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- Investors Like the Potential of Robotaxis - BMW Just Eked Out Q2 Gain - Japanese Automakers Cut Prices of Exported Vehicles - Ford and Stellantis Squeeze Their Suppliers - Hyundai Reveals Performance Electric Sedan - EVs Hold Value Better in China - Mazda CX-5 Getting 1st Hybrid - Maserati Gives Its Supercar a New Name
- U.S. Smuggles in Chinese Minerals - BYD #3 Globally by Market Cap - China Loves Trump's “One Big Beautiful Bill” - Ford Still Qualifies for U.S. Battery Subsidies - Teens Can Rent Waymo AVs - Baidu Rents AVs By the Week - AV Race Car Smashes Track Record - Rivian Launches Gen-2 Quad Motor - Rivian Spin-Off Valued At $1B - U.S. Used Car Prices Climbing - VW AG Ekes Out Global Q2 Sales Gain - Bentley Reveals Jag-Like EV Concept
- EU Automakers Post Weak Q2 Sales - EU Automakers Face Global Sales Crisis - Xiaomi Success Threatens Foreign Automakers - China Sales Hit All-Time June Record - China Finally Mandates ABS - Stellantis Brings Back SRT Division - Ford Launches New 0-0-0 Sales Campaign - Tesla Owner Reimbursed for FSD - Renault Introduces New Motorhome and Camper
- U.S. Car Sales Dropping Due to Trump Tariffs - Musk's Politics Are Hurting Tesla - Cybertruck Q2 Sales Only 5,000 - Toyota RAV4 #1 In the World - A Golden Moment to Buy an EV - Now, Even Honda Backs Off Fuel Cells - Foxconn Could Build EVs In Nissan Oppama Plant - ZF Develops EV Transmission - Autoline Poll on EV Subsidies
- Car Dealers to Congress: Keep the EV Incentives! - U.S. Used Car Prices Up 40% - Xiaomi YU7 Gets Stunning Sales Orders - Xiaomi YU7 vs. Tesla Model Y - Xiaomi's Founder Now Richest Man in China - Chinese OEMs Put Tesla Model Y in Their Crosshairs - Uber In Talks to Buy Pony.AI U.S. Ops - BYD To Buy Austrian Steel - Car Ship Sinking Cost Over $560 Million - Autoline Poll: U.S. EV Incentives
- Auto Alliance Testifies Against NHTSA - GM Gains Most Market Share This Year - Chinese Automakers Flooding Africa - GAC Expanding Fast - Foxconn and Elektrobit Partner on SDVs - Foxtron to Supply Mitsubishi with Buses - U.S. Imports to China Plummet - Japan Says It Can't Accept U.S. Tariffs - Mercedes Puts Active Aero on Wheels - XC60 Now Best-Selling Volvo Ever
- Europe EV Sales Up 28%, Tesla Down 28% - BYD Cutting Production in China - Ferrari Goes Sailing - Stellantis Experiments with Battery Swapping - QuantumScape Says Solid-State Batteries Are One Step Closer - Nissan Sprinkles NISMO Bits All Over Armada/Patrol - Ford Gives Explorer the Tremor Treatment - Jeep Cherokee Bares It All
- Skoda EVs Outsell Tesla in Europe - South Africa OEMs Face Strikes - Ford Commits to Embattled Battery Plant - GM's Next-Gen EV Pickups Coming in 2031 - Uber and Waymo Launch Robotaxis in Atlanta - Pony.ai Disses Tesla Robotaxi - OEMs In-Source Battery Packs in China - Tesla Inventory Kicked Out of Suburban Parking Lot - Burning Ship with EVs Sinks - Zero-Mile Used Cars Exported from China - NIO Firefly Battery Lease for $55 a Month
- Tesla Officially Launches Robotaxis - CATL Jumping into Robotaxis - Autoline Poll Results on Robotaxis - Foreign OEMs Will Lose More Share in China - Chinese Will Grow in EU, Europeans Will Shrink - Filosa Makes Mild Management Change at Stellantis - UAW Missed Out On $80 Million - Natural Hydrogen Could Be a Game Changer - What? An Electric Motorcycle from General Motors?
- Maserati In Deep Trouble, Up for Sale? - Fewer Americans Getting Driver's License - Ford Claims Skunkworks EV Matches China Cost - U.S. Tariffs Cost German OEM's Half a Billion/Month - Audi Talking About Greenfield U.S. Plant - Stella and Renault Want Looser Small Car Safety Regs - Renault Forms JV With Geely In Brazil - Baidu Robotaxis Headed to Singapore, Malaysia
- Cars Hold Up U.S. and Japan Trade Deal - Brazil Wants Higher Tariffs on China Now - Most China Plants Underutilized - U.S. Tariffs Will Raise Car Prices $1,760 - Is GM Trying to Torpedo Ford Battery Plant? - Buick Electra E5 Has 500K Mile Battery - Zoox Starts Building AVs in California - Helm.ai Uses Vision-Only for L4
- ZR1X Is Sub 2-Second Corvette - Chinese Cities Run Out of Car Subsidies - Shawn Fain Is Foul-Mouthed, Angry, Threatening UAW Leader - Ram Adopts 10-Year Warranty to Boost Sales - Big Oil Investing in EV Battery Materials - VW To Launch L4 ID. Buzz Robotaxis - Scout Re-Engineers to Reduce Rare Earths - Huawei Building Solid-Date EV Battery Plant - Honda Jumps into Last Mile Delivery
- Fewer Car Buyers Willing to Go Electric - Ferrari Delays 2nd EV Model - Next-Gen Lightning Going to Blue Oval City - NIO Fights Battery Swapping Abuse - New Nissan Leaf Specs - Kia EV4 Starts at $30K in South Korea - Clarios to Make Supercapacitors in the U.S. - Honda Plans New Electric Hot Hatch - Pony.AI Unveils 7th-Gen AV Stack - Former Rolls Designer Styles Mass-Market Chinese PHEV
- Luca de Meo Quits Renault - Nissan To Sell More Renault Stock - Farley Says Ford “Day to Day” On Rare Earths - Stellantis Stuck with CARB ZEV Mandate - Chinese Suppliers Skeptical of OEM Payments - JLR Lowers Outlook on U.S. Tariffs - Nio Officially Drops U.S. Plans - U.S. EVs Stuck At 8% Share for Years to Come - Peugeot E-208 Gets GTI Treatment - Chinese Researchers Say Akio Is Wrong About EVs - Ian Callum and The Queen's Hearse
- Oil Prices Jump on Israeli Attack - Trump Threatens Higher Car Tariffs - Trump to Slap Fees on Ro-Ro Ships - Ford Still Moving HD Trucks to Canada - U.S. EV Sales Fell in April - EV Sales Up Globally - Tesla Updates S and X, Raises Prices $5,000 - Geely Boasts 47.26% ICE Thermal Efficiency - Ford F-150 LOBO Gets Low Rider Treatment - VW GTI Gets 50th Anniversary Edition - More Updates for Next-Gen Nissan Leaf
- Trump's Budget Impact on Auto Industry - Rivian R2 Drive Unit Eliminates 30% of Fasteners - Ford Picks Up 2 Points of U.S. Market Share - Leapmotor Expects $7,000 SUVs - Ford Launching PHEV Ranger in Europe - Toyota Teams Up with China's Top Tech Companies - Marelli Files for Chapter 11, Blames Tariffs - Dana Sells Off HD Transmissions for $2.7B - American Axle Lands Scout Contract - BMW Pairing Back XM Product Line
- Musk Regrets Attacking Trump - GM Invests $4 Billion To Boost U.S. Production - Ford Calls on Canada To Repeal EV Mandate - BMW Shares Next-Gen EV Details - Xpeng Develops In-House Chips for Autonomous Driving - Chinese OEMs Agree to Speed Up Supplier Payments - Chinese Car Exports Slow - Toyota Develops Liquid-Hydrogen Le Mans Race Car - VW Considers Small Electric Van
- Toyota Opens Japan Dealers to U.S. OEMs - Toyota Launches $18,000 EV In China - GM Doubles EV Sales in U.S. - Tesla Model Y #1 SUV In China - Toyota and Daimler To Merge Japan Truck Ops - Hyundai Stockpiled Rare Earths - AESC Pauses Battery Plant In South Carolina - 3rd-Gen Nissan Leaf Gets Big Changes
- U.S. Suppliers Get Rare Earth Reprieve from China - China to Continue Rare Earths To EU - U.S. Auto Imports Plummet in May - China EV Exports Up 19% This Year - Should U.S. Automakers Get Out of China? - Cadillac Unveils Optiq-V - Ram Gets Back in NASCAR - VinFast Bleeds More Red Ink - Marelli Could File for Chapter 11 - Autoline Poll Results
- Trump v. Musk: Tesla Stock's Biggest 1-Day Loss - Ford Lightning Outsells Cybertruck - OEMs Raise Prices Without Raising Prices - BYD Stock Takes Hit on Price War Worries - Toyota's Newest EV Chock Full of BYD Tech - Toyota Boosts Sales in China - BYD's Top 10 Export Markets - Chinese Get 9.4% Of UK Market - Mercedes-Benz Trucks Sets Backing-Up Record - China Ship Fire Started on EV Deck
- China Rare Earth Ban Triggering Auto Crisis - Has U.S. Fracking Peaked? - Ford Could Outsource Engines - Tesla Tries to Block Crash Data Release - Ram Revives HEMI V8 - BYD Sues Critics in China - NIO's Financials Worsen - UK Production Hits 70-Year Low - Earn Money Plugging in Your EV - EV Fleets Can Also Support the Grid
- Tesla Sales Down in China, Again - Marketing Strategy? Musk Disses Trump's Budget - U.S. Car Sales Up in May - Another Ship with EVs Catches Fire - Euro NCAP Critiques Tesla, Volvo - China Rare Earth Ban Shuts EU Factories - VW Sniffs Out Growth in Africa - Nissan Talks 3rd-Gen Leaf - ZF EV Unit: Smaller, Lighter, Stronger, Cheaper
- Americans Losing Interest in EVs - Xiaomi Predicts Profit in the Second Half - China Concerned Price War Has Gone Too Far - China Dealers Warn About Inventory Dumping - Toyota Wants To Take Supplier Private - 20K VW Workers Accept Buyout - Lucid Puts Big Discounts on the Air - Toyota Co-Develops Hydrogen-Powered Sauna
- Tesla EU Sales Down, But New Y Could Be Bright Spot - Management Confused Over Tesla $25K Car - Will Austin Residents Show Interest in Tesla Robotaxi? - China Cracks Down on 0-KM Used Cars - Battery Prices Drop Significantly - Honda Wants to Refuel In-Orbit Satellites - VinFast Shuts Half of Its Canada Stores - U.S. Also Worried About China's Rare Earth Restrictions - Mack Makes Hybrid Military Prototypes - Autoline Poll Results
- Hyundai Boosts Prices in The U.S. - VW Plans “Massive” U.S. Investment - Volvo Halts U.S. Production Over Parts Shortage - GM Expects Tariff Deal with South Korea - Tesla ZEV Credits at Risk - Ford Says EV Battery Plant at Risk If Incentives Removed - CATL Claims Battery Breakthrough - BYD and Great Wall Motor Feuding in Public - Next-Gen Alfa Romeo Stelvio Delayed - New Jeep Cherokee Debuts Later This Year
- German Automakers Expect U.S. Tariff Relief - Rare Earth Restrictions Could Stop India Car Prodcution - Foxconn Announcing New Japanese Partner Soon - Chevy Leaving the Chinese Market - Tesla Starts Human-Less Test Drives - Toyota On Track to Meet Its EV Goals - 1st EV Gets CATL's Swappable Battery - Samsung and LG to Make LFP Batteries for GM
- Stellantis Names Antonio Filosa New CEO - Stellantis' Software Deal with Amazon Falls Apart - GM Invests $900 Million To Build More V8 Engines - BYD Charged with Violating Labor Rights in Brazil - BYD Price Cuts Could Lead to Deeper Price War in China - Toyota Now Largest Shareholder in eVTOL Startup - Rivian Shows Off New R2 Suspension - Alpine Reveals First SUV - Tesla Storage Lot Update
- Major Suppliers Consider Buyout Plan - Nissan Could Sell Its Headquarters - ICEs Drag Down EU Market in April - Volvo Plans 3,000 Job Cuts - Toyota Starts Making GR Corolla in the UK - BMW Brings Back Clown Shoe Design - Alpine Reveals Its 1st SUV - Autoline Poll Results
- U.S. Senate Blocks California EV Mandate - GAO Rules Freezing EV Charging Funds Illegal - Akio Toyoda Wins Back Support from Investors - U.S. OEMs Want Same Tariff Deal as UK - Chinese EU Car Sales Soar 79% In April - GM EV Market Share in U.S. Hits 14% - Xiaomi Officially Unveils YU7 SUV - Ford Accuses California Lawyers of Fraud - Used Car Prices Top $30,000 Once Again - Rivian Creates Stylish Camo Wraps
- U.S. Bill Eliminates EV Subsidies This Year - Other Brands Pass Tesla in EU EV Sales - Tesla Moving Ahead with German Plant Expansion - BYD Brings Lower Cost EVs to Europe - Nissan to Cut $1.8 Billion in U.S. - Dodge Charger EV and ICE Hit Market Around Same Time - Hyundai Tests Auto Charging Robots at Airport - XPeng Mona Goes Hands-Free with No Lidar - Siverado EV Get Trail Boss Treatment - Wienermobiles to Race at Indy
- U.S. Assembly Plant Up for Sale - Honda Waits for U.S. Midterms - Musk Claims Tesla Has Turned the Corner - Toyota's Top Selling RAV4 Gets a Complete Make-Over - Fiat Launching 3-Wheeler - Nissan To Use Batteries from Ford Plant - New Nissan Micra Launches in EU - Chery Reveals Small, Rugged SUV
- Honda Slashes Its EV Investment - CATL Raises Billions in Stock Debut - GDI Sees More Interest in Silicon Anodes - Subaru Raising Prices in the U.S. - Subaru Announces New Head of North America - GM to Close Durant Guild in China - Rivian Designs Cost Out of the R2 - All-Solid-State Batteries Find Test Partners - Volvo's Massive Batteries for Long-Haul Trucks - What Are All These Teslas Doing Here?
- Nissan Could Close Plants in Japan - Japanese Government Tries to Save Nissan - Xiaomi YU7 Targets Tesla Model Y - VW Drops ID Name for EVs - BMW Using Gen-AI in Purchasing - Suppliers Love GM, Hate Ford - Aito Shoves BMW, Mercedes, Audi Aside - Tesla Cybertruck Trade-In Values Plummet - Autoline Poll Results on Stop/Start
- Drivers Not Sold on Hands-Free Driving - F-150 Lightning Outsells Cybertruck In Q1 - BYD To Open New Hub in Hungary - Toyota Provides Longer Forecasts to Suppliers - Renault Reveals Off-Road EV Concept - GMC Upgrades Hummer EV - Bosch Testing Hydrogen Race Cars - Archer Aviation to Provide Air Taxi Rides During LA Olympics - Toyota Introduces Bold New Paint Color - What's Your Thoughts on Stop/Start Tech?
- Tariffs Will Cost Japanese Automakers Billions - JLR Won't Build Its Own Models in China Anymore - Ram Delays All-Electric Truck Again - Rivian Reduces EV Motor Complexity - Toyota Reveals All-New EV - BYD Dethrones Toyota in Singapore - Xiaomi Sales Continue to Slide
- IEA Lowers U.S. EV Sales Forecast - EVs Won't Displace as Much Oil as Forecast - Panasonic Drops Plans For 3rd U.S EV Battery Plant - Subaru Trailseeker EV Could Get Axed - Vermont Pauses ZEV Mandate - GM Suspends H2 Plant in Detroit - Trump EPA To Get Rid Of “Stop/Start” - GM Also Developing LMR EV Battery - Kia's Wheelchair Accessible PV5 Van - Bosch Emphasizes U.S. Investments - Toyota Drops “4x” From bZ4x, Intros BEV C-HR
- U.S. House Ready to Gut EV Incentives - Honda Forecasts 64% Profit Drop - Nissan Operating Profit Drops 88% - Mazda Teams Up with CATL For EVs - Xiaomi SU7 Gets Lowest Quality Rating - Nio 1st In EU with Steer-By-Wire - GM Hires Sterling Anderson As Product Czar - Mercedes Moving GLC Production to U.S. - Next-Gen Colorado, Canyon Not Until 2032
- California ZEV Mandate Showdown - China Sales Up 14.8% In April - German Dealers Skeptical of Chinese Brands - Nissan Doubles Job Cuts - Audi To Sell Italdesign - Filosa First In-Line for Stellantis CEO - ZF Launches Rare-Earth Free EV Motor - Autoline Poll Results on Yugo
- D3 Blast Trump's UK Trade Deal - Audi Expects Trade Relief, Too - Toyota Posts Record Revenue, Profits Drop - Automotive Report Card Coming Out Soon - Trump Admin Sued Over Ending EV Charger Funds - Nissan Scraps EV Battery Plant in Japan - Toyota Refreshes the Corolla Cross - Jeep Teases All-New Grand Cherokee - Aurora Aims to Operate AV Trucks at Night - Autoline Yugo Poll
- OMG, They're Bringing Back the Yugo! - My (Years Ago) Yugo Plant Tour - Corvette Interior Gets A New Look - Bollinger Files for Bankruptcy - Brembo Cuts Brake Emissions 90% - EU Automakers Get CO2 Break - Ford Raises Prices on Maverick, Bronco Sport, Mach-E - Tariffs Hiking Used Car Prices - AAH Looks at Brands That Could Be Forced Out of U.S. Market
- BMW Predicts Tariff Relief by July - Mitsubishi Angling for U.S. Production - Rivian Sales Fall, But Loses Less Money - Lamborghini Profits Up, Threatened by Tariffs - Chinese Airline Jumps into EV Cars - Don't Fast Charge Under 10% Or Over 90% - Hyundai's First China-Specific EV - Geely To Take Zeekr Private - Optional Xiaomi SU7 Hood “Only” $5,800
- Tariffs Force Audi to Consider U.S. Production - Ford Has Weak Q1 - Ferrari Has Strong Q1 - Renault and Stellantis Want Changes to Small Car Regs - GM Announces New Head of North America - Waymo and Magna Building AVs in Arizona - Rivian Invests in Supplier Park - Alfa Reports Best Sales Since 2019 - Jeep Reveals All-New Compass
- OEMs Burning Through U.S. Inventory - JLR Resumes U.S. Shipments - Infiniti Could Get Version of Nissan Rogue - Car Buyers Face Tougher Loan Standards - China Tariffs Put Focus on Axial Flux EV Motors - China's Momenta Lands More Robotaxi Business - Ionna Charging Network Makes Slow Progress - Hyundai Ioniq 5 Gets $7,500 Rebate Again - Autoline Poll Results on Slate
- Car Buyers Rush to Showrooms Before Tariffs Hit - Mexican-Made Fords Sell Like Crazy - EU Falls Short of Needed EV Market Share - Chinese Push PHEVs in EU - Nissan Ariya Outsells Tesla Model Y in Colorado - Autoline Poll: What Do You Think of Slate? - Honda Dealers Target Afeela Direct Sales - Canada Parts Get Tariff Reprieve - Magna Revenue Down, Profits Up - Aurora Launches Driver-Free-Semi Business
- U.S. Considers Annual EV Fee - U.S. House Targets California's ZEV Truck Mandate - EU Sales Droop in Q1 - Mercedes' Q1 Profit Drops 43% - Volvo's Profit Plunges 73% - Stellantis Posts Lower Sales and Revenue - GM Expects $4-5 Billion Tariff Hit - Ford Scraps In-House Central Compute Platform - Tesla Denies Looking for New CEO - Tesla Building Public Chargers for Semis - Isuzu to Launch BEV Pickup
- Tariff Relief Only for U.S. Assembled Cars - Trump Tariffs Are Here to Stay - Tariffs Could Kill Off These 11 Car Brands - Russia Car Sales Drop Big Time - GM Recalls V8s In Its Most Profitable Trucks - Another Humanoid Robot in China - CATL Meets Strict China Battery Safety Standard - EVs Losing Market Share in U.S. - Toyota and Waymo Join Forces - Kenworth Debuts Two New Electric Trucks
- Trump to Ease Auto Tariffs, Sorta - GM Reports Weak Q1 - Porsche's Profits Plummet - Ferrari Keeps Key EV Components In-House - Chery Could Get VW Germany Plant - Nissan to Close Wuhan Plant - iCAR's $15K Chinese Off-Roader - Renault to Launch 3 EV CVs - New Renault Boreal for Global Markets - JLR Using Old Tooling to Cut Costs - Foxconn Could Build EV in U.S. Plant - Mercedes Trucks Wants Longest Reverse Record
- Ford Makes Battery Breakthrough - Car Imports to China Drop Significantly - California Proposes to Allow Heavy-Duty AV Tests - Renault Introduces New Two-Tone Paint Process - Alpine Teases First SUV - Dodge Offers New Anti-Theft System for Charger - Continental Auto Now Called Aumovio - Gentex Stops Shipping Mirrors to China - Autoline Yoke-Steering Wheel Poll Results
- U.S. Revises Autonomous Tech Rules - Waymo May Sell Robotaxis For Personal Ownership - Akio Toyoda Wants to Buy Toyota Supplier - BYD's Net Profit Soars 100% In Q1 - Stellantis and Factorial Hit Solid-State Battery Milestone - Volvo Kicks Off EX30 Production in Belgium - Slate Auto Unveils Low-Cost Electric Pickup - Autoline Yoke-Steering Wheel Poll
- Trump Considers Tariff Relief in Some Areas, But Not Others - Hyundai and Renault Make Tariff Adjustments - U.S. Providing New Direction for AV Tech - VW to Supply Autonomous I.D.BUZZ's to Uber - Gas Companies Challenge California's Emission Waiver - Nissan on Track for Historical Loss - EVs Account for Over 17% of Renault's Q1 Sales - EU Car Sales Up in March - Ferrari Could Get EV Platform from Leapmotor
- Tesla's Q1 Net Profit Slumps 71% - Auto Groups Ask Trump for Tariff Relief - Xiaomi Delays Launch of YU7 SUV - California Dealers Sue VW and Scout Over Direct Sales - BYD Resets Strategy in Europe - Nissan Reveals 1st Electrified Pickup - Honda Unveils Two EV Models in Shanghai - Lexus Reveals All-New ES Sedan