineering team could dream up a new electric vehicle lineup that broke with convention. And yet after years of tinkering, the automaker is…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (162+ words) Tesla Inc. saw a steep drop in vehicle registrations in California as consumers in the Golden State increasingly embrace hybrid vehicles. Tesla's first-quarter registrations declined 24% in the state compared with the prior-year period, according to a report released Tuesday by…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (365+ words) Glydways Inc. , the robocar startup backed by Sam Altman, is in talks to raise an additional $250 million on the heels of a roughly $170 million Series C round, underlining the high hopes and daunting hurdles of developing closed-loop self-driving car systems....

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (352+ words) Lucid unveiled a two-seater robotaxi concept without steering wheel and pedals, and launched new self-driving tech subscriptions, as the electric-vehicle maker laid out its roadmap for the technologies at an investor day event on Thursday. The unveiling deepens Lucid's push…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (758+ words) Stellantis NV is considering tapping electric-vehicle technology from its Chinese partner Leapmotor to help lower costs across its mass-market European brands such as Fiat, Opel and Peugeot, according to people familiar with the plans. The manufacturer is weighing an expansion…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (499+ words) Tesla Inc. s robotaxis have been involved in over a dozen crashes in Austin since service began, according to reports the carmaker has made to regulators. The electric vehicle maker has said its nascent robotaxi business has been involved in…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (428+ words) Waymo, Alphabet Inc. s autonomous driving unit, will hit more than 1 million paid weekly robotaxi rides in the US by the end of this year, according to co-Chief Executive Officer Tekedra Mawakana. "This is an inflection point," Mawakana said Wednesday…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (335+ words) Global carmakers have booked some $55 billion in writedowns in the past year as they scale back electric vehicle ambitions on a tough U. S. market under President Donald Trump, price wars in China and a more complex mix of vehicle types in…...

3+ mon, 1+ day ago  (646+ words) Tori Horowitz loved her 2021 Tesla Model S. "It worked for my life because I'm in my car all the time," says the realtor, who drives weekly from Los Angeles 80 miles north to Ojai, California. "It felt efficient. It was zippy. It…...

3+ mon, 5+ day ago  (1164+ words) Chinese automakers built nearly one-in-10 passenger cars sold in Europe last month, a record share that caps a year of rapid growth led by brisk sales of hybrid and battery-powered vehicles. With December's 9. 5% share of the European car market, Chinese…...