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General Motors Co. and Samsung SDI this week finalized a battery joint venture agreement that the companies announced in 2023, with the companies' plant in Indiana to open in 2027, a year later than originally planned.

GM and the South Korean battery supplier last year said they would build a multibillion-dollar battery cell manufacturing plant...Read more

Volvo used to be the go-to brand for safe vehicles that lasted a long time. Then everyone else began making "safe" vehicles, chiefly because the government was mandating that.

Other-brand vehicles also became as or even more reliable than Volvos used to be.

Now Volvo is making electric vehicles like the 2024 XC40 Recharge -- and ...Read more

Troubled electric vehicle maker Fisker Inc. has reached a settlement with creditors that will allow it to liquidate its assets while working with owners to keep their pricey SUVs on the road.

The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in June after failing to reach a strategic agreement with another automaker that could provide it ...Read more

Q: I recently ordered a new 2024 Ford F-150 crew cab. I am considering having a ceramic coat done by a local detail shop. They’re asking $3,200 and state that they’ll provide a lifetime warranty. Your thoughts on this product?

T.M., New Lenox, Illinois

A: It's good stuff. It had better be for that price! Even the best car wax products are ...Read more

General Motors Co.'s self-driving unit Cruise LLC and Uber Technologies LLC have entered a multiyear deal for customers to book autonomous Cruise robotaxis through the Uber platform, the companies said Thursday.

Cruise and Uber expect to launch the service in 2025 with Chevrolet Bolt-based autonomous vehicles. Specific details of the ...Read more

Authorities have identified the man killed in a Wednesday afternoon workplace incident at the Toledo, Ohio, Jeep factory as 53-year-old Antonio Gaston.

The Toledo resident was working in Stellantis NV's Toledo Assembly Complex plant that builds Gladiator pickups on Wednesday afternoon when the incident occurred, police said. United Auto Workers...Read more

You might think that the battery-electric 2024 Honda Prologue is a first for the brand. But it’s not. Honda has tried selling EVs before. But you can be forgiven if you don’t remember the Honda Clarity and Fit EVs.

But the Prologue is aptly named, as it’s the opening salvo in Honda’s aim to reach 500,000 North American EV sales by 2030,...Read more

As Porsche has always appealed to consumers in the under-40 age bracket, in 2002 they expanded their horizons with the release of the Cayenne, their first SUV to the market. Twenty-two years later, the Cayenne is still going strong and is as stout as ever. Our tester in Montego Blue offered a rare base-model powertrain review offering exactly ...Read more

The United Auto Workers has laid out a timeline that could see workers at some Stellantis NV plants go on strike as soon as mid-October if grievances over the automaker's reopening delays at the Belvidere Assembly Plant in Illinois go unresolved.

The planning timeline provided to UAW locals representing Stellantis plants shows an aggressive ...Read more

A person died Wednesday in a workplace incident at Stellantis NV's Toledo Assembly Complex in Ohio, which builds the Jeep Wrangler SUV and Gladiator pickup, authorities said.

Toledo police were called to the plant at 1:55 p.m. and the incident was under investigation, Lt. Paul Davis said. The Lucas County Coroner's Office said investigators ...Read more

Ford Motor Co. said Wednesday it's cutting capital expenditures in electric vehicles, delaying the launch of its next-generation all-electric pickup truck set to launch in Tennessee and has changed plans for a forthcoming three-row SUV to be hybrid, not all-electric.

EV sales are growing, but it's at a slower rate than what the industry had ...Read more

Stellantis NV has hired an executive from the electric vehicle maker Rivian Automotive Inc. to oversee its North American manufacturing operations, the transatlantic automaker said Tuesday.

Tim Fallon served as a vice president over manufacturing for Rivian since early 2022, and before that spent more than 16 years at Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. in ...Read more

Mazda's CX-30 has a couple of things going for it that most of its competitors either charge extra for -- or don't offer at all.

The CX-30 also hasn't got two things that are getting hard to avoid in a new crossover.

What It Is

The CX-30 is Mazda's compact, lowest-priced crossover. It differs from other small crossovers in that it ...Read more

Q: During a thunderstorm, my daughter's EV was plugged into the charger in the garage when lightning hit her house. It affected the car’s charger, her electric fence and all her outdoor lights by the pool. Her EV car (Ford Mustang) seems to be fine with another charger. Do EVs have surge protectors built in?

G.R., Virginia Beach, Virginia

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DETROIT — Cadillac on Friday introduced Opulent Velocity — its latest concept vehicle that points to the luxury brand's plans to electrify performance vehicles.

Opulent Velocity is the second concept car Cadillac has shown this summer. In July, it revealed the Sollei ultra-luxury concept electric convertible that takes a bite out of the ...Read more

Fisker Inc. has received a subpoena from the Securities and Exchange Commission, indicating the bankrupt Southern California electric vehicle maker could be under investigation by Wall Street’s top cop, according to a court filing.

SEC subpoenas, which typically seek either records or testimony, are confidential, but a mention of the agency�...Read more

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation announced Friday an ambitious plan to deploy new, interconnected safety technology in cars and on roadways across the country between now and 2036.

The plan promises to make use of vehicle-to-everything or "V2X" technology, an umbrella term referring to the real-time transfer of data between ...Read more

What if you paid the same price for the same vehicle, but got less? Would you really do that? Possibly. Meet the 2025 Mazda CX-70, a new nameplate for the Hiroshima-based automaker, but one that should look very familiar.

It’s basically the CX-90, introduced last year, with blacked-out trim and two rows of seats rather than the CX-90’s ...Read more

DETROIT — Thousands of Dream Cruisers are descending on Woodward this week for America’s annual auto reunion, and this year we celebrate the great Class of 1998.

In honor of surviving 26 years, ‘98 model cars are now eligible for Michigan antique plates (You thought 25 made your ride antique? The Secretary of State disagrees). The honor ...Read more

DETROIT — Stellantis NV's Trenton Engine Complex, which produces V-6 Pentastar engines for Rams, Chryslers and Jeeps, will shut down next week with workers temporarily laid off.

The facility, with two shifts employing more than 600 hourly and salaried workers, "will be down next week to balance engine inventories," Stellantis spokesperson ...Read more