Automobile

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) will build its next-generation Land Rover Defender 4×4 in Slovakia rather than the UK. The Defender model was built at the firm’s Solihull factory near Birmingham until 2016. The firm says the...

Elon Musk, the chief executive of electric car company Tesla, has said he expects the firm to have self-driving “robotaxis” on the road by 2020. The entrepreneur made the pledge as he announced an improved microchip...

U.S. electric vehicle (EV) maker Tesla Inc said it has sent a team to investigate a video on Chinese social media which showed a parked Tesla Model S car exploding, the latest in a string of...

Three major automakers said on Wednesday they were forming a consortium to help draw up safety standards for self-driving cars that could eventually help create regulations in the United States. General Motors Co, Ford Motor Co...

Toyota is to offer royalty-free access to its hybrid vehicle technology patents until 2030. It is part of a move to promote hybrid cars as a bridge to fully electric vehicles (EVs). It will grant licenses...

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV on Tuesday reported an 11 percent fall in total March sales in Canada. The company, which is among the top four carmakers in the country, sold 21,684 vehicles in March, with its...

US safety authorities will investigate nearly three million Hyundai and Kia vehicles over fires, in a move which could prompt mass recalls. The inquiry by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) follows thousands of complaints...

Nissan this week celebrated six decades in Kenya, the hub of its East African operations, with the introduction of the all-new Nissan Navara double cab. The group displayed the all-new Navara alongside its range of pick-ups,...

The Nissan LEAF became the first electric car in history to surpass 400,000 sales, solidifying the model’s leading role in the global shift toward more sustainable mobility. Introduced in 2010 as the world’s first mass-market electric...

General Motors Co said the last Chevrolet Cruze rolled off the assembly line Wednesday afternoon at its Lordstown, Ohio, assembly plant, the first of five plants in North America to end production this year and ending...