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The fallout from Volkswagen's diesel-emissions cheating scandal has left the automaker in an awkward spot: It must now fund an ad campaign pushing electric vehicle awareness that highlights competitors' products.

Elon Musk is finally offering more details on his bombshell tweet that he had 'funding secured' to take Tesla Inc. private. It's unlikely to get U.S. regulators off his back.

Heavy rain lashed several parts of the East Coast over the weekend, triggering flash floods in northeast New Jersey that carried vehicles from a nearby Chrysler-Jeep-Dodge dealership downriver Saturday and into a bridge.

The American Center for Mobility said Michigan's transportation head Kirk Steudle will serve as its interim president and CEO, replacing John Maddox, who launched ACM as its top executive in 2016.

Nielsen and J.D. Power are banding together to bring auto marketers a new platform that will allow them to measure and target car buyers more precisely to boost return on investment.

Actor Mark Wahlberg made his first pit stop into his namesake Chevrolet dealership in Columbus, Ohio, Monday, going on a test drive with a customer, autographing another customer's vehicle and posing for lots of selfies with staff.

The fallout from Volkswagen's diesel emissions scandal has left the automaker in an awkward spot: It must now fund an ad campaign pushing electric vehicle awareness that highlights competitors' products.

Hyundai Motor is reviewing production of hydrogen fuel cell trucks and hoping to achieve economies of scale in hydrogen powered mobility, according to a senior executive's remarks in an interview with the Korea Herald.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk elaborated on what precipitated his effort to take the company private, portraying the interest that Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund has shown in the electric-car maker as key to the gambit.

Elon Musk elaborated on what precipitated his effort to take Tesla private, portraying the interest that Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund has shown in the electric-car maker as key to the gambit.

This month in our Hands-On-Tech (HOT®) reporting series, we put the Hyundai KONA's Blue Link system to the test. Taking you through the top-spec connectivity features offered by manufacturers in detail, this HOT report series looks to benchmark the connectivity functionality of each manufacturer based on various test criteria. Hyundai has done a good job to position its technology with what the market is currently expecting. Yet, in this fast changing world, it is a system that will date very quickly.

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Audi's Rupert Stadler will remain in custody after a Munich court rejected an appeal by the executive to be released.

Audi's Rupert Stadler will remain in custody after a Munich court rejected an appeal by the executive to be released.

Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund (called the 'Public Investment Fund' - PIF) is reportedly working to be part of any investor pool that emerges to take Tesla private.

As the U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum products begin to impact bottom lines, auto suppliers are taking actions to sidestep the impact -- all proactive, but some on the outside of legality.

Vietnam's VinFast has signed two contracts with Siemens for the supply of technology and components to manufacture electric buses in the Southeast Asian country.

Some of the latest battery technologies may become obsolete before reaching the market because of the breakneck pace of advances in the industry.

Hyundai Motor Company has revealed for the first time, its next-generation Separated Sound Zone (SSZ) technology that allows each passenger of a vehicle to experience an audio stream tailored to their individual needs, including music, hands-free phone calls, and vehicle alerts, whilst maintaining a headphone-free social space where passengers can converse freely.

Navya has signed a EUR30m (US$4.6m) financing agreement with the European Investment Bank (EIB).