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MILAN — Alfa Romeo has revealed the 33 Stradale, a limited-edition “halo” sports car inspired by the 1967 33 Stradale that was derived from the Tipo 33 sports-racing model. The 33 Stradale was unveiled Wednesday at an event at the Stellantis brand’s museum in the Milan suburb of Arese. Alfa Romeo will build 33 examples of

TOKYO — A malfunction that shut down all of Toyota ‘s plants in Japan on Tuesday happened during an update of the automaker’s parts ordering system, two people with knowledge of the matter said. The world’s top-selling automaker has not given any details of what went wrong to cause the closure and a company spokesperson

TOKYO — Toyota on Tuesday said it has suspended operations at all of its assembly plants in Japan due to a production system malfunction, bringing domestic output to a standstill at the world’s biggest-selling automaker. The glitch is preventing Toyota from ordering components and its cause is under investigation, though it is “likely not due

China’s biggest-selling auto brand withstood a raging price war that engulfed the country this year, with BYD posting second-quarter profit that surged 145 percent. Net income more than doubled to 6.8 billion yuan ($930 million) after the company sold a record number of plug-in hybrid and fully electric vehicles during the three months ended in

After the U.K., Germany is the second European market where Ford can sell cars with a “Level 2+” semi-autonomous driving function, which allows drivers to take their hands off the steering wheel. The German Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) has given the go-ahead for Ford to offer its Blue Cruise technology, Ford said in a

PARIS — Renault is looking to list its Ampere electric vehicle business on the stock market in the spring of 2024, CEO Luca de Meo said. De Meo told BFM TV that Renault was targeting Nov. 1 of this year for the unit to be separated from the rest of the company as a preparatory

General Motors has received a permit from local authorities to test its Level 4 autonomous vehicles in Shanghai.  It is the first time that GM has been approved to test highly automated vehicles on China’s public roads of designated test zones, GM’s China unit said on Thursday.  The testing will initially last for one year.

NaaS Technology, a NASDAQ-listed Chinese company providing battery charging for electric vehicles, has signed a deal to acquire its Swedish counterpart Charge Amps for 724 million SEK ($66.4 million).  The deal represents a major step forward in its global expansion, NasS said this week.  Charge Amps, incorporated in Stockholm in 2012. It is Sweden’s second

LONDON — Britain is working on a battery strategy that calls for views from companies, investors and battery designers, as it seeks to attract more investment into an industry that is key to its net zero goals. The Department for Business and Trade said in a statement that its strategy will be published in the

Electric-first automakers such as Tesla and Nio outshined established brands such as Jaguar Land Rover and Toyota in a new ranking that grades companies on their software skills. The Digital Automaker Index was created by consultancy Gartner to assess automakers in eight software-centric-areas. Those scores are tabulated to come up with an overall ranking, which

At 9 p.m. on Sept. 22 last year, a group of City of London police officers waited outside room M15 at the Travelodge Bicester, a one-star budget hotel in Oxfordshire, England, for the right moment to bust in. On the other side of the door was someone they believed to be behind two serious data

Chinese HiPhi luxury EV brand will continue its push for exposure in Europe with a display at the Munich IAA Mobility auto show.  The company, which was founded in 2019 as part of a startup, Human Horizons, has already started sales of two models, the X large SUV and Z GT sedan, in Germany and

Volvo Cars says its first full-electric minivan will be like a Scandinavian living room on wheels. The EM90, which Volvo is calling an MPV, short for multipurpose vehicle, is a new twist for the Swedish brand that is better known for SUVs and wagons. Volvo has never offered an MPV or minivan during its 96-year

Synopsys, a U.S. company that makes software for designing semiconductors, said it has completed its acquisition of closely held German software company PikeTec, strengthening its autonomous driving operations. PikeTec is valued in the transaction at more than $200 million, Bloomberg News reported before Synopsys announced the deal Wednesday. Without disclosing the terms, Synopsys said in

BERLIN — Volkswagen Group has begun purchasing strategically important chips it believes will be in short supply globally directly from 10 manufacturers including NXP Semiconductors, Infineon Technologies and Renesas Electronics.. VW previously relied on its component suppliers to purchase chips. The automaker began striking direct deals with chipmakers last October to ensure its supply was

BERLIN — Tesla lowered the production target of its German plant to 4,350 a week in July and August after hitting 5,000 a week in March, and plans to reduce it further, according to a Business Insider report citing internal documents and anonymous sources. The U.S. automaker had posted on X, the social media platform

Tata Sons is in discussions with multiple startups as the conglomerate seeks technical know-how for its 4 billion pound ($5.1 billion) U.K. battery plant, where it aims to start mass production in 2026. “If you look at the startups that are working in this space, they are at the forefront of technology,” Tata Motors Group

Chinese EV giant BYD will launch its upmarket Denza brand in Europe at the IAA Mobility show in Munich next month. Denza was created as part of a joint venture company between BYD and Mercedes-Benz in 2010 and is now part of BYD’s core stable of brands in China, sitting above BYD but below the