Cars

The Volkswagen ID.6 is the largest electric car it has ever made. It was designed specifically for China, but could come to the U.S.

General Motors and LG Energy Solutions are building a battery factory in Spring Hill, Tenn., to support electric car manufacturing at GM's nearby assembly plant. The $2.3 billion facility is scheduled to open in 2023.

The Tesla Cybertruck made its first visit to the Texas factory where it is supposed to enter production this year, but Elon Musk suggested that the Model Y has priority at the plant.

Ford took swipes at GM and Tesla in its announcement and it is getting ugly.

Walmart has become an investor in GM's Cruise autonomous car division after testing the technology as a delivery service. The retail giant said the electric vehicles will help it reach a goal of becoming zero emissions by 2040.

Production has been stalled at General Motors' Kansas City, Kansas, factory for over two months and workers have been temporarily laid off since early February.

CarMax has teamed up with Dunkin' to offer $10 gift cards to customers who take one of its cars for a 24-hour test drive. The used car retailer is also allowing purchased cars to be returned for a full refund within 30 days.

The company's website touts that Tesla Insurance undercuts competitors, offering "up to 20% lower rates, and in some cases, as much as 30%."

The U.S. government’s highway safety agency is investigating complaints that the air bags may not inflate in a crash on thousands of General Motors vehicles.

The Ford Mustang has claimed the title of best-selling sports car for the second straight year based on data from IHS Markit. The two-door has also been the best-selling sports coupe for six years.

Rolls-Royce's first-quarter sales set an all-time record for the luxury brand with 1,380 global deliveries. The automaker said sales of its Ghost sedan and Cullinan SUV were particularly strong.

The seemingly unprompted comments came just days after the electric car manufacturer delivered nearly 185,000 electric vehicles in the first quarter despite a shortage of computer chips that hit the global auto industry, including Tesla.

The Department of Transportation has sent a letter to congressional staff that said President Biden's proposed infrastructure plan includes $100 billion in new credits for electric vehicle purchases.

Tesla is assuring its customers in China that the video cameras in their cars are turned off and not recording video amid privacy concerns that have been raised.

General Motors is doubling the number of electric trucks it will build at its Factory ZERO facility in Michigan. The company is adding an electric Chevrolet Silverado and GMC HUMMER EV SUV to the planned HUMMER EV pickup and Cruise Origin autonomous shuttle.

GMC filled the reservations book for the launch edition of the HUMMER EV SUV it revealed during the NCAA Final Four broadcast. The all-electric truck goes on sale in 2023.

The car manufacturer issued a voluntary recall of 628,124 Acura and Honda vehicles from the 2018 to 2020 model years.

Ford is taking downtime at the Dearborn Assembly plant that builds the F-150 this weekend due to the ongoing semiconductor chip shortage.

Tesla is lobbying Australia to allow it to sell its upcoming elctric Semi tractor in the country despite it being two inches too wide under current regulations.

GM is suspending production at the factory that builds the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon midsize pickups due to the ongoing chip shortage affecting the automotive industry.