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Automakers racing to develop battery-powered, software-driven vehicles to compete with Tesla are confronting a new challenge: what technology to build themselves, and what to keep buying from suppliers.Becoming more vertically integrated by doing more manufacturing in-house represents a major...

A year ago Tesla dismissed the alternative path of electric car battery swapping as "riddled with problems and not suitable for widescale use". It seems Beijing disagrees.In fact, China is pushing hard for swappable batteries for electric vehicles...

Auto industry companies need to take into account their communities and workers through greater environmental protections and higher pay in the transition to electric vehicles, a panel of investors, labor officials and human rights activists said on Wednesday.The...

Ford announced Wednesday it is creating separate businesses for its conventional and electric-auto operations, as it accelerates its build-out of emission-free vehicles.Under the plan, which sent Ford shares sharply higher, the conventional internal combustion operations will be known...

As US President Joe Biden failed to mention Tesla in his State of the Union address, CEO Elon Musk reminded him about the electric vehicle-making company's contributions to the US. Biden did mention Ford and General Motors in...

US President Joe Biden publicly acknowledged the role of Tesla in US electric vehicle manufacturing on Tuesday, after Chief Executive Elon Musk repeatedly complained about being ignored."From iconic companies like GM and Ford building out new electric vehicle...

Self-driving vehicle companies from Tesla to General Motors' Cruise are racing to start making money with their technology, outrunning efforts by regulators and Congress to write rules of the road for robot-driven vehicles.On Tuesday, Cruise said that SoftBank...

Volkswagen said it would likely double sales of its ID battery electric vehicles in China this year and aims to do even better but the automaker could be hamstrung by a shortage of semiconductors. The ID series, which...

US automaker General Motors, Alphabet's Google and its self-driving auto-technology company Waymo on Thursday joined the companies no longer attending the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in person early next month due to rising COVID-19 infections.GM Chief Executive Mary Barra...

A California regulator on Monday said it has suspended a driverless testing permit for startup technology firm Pony.ai following an accident the first time it has issued such a suspension.On October 28, a Pony.ai vehicle operating in...