Automotive

Tesla is cutting staff even as it plans to double annual production capacity at its European plant near Berlin to 1 million cars.

The EV market is growing but brands including Ford, Kia and Nissan are underperforming as Tesla soaks up half of the new volume, according to new registration data.

CEO Elon Musk has tempered expectations for how quickly Tesla will ramp up production, telling shareholders in May that the Cybertruck’s radical design poses challenges.

The number of recalls was relatively flat in the first half of this year compared with the same period in 2022, but 11 percent fewer vehicles have been recalled.

Though BlueOval Battery Park will not open until 2026, debates over the costs and benefits of the $3.5 billion project near the intersection of I-94 and I-69 have been ongoing for months.

Dealers are dipping their toes in ChatGPT. That’s as deep as they should go.

Lucid delivered 1,404 vehicles in the quarter to June 30, compared with 1,406 deliveries in the previous quarter.

Tuesday marked a sobering and perhaps seminal milepost in ongoing efforts to deploy and expand the presence of autonomous vehicles in California.

Tesla Model Y is now the fourth most popular vehicle in the U.S., behind three full-size pickups. The Model 3 sedan and Model X crossover are gaining more modestly.

Caterham has developed a car that it hopes will rival electric sports cars from Lotus, Alpine and Porsche.