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Sometimes a chart is just a chart. Sometimes, when you’re looking at Tesla Inc. and BYD Co. Ltd. in early 2025, it’s a striking squiggly metaphor.

Tesla, the biggest U.S. electric vehicle maker, has shocked the world this year with its overt politicization and slumping sales and stock price. BYD, its great Chinese rival, just shocked the ...Read more

A top Stellantis NV executive said Tuesday the automaker is bracing for higher tariffs in April by shifting extra parts into its U.S. plants and rushing production of certain Canada and Mexico-produced models that dealers need on their lots.

"That's not the way we would normally operate," Chief Financial Officer Doug Ostermann said of working ...Read more

General Motors Co. is expanding its partnership with technology company Nvidia Corp. to leverage artificial intelligence for designing future manufacturing plants and to improve self-driving systems.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced the collaboration on Tuesday at the company's annual GTC AI Conference in San Jose, California. GM says the ...Read more

Behind-the-scenes efforts by Detroit’s automakers to avert President Donald Trump’s vow to levy 25% tariffs on vehicles and parts from Canada and Mexico next month haven't subsided, according to two sources familiar with the situation.

The latest indications from the president are that the industry should buckle up. He says the levies will...Read more

Practically every car company has been trying to maintain the power/performance of the smaller engines that have been replacing larger engines -- in order to comply with federal fuel efficiency and emissions regulations -- by turbocharging these smaller engines.

Nissan has been doing that too. But it has also been doing something else.

Have ...Read more

They say they’ve been flipped off in traffic, called Nazis and even punched in the face.

Charging stations have been defaced and burned too, and local Tesla dealerships have been picketed, including this weekend in Burbank.

A disgusted singer Sheryl Crow said she sold her Tesla and donated the money to National Public Radio.

“There comes ...Read more

DETROIT — UAW President Shawn Fain said Sunday he supports the tariffs in the auto industry pushed by President Donald Trump, but only if they are done for the right reason and in the "right way."

"I think it needs to be not under the guise of drugs, immigration or border security but they need to be strategic in how they do them," Fain said ...Read more

The first and only Tesla Janis Brown ever bought was a dark green Model S in 2012. It wasn’t just a car, the Sunnyvale, California, resident recalled; it was the car.

Brown and her husband drove around the Bay Area in style, basking in the joy of owning the sleekest eco-friendly vehicle and bonding with other Tesla enthusiasts. The pair even ...Read more

Q: The dashboard light on my 2021 Subaru Outback suggested that the key fob battery was low. So, I changed it. Unfortunately, I must have damaged the plastic case in the process. The key won't hold in place, but the fob works fine. Since the key and electronics of the fob are fine, can I use a replacement fob and simply insert the electronics ...Read more

Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company Tesla has joined several other American businesses in raising concerns over retaliatory tariffs that could result from a trade war fueled by President Trump.

In an unsigned letter on Tesla letterhead addressed to the U.S. Trade Representative, Tesla warned that Trump’s actions to “address unfair trade ...Read more

States are divided in their willingness to welcome a project from a Chinese automaker because the allure of such a billion-dollar investment and its promise of thousands of jobs also could raise serious national security concerns and fuel popular pushback.

Still, some industry analysts predict a China-based automaker — beyond Chinese-owned ...Read more

As Chevrolet continues to dominate the American vehicle market, the 2025 Suburban shows up in Grasso’s Garage for the ultimate people-moving test drive.

We put the seven-seat Chevrolet Suburban High Country to the test on the roads of New England, and it was outstanding. Our tester's Radiant Red Tintcoat showed out beautifully, accented by a ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Some automobiles, like Ferrari, have names that inspire lust and envy. Others, like Yugo or Cimarron, make you chuckle. Others, like the Honda Accord, inspire adoration. Then there are names that bring blank stares. They are typically alphanumeric and unrelated to the vehicle to which they are attached.

That’s not the case with ...Read more

It had 205 horsepower, ran 0-60 mph in 7 seconds, and topped out at 140 mph, but cleared a track for the 1,064 horsepower 2025 Corvette ZR1. The fourth-generation “C4” Corvette that debuted for 1984 was the model’s first new design since 1968 and first complete re-engineering since 1963. Like today’s mid-engine Vette, it was a revolution...Read more

Jay O’Brien, a real estate broker in Liberty, was a technology fan of Elon Musk’s years before the world’s richest man turned Twitter into X, and under President Donald Trump, became both the reviled and admired federal-program-slashing leader of the Department of Government Efficiency, DOGE.

So, in November 2019, when Musk, as the owner...Read more

PONTIAC, Michigan — When the auto industry zagged toward electric SUVs, Volvo zigged to an X60 plug-in hybrid station wagon.

Sleek looks, hatchback utility, electric smoothness, no range anxiety.

After plugging into the 220-volt charger in my garage for four hours, the V60’s battery was fully charged to 40 miles — enough to get my daily ...Read more

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday said it'll reconsider the greenhouse gas tailpipe emissions regulations instituted by the Biden administration that are a key provision behind what President Donald Trump has called an electric vehicle "mandate."

“The American auto industry has been hamstrung by the crushing regulatory ...Read more

If you are looking for a small car, there are just a few left to choose among -- and only one that's instantly recognizable and like none of the rest.

It's the Mini.

What It Is

The Mini is the iconically British three-door hatchback made by BMW. The modern -- BMW-built -- iteration is actually a larger car than the original Mini ...Read more

Q: My 2012 Passat brake pedal felt soft and went to the floor in July 2024. My shop determined air was in the lines and bled the brakes. The problem returned a few weeks later. They replaced the master cylinder and bled the brakes again. The problem returned a few weeks later. They bled the brakes again. The problem again returned. Each time ...Read more

Global freedom and democracy have been declining for two decades, reaching historic lows, according to two reports just released from the Economist Intelligence Unit and Freedom House.

To those of us who witnessed the end of the Cold War, it’s hard to accept that the trend toward a freer and more democratic world has reversed. But that’s ...Read more