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Mercedes helped invent the motorized van in Germany in the late 19th century. Now, it’s reinventing the category for America in the 21st. The global luxury brand has announced that it will be sending various iterations of its modular, battery-powered VAN.EA architecture to the States to move not just cargo,…

After General Motors pulled the curtains on its Cruise robotaxi division last year, it’s hoping to keep at least one foot in the autonomy game with its Super Cruise advanced driver assistance system (ADAS). Now there are early signs that focusing on consumer applications for autonomy rather than a robotaxi…

Tesla’s pickup ditched the 12-volt battery to much fanfare, but there’s reason to be skeptical. 

The Biden administration has proposed new rules that could make it harder for electric vehicles to qualify for a full $7,500 federal tax credit

Vietnamese automaker Vinfast has plunged right into the crowded and hypercompetitive U.S. auto market, gambling that if it can sell its electric vehicles to finicky Americans, it can succeed anywhere

The move comes as the company is in the midst of national contract talks with the United Auto Workers union, which wants to represent workers at battery factories and win them top wages.

Ford says it’s pausing construction of a $3.5 billion electric vehicle battery plant in Michigan until it is confident it can run the factory competitively

The top-selling vehicle in America will get a bit of a facelift next year, one of just a few new or updated vehicles that will be shown off this week at Detroit’s big auto show

Ford says it will start shipping new versions of the Mustang muscle car next week, and more than two thirds of the orders are for 5-liter V-8 engines