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Volkswagen AG late Friday called itself an “unintended victim” in a battle between two battery suppliers and urged the U.S. government to extend a reprieve to buy batteries key to its planned U.S. electric vehicle production.

GM is investing $100 million in two facilities involved in the production of the 10-speed automatic transmissions used in its full size trucks.

Vokswagen and Microsoft are teaming up to develop automated driving technology using the Azure cloud computing system.

Mitsubishi will become the first automaker to launch a new vehicle on the Amazon Live streaming network when it takes the wraps off of the 2022 Outlander on Feb. 16.

A South Florida man has pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining $3.9 million in federal coronavirus loans and using some of the money to buy a Lamborghini Huracan.

General Motors expects to see a $1.50-$2 billion impact this year due to the ongoing semiconductor chip shortage affecting the auto industry.

GM posted better than expected earnings on the strength of a stronger than expected recovery in truck and SUV sales.

GM will keep three North American plants closed through mid-March due to a shortage of semiconductor chips affecting the automotive industry.

Cadillac's "Edward Scissorhands"-themed Super Bowl LV commercial caused a big bump in searches for the brand's models on Cars.com.

Ford's electric cars still qualify fora $7,500 federal tax credit that gives it a pricing advantage over rivals Tesla and GM.

Ford is nearly doubling its investment in electric vehicles through 2025.

Ford will cut the number of shifts at the factories that produce its best-selling F-Series trucks for one week due to the global semiconductor chip shortage affecting the auto industry.

General Motors will temporarily shut several plants due to a semiconductor chip shortage affecting the automotive industry.

Ford sales were down 8.3 percent in January, but the automaker reported a 5.5% increase in retail deliveries.

Apple is reportedly investing $3.6 billion in Kia, which will build an autonomous electric Apple car, a new report says. Production is scheduled to begin in 2024.

Ford President Kumar Galhotra thinks the company is in a good position to take advantage of Biden's plan to electrify the federal government fleet. The automaker is in the middle of a $11.5 billion to add electric models to its lineup.

Tesla is recalling up to 134,951 Model S and X vehicles to fix their touchscreen displays, which can prematurely fail and disable several safety systems.

Ford and Google are entering a partnership to integrate the Android platform into the automaker's vehicles and transitioning Ford's operations to Google Cloud.

Ford wil begin production of the Mustang Mach-E in China later this year for local sale.

General Motors has pledge to have an all-electric lineup by 2035 and be carbon neutral across its operations by 2040.