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BYD, a leading Chinese EV maker, has selected Danish dealer Nic. Christiansen Group to distribute its electrified passenger vehicles in Denmark.  Nic. Christiansen Group will open the first BYD store in Copenhagen this autumn, the automaker said this week. Established in 1967, Nic. Christiansen Group distributes imported cars for Hyundai, Honda, Land Rover and Jaguar

WASHINGTON — U.S. auto safety regulators will extend a deadline for public input on General Motors and Ford Motor petitions seeking to deploy a limited number of self-driving vehicles without human controls like steering wheels and brake pedals. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Thursday made the 30-day extension of the public comment on

WASHINGTON — U.S. auto safety regulators on Thursday asked Tesla to answer questions about its cabin camera as part of a probe into 830,000 Tesla vehicles that employ the automaker’s advanced driver assistance system called Autopilot. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in June upgraded its probe opened in 2021 to assess the performance of

LONDON – The UK has set out its roadmap for the rollout of self-driving vehicles on its roads by 2025, announcing plans for new laws and 100 million pounds ($119 million) of funding. The government said on Friday in a statement that it wanted to take advantage of the emerging market for autonomous vehicles, which

ZURICH — The Geneva auto show scheduled to take place in February has been cancelled for the fourth year running. Organizers of the event are switching its traditionally chilly venue in alpine Europe to the balmy Middle East. They will focus on a complementary motor show, the Geneva International Motor Show Qatar, due to be

MEXICO CITY — The union at Volkswagen Group’s main Mexico factory will hold a new vote on Aug. 31 to ask workers if they approve a recently negotiated deal with management for 9 percent raises, the group said. The plan agreed by the Independent Union of Automotive Workers (SITIAVW) with Volkswagen de Mexico to cover

SHANGHAI — BMW will receive large cylindrical batteries for its electric cars in Europe from China’s EVE Energy, two people with knowledge of the matter said, as the automaker follows Tesla in adopting the new technology. EVE has signed contracts to be BMW‘s primary supplier of the battery cells in Europe for its new series

When drivers of future Mercedes-Benz AMG models hit the accelerator of their electric performance cars, they will get extra power out of the batteries from something that sounds straight out of the movie Back to the Future. No, not flux capacitors, but axial flux motors. Mercedes and Ferrari are turning to this type of electric

FRANKFURT — Tesla can continue referring to the capabilities of its driver assistance system and to autonomous driving in its advertising in Germany after a court threw out a complaint against the practice. Germany’s Wettbewerbszentrale, an industry-sponsored body tasked with policing anti-competitive practices, had filed the so-called non-admissibility complaint with Germany’s Federal Court of Justice.

Polestar said Tuesday it will turn its O2 concept into its next halo car, which is likely to be aimed at the Porsche 911. The 650-kilowatt (872-hp), $200,000 (196,635 euro) full-electric roadster, which will be called the Polestar 6, will be the automaker’s most powerful and most expensive model when it arrives in 2026. The

Mahindra & Mahindra has unveiled five electric SUVs based on Volkswagen Group’s MEB platform as the automaker seeks to expedite its lagging switch to battery-powered cars in India. Mahindra is the second customer for VW Group’s MEB platform after Ford, which will begin production this year of an MEB-based electric SUV built in its plant

Head restraints in today’s cars move into position to help protect occupants from whiplash only after the vehicle is struck from behind. That could change if a system developed by engineers at supplier Windsor Machine Group in Ontario is adopted by automakers. The company’s True Active technology moves the headrests into position just before the

Stellantis has a lofty agenda as it pushes aggressively into electrification while also striving to generate more revenue through software and to improve the ownership experience with over-the-air updates. But this ambitious to-do list may not even be the trickiest task looming for Stellantis. The company is working to conquer another goal that has perplexed

Parts shortages and higher commodity prices are putting a financial squeeze on Tier 2 and Tier 3 suppliers, in some cases forcing them to go to their Tier 1 customers to renegotiate pricing or ask for a cash infusion. The third option: Go bankrupt. Pat D’Eramo, CEO of Canadian Tier 1 supplier Martinrea International, has

A U.S. appeals court upheld a 2020 ruling that tossed out a racketeering lawsuit General Motors filed against rival Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, now part of Stellantis, and former executives. GM filed the racketeering lawsuit in November 2019, alleging FCA bribed UAW union officials over many years to corrupt the bargaining process and gain advantages, costing

WASHINGTON — Audi of America, Kia and Porsche said buyers of its electric vehicles will lose access to federal tax credits of up to $7,500 once President Joe Biden signs a $430 billion climate, health and tax measure. The legislation set to be approved by the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday “will have consequential

MACCLESFIELD, England — Large corporations are jumping on the green bandwagon, which in turn is pushing firms that lease and manage car fleets to convert to electric vehicles faster than they had ever thought possible. In late 2020, fleet management company ALD set a to have 30 percent of its new cars electrified by 2025

SHANGHAI — China’s CATL plans to build a 7.3 billion euro ($7.6 billion) battery plant in Hungary, as the world’s biggest electric vehicle battery maker gears up to meet growing demand from global automakers. CATL said that construction of the 100 GWh (gigawatt hours) plant in the eastern Hungarian city of Debrecen, its biggest overseas