Automobile

Waymo, Alphabet Inc’s autonomous driving unit, said on Friday it had applied to the California Public Utilities Commission to expand its driverless service in Los Angeles. A license would allow Waymo, which operates extensively in San...

New car sales in Europe rebounded with a bang in 2023, rising by 13.9 percent as electric vehicles overtook diesel for the first time, an industry group said on Thursday. Sales of new electric cars shot...

Japan’s Toyota Motor plans to announce in about a month steps to overhaul its small-car specialist Daihatsu Motor after an investigation into misconduct at its unit related to rigged collision-safety tests found issues going back decades....

Rental firm Hertz Global Holdings is selling about 20,000 electric vehicles, including Teslas, from its U.S. fleet about two years after a deal with the automaker to offer its vehicles for rent, in another sign that...

Stellantis announced on Friday that it is investing in French sodium-ion battery startup Tiamat to diversify its portfolio and mass-produce electric vehicles while reducing exposure to scarce resources. The exact amount of the investment, which is...

Luxury carmaker Porsche increased its deliveries by 3% in 2023, with 320,221 vehicles delivered worldwide, as growth in Europe and North America offset a challenging market in China, the company said on Friday. Deliveries increased by...

Tesla, an electric car maker, has announced that the majority of production at its German manufacturing would be suspended for two weeks. The company cited a scarcity of parts resulting from shipping delays brought on by...

Volvo Cars, which is majority-owned by China’s Geely, will next week pause output at its plant in Gent in Belgium for three days due to delays caused by the security situation in the Red Sea, the...

Volkswagen’s increase in sales last year was driven by its mass-market cars and premium brand Audi, whose sales outstripped pre-pandemic deliveries at 1.9 million vehicles, according to data released on Friday. The German carmaker reported on...

The price of Tesla’s new China Model 3 dropped to 245,900 yuan, and the price of the Model Y dropped to 258,900 yuan, as of Jan. 12, according to the company’s website. Tesla’s refreshed long-range China...