Autos
Detroit auto stocks jump on report of tariff relief for U.S. vehicles
Production is now set to begin at the former Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant, less than two years after GM announced the massive $2.2 billion investment to fully renovate the facility to build a variety of all-electric trucks and SUVs. Photo by Jeffrey Sauger for General Motors DETROIT – Shares of the Detroit automakers closed higher Friday […]
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Tesla, GM lead record U.S. EV sales this year as federal incentives end
A Tesla Cybertruck and GMC Sierra Denali EV First Edition next to one another. Michael Wayland | CNBC DETROIT – Tesla and General Motors are leading the U.S. automotive industry this year in record domestic sales of all-electric vehicles, as consumers hurried to buy EVs before up to $7,500 in federal incentives for each purchase […]
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Tesla reports 497,000 vehicle deliveries for Q3, up 7%
Tesla vehicles are parked outside of a dealership on July 24, 2025 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Tesla reported quarterly vehicle deliveries of 497,099 for the period ended Sept. 30, which coincided with the expiration of a key tax credit for buyers of electric vehicles in the U.S. Here are the key […]
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BYD monthly sales tumble for the first time in 2025, reinforcing slowdown concerns
HANGZHOU, CHINA – SEPTEMBER 21, 2025 – Viewers watch a new energy vehicle under BYD at an auto show in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China on September 21, 2025. (Photo credit should read CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images) Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images China’s electric-vehicle behemoth BYD posted its first year-on-year decline in deliveries […]
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NASA employees on Artemis missions with SpaceX, Blue Origin to work through shutdown
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump greets Elon Musk as he arrives to attend a viewing of the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket on November 19, 2024 in Brownsville, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images News | Getty Images NASA is requiring employees involved in Artemis missions with contractors SpaceX and […]
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EVs, big SUVs drive Ford Q3 U.S. sales up 8.2%
Ford Mustang Mach-E and F-150 Lightning on display at the New York International Auto Show on March 28, 2024. Danielle DeVries | CNBC DETROIT – Sales of electric vehicles and large SUVs drove Ford Motor‘s third-quarter sales up by 8.2%, the Detroit automaker reported Wednesday. Ford said sales of all-electric vehicles increased by 30.2% during the […]
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Ford CEO Jim Farley eyes further improvements after five years of ‘surprises,’ including investor returns
Jim Farley, president and chief executive officer of Ford Motor Co., at Ford Pro Accelerate in Detroit, Michigan, US, on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. Jeff Kowalsky | Bloomberg | Getty Images DETROIT — “A lot of surprises.” That’s how Ford Motor CEO Jim Farley described his past five years leading the Detroit automaker, which he […]
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Ford CEO expects EV sales to be cut in half after end of tax credits
James Farley, CEO, Ford speaks onstage during the Reindustrialize Conference 2025 on July 16, 2025 in Detroit, Michigan. Tasos Katopodis | Getty Images DETROIT – Ford Motor CEO Jim Farley said he expects demand for all-electric vehicles to be slashed in half next month following the end of federal tax incentives on Wednesday. Farley on […]
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Hertz will let customers do almost entire car buying process online
Rental company Hertz said Tuesday it is updating its online shopping website to allow customers to secure financing, get a trade-in offer and do just about everything else a customer would need to buy a vehicle. The move is a significant step for Hertz’s online retail presence. Previously, the company’s HertzCarSales.com website had only offered […]
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What’s the ‘natural demand’ for EVs in the U.S.? We’re about to find out
A view of Cadillac Escalade IQ Sport 2 at Electrify Expo San Francisco, the largest electric vehicles (EV) event in North America at Alameda Point in Alameda, California, United States on Aug. 23, 2025. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu | Getty Images DETROIT — Automakers and investors are about to find out what the “natural demand” […]
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