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This much is clear: Tesla says it is going to start delivering Semi trucks Dec. 1, a full five years after Elon Musk started taking orders for them. The first ones are going to PepsiCo, which will put them to work at a Frito-Lay facility in Modesto, California, and a beverages plant in Sacramento. From

TOKYO — Fast-moving Hyundai Motor Group says it will plow billions of dollars into developing software in a move to speed product development and boost revenue, including the creation of a new operating system for over-the-air updates in all Hyundai, Kia and Genesis vehicles by 2025. The sweeping initiative will usher in a wave of

One of the largest looming questions about the mass adoption of electric vehicles is whether the power grid can keep up with increased demand. General Motors wants to provide an answer – and perhaps some power – to ensure reliability for both utility operators and motorists. The automaker unveiled a new business unit Tuesday called

Alamy By Chris Baraniuk Technology of Business reporter If you want to understand how governments can fuel the rise of new technologies, look no further than the taxi fleets of Beijing. Five years ago, the city revealed plans to ban the introduction of fossil fuel-powered taxis. Today, thousands of the cars run on batteries instead.

Tesla Inc. delivered 83,135 China-made electric vehicles in September, smashing its monthly record, according to a report released on Sunday by the China Passenger Car Association. The number marks an 8 percent increase from August and set a record for Tesla’s Shanghai factory since production began in December 2019, topping the prior sales high of

When Chris Thomas worked as an intern at Ford Motor Co. in the depths of the Great Recession, he finagled his way into a meeting with Bill Ford Jr. and asked the company chairman to put him on the most interesting project possible. Thomas spent his summer analyzing transportation trends in cities with more than

DUBLIN, Va. —Freightliner has led its U.S. diesel big rig rivals for years, commanding a market share no competitor could catch. But the nascent transformation to electric trucking provides other players an opening, and Volvo has jumped ahead. Sales of electric trucks are still almost immeasurable compared to the roughly 150,000 heavy-duty diesel trucks manufacturers

Amazon.com Inc. is shutting down tests of its home delivery robot, the latest sign that the e-commerce giant is starting to wind down experimental projects amid slowing sales growth. Work on Scout, an autonomous machine launched about three years ago, has already been halted, according to a person familiar with the situation. Amazon spokesperson Alisa

Autonomous driving technology developer Mobileye will supply advanced driver-assistance systems and automated vehicle technology to three additional brands under Geely Holding Group.  The three brands are set to launch electric vehicles next year, which will be fitted with its SuperVision technology, the Intel subsidiary said last week, without identifying the brands. The technology enables a

Multiple owners, conflicts with regulators in several cities — scooter company Spin is riding the ups and downs of micromobility. But with its March sale by Ford Motor Co. to Germany’s Tier Mobility AG, the company is now looking to take a ride into profitability. Spin plans to reach that goal through several initiatives, CEO

SAN FRANCISCO — Tesla Inc. said on Tuesday it will remove ultrasonic sensors from its vehicles starting this month, as it moves ahead with using only cameras in its safety and driver-assistant features. Tesla vehicles now have 12 ultrasonic sensors on the front and rear bumpers, and short-range sound sensors are mainly used in parking

BERLIN — Sixt will buy about 100,000 electric vehicles from China’s BYD under a partnership agreement signed by the two companies. Under the first stage of the agreement, Sixt will order several thousand full-electric vehicles from BYD, the first of which will be available to Sixt customers in Europe in the fourth quarter, the German

HANOVER, Germany — While the auto industry struggles to convince consumers that hydrogen fuel cell vehicles have a place in daily transportation, truckmakers see huge potential for the technology. It’s a matter of chemistry, Andreas Gorbach, Daimler Trucks’ technical chief, said at IAA Transportation 2022. No battery chemistry will ever outperform how much energy engineers

SAN FRANCISCO — Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk showed off on Friday a prototype of its humanoid robot “Optimus,” predicting the electric vehicle maker would be able to produce millions and sell them for under $20,000 — less than a third of the price of a Model Y. Musk said he expected Tesla would be

Electric-vehicle startup Arrival SA‘s shares surged after it said it’s in talks to raise capital to build and sell its products in the U.S. The company, which is primarily UK-based, also said it’s a step closer to operating so-called microfactories to produce battery-powered vans. The shares rose more than 15 percent in premarket U.S. trading

Automatic emergency braking has a lot of room for improvement. That’s the conclusion of a study released Thursday by AAA, which crash-tested four models with the feature from four automakers: the 2022 Chevrolet Equinox LT, 2022 Ford Explorer XLT, 2022 Honda CR-V and 2022 Toyota RAV4 LE. Rear-end crash performance, a test in which vehicles

DENVER — More than a decade ago, venture capitalist Marc Andreessen famously claimed, “Software is eating the world.” That trend certainly is reverberating through the automotive world. What was once a primarily atoms-focused hardware business is increasingly morphing into a bits-driven software and services one. Powertrain electrification and in-vehicle connectivity have turned cars into computers

NEW YORK — Qualcomm projects that its automotive contracts will generate $30 billion in sales, up from about $19 billion only two months ago, the company said Thursday. The fast-growing figure reflects Qualcomm’s efforts to become a prominent automotive presence, CEO Cristiano Amon said during the company’s first automotive investor day. At the core of