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Getty Images By Annabelle Liang Business reporter California is to ban the sale of new petrol-only vehicles by 2035, marking a historic step in the state’s attempts to tackle climate change. The new rules are aimed to force car makers to accelerate the introduction to the market of cleaner vehicles. It comes after Governor Gavin

Getty Images By Peter Hoskins Business reporter German car making giant Volkswagen (VW) has said it is aiming for a valuation of up to €75bn ($75bn; £65.8bn) for Porsche when the luxury brand is floated on the stock market. Trading in the shares is due to start in Frankfurt on 29 September. A prospectus will

Getty Images By Shiona McCallum Technology reporter Tesla is recalling nearly 1.1 million cars in the US because the windows might close too fast and pinch people’s fingers. Documents produced by American regulators show the windows may not react correctly after detecting an obstruction. Tesla chief executive Elon Musk criticised the description as a recall

Getty Images By Theo Leggett & Lora Jones BBC Business The popular Ford Fiesta is set to be discontinued as early as next year as costs of parts rise and drivers opt for SUVs, the BBC understands. Ford bosses are expected to announce in the next few days that the production of the Fiesta will

Getty Images Manufacturing has resumed at the former Renault factory in Russia, which shut after the invasion of Ukraine and was later taken over by the government. Truck-maker Kamaz said the first cars would go on sale next month. It is reviving the Soviet-era Moskvich brand although the car’s design has been updated. Renault’s departure

Getty Images By Theo Leggett Business correspondent, BBC News Carmaker Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is reducing output at its factories in Solihull and Halewood until the spring, due to ongoing problems obtaining enough computer chips for new vehicles. The action is expected to affect the output of models such as the Jaguar F-Pace and Land

In a blow to labor interests, California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill Friday that would have essentially prohibited self-driving trucks from traveling on the state’s public roads. Assembly Bill 316 would have mandated autonomous trucks carry a human backup driver behind the wheel, a stipulation that autonomous-vehicle executives bemoaned would negate the purpose of

OYAMA, Japan — Japanese premium leader Lexus is rolling out some of its most fetching automotive designs, luxurious amenities and impressive technologies these days. Just consider the rugged good looks of the GX utility vehicle, the regal splendor of the LM people mover and the futuristic steer-by-wire system for updates of the sleek RZ electric

The launch of self-driving truck startup Stack AV represents more than the return of Argo AI’s co-founders to the autonomous driving realm. It might be a bellwether for the broader industry’s burgeoning health, said Reilly Brennan, general partner at Trucks Venture Capital. “That investment announcement was probably one of the most significant things to happen

Flying cars, Malcolm Gladwell and Shaggy are coming to this year’s Detroit auto show. The show is bringing back its Air Mobility Experience for a second year, featuring displays from two companies developing electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles. The CEOs of both companies — Rani Plaut of AIR in Israel and Jim Dukhovny of

The brisk growth in electric vehicle sales. A growing consumer focus on sustainability. The emergence of micromobility. In the next 10 to 15 years, there could be a transformation in how Americans get from Point A to Point B as big as that of the early days of the automobile, except in the opposite direction:

The connected mobility experience is the future of consumer vehicle ownership and brand loyalty. It represents a major market opportunity, one that will be worth $361 billion worldwide by 2030. In the meantime, automakers, major technology companies and Tier 1 suppliers are engaged in a strategic struggle over the customer data and the technology needed

The Biden administration wants to shift cybersecurity burdens from individuals, small businesses and local governments to automakers and other big companies. The White House’s national cybersecurity strategy calls on “organizations that are most capable and best positioned to reduce risks” to take on that responsibility. The end result, according to some industry observers, will make

Ford Motor Co. is installing its hands-free highway driving hardware as standard equipment on many Ford and Lincoln brand models, part of a larger industry push toward greater subscription revenue. Ford customers will be able to activate BlueCruise at the time of vehicle purchase for three years for $2,100 or after a free 90-day trial

Santa Clara County, Calif., is giving buses more green lights. Louisville, Ky., is collecting real-time data on viaduct flooding to prevent car drowning deaths. College Station, Texas, is outfitting five intersections with warnings for pedestrians when buses and emergency vehicles approach. A long stalemate over the details of deploying vehicle-to-infrastructure, or V2I, technology has ended,

NEW YORK — Cadillac is electrifying the Escalade full-size SUV, giving its best-known nameplate a jolt of new energy, design and capability as the luxury brand moves to phase out gasoline-powered vehicles. The 2025 Escalade IQ unveiled here Wednesday offers a slate of advanced technology, luxury comforts and sleek design cues that carve out a

Hydrogen is poised to become the next-generation energy source for hard-to-decarbonize industries. But first it will have to come clean. In theory, it is energy dense and free of greenhouse gas emissions when used as fuel, but the most common production methods are carbon-intensive. And while the federal government is trying to boost cleaner hydrogen

The emergence of U.S. government industrial policy designed to slash greenhouse gas emissions will push the country’s most polluting and carbon-intensive sectors to hydrogen as their fuel choice. By subsidizing the production of clean hydrogen, the government is encouraging its use by the steel, cement, iron, ammonia, petrochemical and specialty fuel industries. Combined, heavy industry

Once considered a niche environmental play as the automotive industry focused on battery-electric and fuel cell vehicles, hydrogen internal combustion engines have gained renewed attention as a green vehicle technology. A pending European Union regulatory change would classify heavy-duty trucks using the engines — which burn hydrogen to push pistons — as zero-emission vehicles. That

Hydrogen fuel cell and battery- electric vehicles are companions, not opponents. The technologies should be considered complementary rather competitive, experts following the transition to a zero-emission future say. While they can overlap, fuel cell and BEVs will mainly fill different transportation niches. Most expect hydrogen to be a replacement in large vehicles, such as heavy-duty

Thirty miles north of General Motors’ headquarters in Detroit, hundreds of engineers are developing a zero-emission alternative to battery-electric vehicles: hydrogen fuel cells. They coat ink onto carbon paper and produce miles of seals that separate air, water and coolant. They build small-scale electrodes to test chemistries designed to create electricity from hydrogen with water

Passenger vehicles today are more than a mechanical means to move people from Point A to Point B. They have evolved into a new species: powerful computational devices that are truly mobile. The sophisticated technology at the heart of modern vehicles, including hardware, software, data and machine learning, has sparked nothing less than a second

As the nation transitions to electric transportation, fires have shadowed new technology — from the scrappiest e-bikes to the fanciest Teslas. Fires are an additional challenge for the electro-mobility industry, which already faces cost concerns and infrastructure issues. Not only are these high-profile blazes claiming lives, they risk turning electric progress to ash. In April

Power-thirsty electric big rigs will soon need places to charge up. Charging company TeraWatt Infrastructure intends to become a prime destination as truck operators begin to electrify their fleets. The San Francisco startup tailors its charging stations for fleets, often heavy-duty trucks. TeraWatt Infrastructure has raised $1.1 billion and aims to have its first charging

Autonomous trucking company TuSimple is considering selling its U.S. business, according to documents filed Tuesday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The decision to explore strategic alternatives for the U.S. business, including a possible sale, “was guided by the company’s review of multiple business factors and commercial opportunities,” according to a TuSimple press release.

Mercedes-Benz says existing laws and regulations are sufficient to determine the automaker’s liability for crashes and incidents that may occur when its groundbreaking Drive Pilot system is engaged, but legal experts aren’t so sure. New rules and laws should make clear whether motorists or automakers will be held at fault for everything from a speeding

Stellantis said it is launching a suite of electric vehicle-related services and products called Free2move Charge in North America and Europe this year. Free2move Charge will be managed by the new Stellantis Charging and Energy business unit, the automaker said Tuesday. Stellantis sees Free2move Charge as a way to reach its EV sales goals by

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The least expensive version of the Chevrolet Silverado EV will cost more than the $39,900 price previously touted by General Motors when it goes on sale in 2024. Originally announced in January 2022 with a price of $39,900 before shipping, Chevy officials said economic and supply constraints over the past 18 months

Kodiak Robotics intends to outfit a fleet of 800 commercial trucks with self-driving systems. The trucks are expected to reach the road in the second half of 2025, the company said Thursday. Logistics firm Loadsmith will operate the trucks as part of a freight network billed as the first to be exclusively underpinned by self-driving

Audi has rebooted its first electric vehicle, the E-tron, for 2024, complete with a new name, badging and enhanced aerodynamics. The Q8 E-tron and Q8 Sportback E-tron, rebadged to reflect their position as Audi’s all-electric flagships, still look very much like Audis. That is part of the plan: Audi thinks traditional fans of the brand,