Cars

New regulations allowing small companies to sell new replica cars has been finalized and will lead to several new automakers to launch this year.

Honda will begin testing autonomous Cruise vehicles in Japan this year, with an eye on launching an autonomous taxi service.

The masks were donated to the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies (JCCIC) and were handed out as part of COVID-19 safety protocols, the automaker confirmed said.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it has 11 complaints that a recall of power tailgates on 300,000 Super Duty pickups failed to rectify the issue.

The new mid-engine Chevrolet Corvette has been attracting customers with a median income $76,000 higher than last year's.

Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares said the merger of Fiat Chrysler and PSA Peugeot will be a sheild against job cuts and that synergies will save five billion.

The recent announcement comes roughly nine months after the company announced plans to slim down on production for the year after reopening its plants in May from virus-related shutdowns. 

Electric truck startup Rivian has closed a $2.65 billion funding round that reportedly values the company at $27.6 billion.

Microsoft is investing in GM's Cruise autonomous car company, which will use the Azure cloud computing platform. Cruise is developing self-driving cars and a ride-hailing service to deploy them with.

General Motors is investing $800 million to convert its CAMI Assembly plant in Ontario to build electric vans for its new BrightDrop brand.

The newly formed auto maker, called Stellantis, to start trading Monday in Europe and Tuesday in New York.

NHTSA has updated its motor vehicle standards to better accomodate autonomous vehicles that don't have manual controls or passenger seats.

NHTSA has sent a letter to Tesla asking it to recall 158,000 cars to fix a faulty touchscreen display that may disable several safety features.

Apple held talks last year with electric van startup Canoo, a new report says. The companies were discussing a possible tie-up to build an electric Apple car.

General Motors outlined its massive planned transformation into an electric automaker powered by autonomous technology during a virtual 2021 CES presentation.

GM announced the creation of the BrightDrop electric delivery van and ecosystem, which is launching this year with the EV600 van and EP1 electric pallet.

Porsche sold 20,015 Taycan electric sports sedans globally in 2020. The model outsold the Panamera in the U.S.

A South Korean news outlet is reporting that Hyundai and Apple are teaming up on an autonomous electric car that will be built in the United States.

The North American International Auto Show scheduled for September has been canceled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

NHTSA has found no evidence of a technical defect that could cause sudden unintended acceleration in Tesla vehicles.