European Union lawmakers voted to uphold a ban on new combustion engine cars from 2035, holding off a challenge that would have put the bloc’s climate goals at risk. Members of Parliament voted against an amendment that would have eased a requirement on carmakers to cut emissions, to a 90 percent reduction by 2035, instead
Scott Keogh, VW, in San Francisco, California, Sept. 18, 2018. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Volkswagen is “actively” looking to establish new assembly and battery facilities in the U.S., Volkswagen of America CEO Scott Keogh told CNBC on Wednesday. Keogh declined to discuss potential locations for such operations. The
Tesla is planning to get Gigafactory Shanghai out of its ‘closed loop’ system with workers sleeping at the factory by the end of the week. Like many other companies, Tesla had to shut down production at its Shanghai factory last month after local authorities imposed serious lockdowns on the population in an attempt to limit
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Fifteen years is an eternity in the automotive world, but that’s how much time has passed between the introduction of the second- and third-generation Toyota Sequoia. Introduced at the 2007 Los Angeles Auto Show, the second-generation Sequoia debuted a few months after the original Apple iPhone. However, it failed to have a lasting legacy as
STOCKHOLM — German automotive supplier SAF Holland said it was offering 3.2 billion Swedish crowns ($325 million) in cash for all the shares it does not own in Stockholm-listed Haldex, sending shares in the brakes maker surging more than 40 percent. Haldex said its board unanimously recommended the bid, calling the 66 crowns per share
4:55 AM ET Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko believes it is only a matter of time before Mercedes is challenging for victories every week. Mercedes has been off the pace of Red Bull and Ferrari this season but made clear progress with an upgraded car at the Spanish Grand Prix, although the team remained a
What kind of vehicle is the 2023 Toyota Sequoia? What does it compare to? The 2023 Toyota Sequoia is a full-size SUV that shares its hybrid running gear with the Toyota Tundra. It competes with other large three-row SUVs ranging from the Nissan Armada to the Ford Expedition and Chevy Tahoe. Is the 2023 Toyota
One man recently spent quite some time keying multiple vehicles in an Alameda, California parking lot. Unfortunately for him though, one of those vehicles was a Tesla with Sentry Mode. Not long after he was captured damaging the car on the integrated Tesla camera system, he was captured by the police. First featured on the
WASHINGTON — Ford Motor Co., along with BMW Group, Honda, Volkswagen and Volvo Cars, on Tuesday filed a motion to intervene in a federal lawsuit to support California and defend the EPA’s reinstatement of a waiver that restored the state’s authority to limit vehicle greenhouse gas emissions. The action comes after a group of 17
Automakers seek every edge in the race for innovation, from investing in startups to incubating solutions in-house. Porsche is adding a new page to that playbook — joining with a Los Angeles-based startup accelerator program to develop next-generation technologies and business models. Porsche will partner with UP.Labs to seed six mobility startups by 2025. The
In this article ZE594-CN This photo from Dec. 2019 shows robotic arms spray painting a car body shell at the BYD Automobile Company Limited Xi’an plant. BYD is set to supply Tesla with batteries “very soon,” a senior company executive told a Chinese state media anchor. Yuan Jingzhi | Visual China Group | Getty Images
Volkswagen Group’s Spanish electric performance brand Cupra detailed its product plans yesterday during an event that was mostly dedicated to the unveiling of its subcompact electric hatchback, the UrbanRebel. While the front-wheel-drive UrbanRebel based on the MEB Small platform has been confirmed to launch in 2025 as a more emotional alternative to the Volkswagen ID.2,
Audi is out testing prototypes for a redesigned A4 and the latest tester to be spotted is for the sporty S4 model. The prototype is specifically for the S4 Avant wagon body style but testers for the S4 sedan should also be out and about. The current A4, the B9, arrived for the 2017 model
TERRAMAR, Spain — Volkswagen Group’s Cupra brand has set a target of 500,000 sales a year by 2025 — more than the combined 2021 sales of Cupra and Seat, VW’s other Spanish brand. Cupra sold 79,327 cars in 2021, with the Formentor compact crossover the most popular model with 54,595 units sold. Cupra had said earlier
9:41 AM ET MONTE CARLO, Monaco — Charles Leclerc knew what an opportunity Ferrari had let slip through its fingers on Sunday. “No words,” he said on his radio after the race. “The season is long, but we cannot do that.” There must have been a lot going through Leclerc’s mind. Just an hour or
Under its radical skin, the Elantra offers three distinct power choices, with a fourth on the way. The Hybrid’s our hypermiler favorite, and the Elantra N excites. Base cars do fine commuter detail—and the Elantra N promises ripe performance for a sliver of sedan buyers. We give the Elantra a 5 here for the Hybrid
Sideshows, where large groups of people gather to watch and cheer on drivers participating in illegal performance driving maneuvers, remain a problem for many cities. Now, the city of New Orleans is seeing a rise in the practice, also called “pop up shows”, and it’s searching for solutions. New videos emerging from the city show