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Ford EV Spinoff: Is CEO Jim Farley Considering Separating Its Electric Business?

Ford EV Spinoff: Is CEO Jim Farley Considering Separating Its Electric Business?

Will a Ford EV spinoff happen? Sources say that Ford Motor CEO Jim Farley is strongly considering separating its electric vehicle business from its traditional engine operations. Ford's shares jumped following reports that the company is entertaining the possibility of an EV spinoff. more

Nissan and Infiniti Tease EV Models Ahead of 2025 Release; Company Invests $500 Million in the U.S. Plant

Nissan and Infiniti Tease EV Models Ahead of 2025 Release; Company Invests $500 Million in the U.S. Plant

On Thursday, February 17, Nissan announced that it will build two new EV models at the company's Canton, Mississippi plant in the United States starting in 2025. One of those models will be for the Nissan brand, while the other one is for its luxury vehicle division Infiniti. more

Cargo Ship Felicity Ace Catches Fire: Nearly 4,000 Porsche, Audi, Bentley, and VW Vehicles on Board

Cargo Ship Felicity Ace Catches Fire: Nearly 4,000 Porsche, Audi, Bentley, and VW Vehicles on Board

Felicity Ace, a cargo ship packed with approximately 4,000 Porsche, Audi, Volkswagen, and Bentley vehicles, has been abandoned in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean after a fire rapidly spread on board. more

Ford Mustang Mach-E Dethrones Tesla Model 3; Named Consumer Reports' Top EV for 2022

Ford Mustang Mach-E Dethrones Tesla Model 3; Named Consumer Reports' Top EV for 2022

Consumer Reports selected the Ford Mustang Mach-E as its top pick for an electric vehicle in 2022, replacing the Tesla Model 3, which claimed that honor last year. more

Tesla CEO Elon Musk Accuses SEC of Curtailing His Free Speech; Blasts  'Unrelenting' Investigation

Tesla CEO Elon Musk Accuses SEC of Curtailing His Free Speech; Blasts 'Unrelenting' Investigation

Tesla and CEO Elon Musk accused the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday, February 17, of harassment, saying that the agency has been targeting them with an "unrelenting" investigation to punish the billionaire owner for being an outspoken critic of the government. more

US Government Launches Investigation on 'Phantom Braking' in Tesla Vehicles; 416k Cars Affected

US Government Launches Investigation on 'Phantom Braking' in Tesla Vehicles; 416k Cars Affected

The United States government formally launched an investigation on the phantom braking issue in Tesla cars while using the Autopilot feature, which may have affected about 416,000 Tesla vehicles, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. more

Audi Enhances 2022 A8 and S8 With Last-minute Changes; Carmaker Builds Bigger Grille for Sedans

Audi Enhances 2022 A8 and S8 With Last-minute Changes; Carmaker Builds Bigger Grille for Sedans

Audi has made its A8 and S8 sedans look better than ever, with the flagship four-doors gaining several visual changes for the 2022 model year. Among those changes is a bigger grille for both the Audi A8 and Audi S8. more

Mercedes-AMG Unveils 2 New EQE Models; Electric Sedan Can Produce 677 HP

Mercedes-AMG Unveils 2 New EQE Models; Electric Sedan Can Produce 677 HP

The electric revolution in the auto industry continues to gain momentum, with Mercedes-AMG the latest carmaker to contribute to the cause. Mercedes' AMG performance division just unveiled two new electric models, both of which provide added firepower to the company's famed EQE lineup. more

Ford Plans Shock Return to India: Carmaker Considers Turning Indian Facility Into EV Export Hub

Ford Plans Shock Return to India: Carmaker Considers Turning Indian Facility Into EV Export Hub

Ford sent shockwaves across the auto industry when it decided to shut down its operations in India six months ago. The decision to close shop may be short-lived, with the U.S. carmaker considering returning to the subcontinent as a manufacturer and exporter of electric vehicles. more

BMW Named Top Car Exporter in the U.S. for 8th Straight Year; BMW X Models Boost U.S. Exports

BMW Named Top Car Exporter in the U.S. for 8th Straight Year; BMW X Models Boost U.S. Exports

BMW was named the leading car exporter in the United States for the eighth consecutive year, with the German automaker exporting 257,876 X models in 2021. All of those U.S. exports came from the company's Spartanburg plant in South Carolina. more

Jaguar Land Rover Partners With Software Giant Nvidia to Develop Autonomous Vehicles

Jaguar Land Rover Partners With Software Giant Nvidia to Develop Autonomous Vehicles

British automaker Jaguar Land Rover has forged a partnership with American software giant Nvidia to introduce advanced autonomous driving functionality and heightened connectivity to all the vehicles it will launch starting in 2025. more

Polestar 5 Electric Sports Sedan to Get All-new Supercar Level Chassis; Looks Exactly Like Precept

Polestar 5 Electric Sports Sedan to Get All-new Supercar Level Chassis; Looks Exactly Like Precept

The upcoming Polestar 5 electric sports sedan will ride on an all-new platform, offering the saloon with supercar levels of body stiffness. Polestar is currently developing the platform at a new engineering base in Warwickshire, England. more

Long Wait is Over for British Customers as Tesla Model Y Finally Arrives in the UK for Deliveries

Long Wait is Over for British Customers as Tesla Model Y Finally Arrives in the UK for Deliveries

After a very long wait, the new Tesla Model Y has finally arrived in the United Kingdom, with British customers taking delivery of the all-electric model at select events around Great Britain this month. more

GM Revives the Chevy Bolt With Production of the Embattled Electric Vehicle Set To Restart in April 2022

GM Revives the Chevy Bolt With Production of the Embattled Electric Vehicle Set To Restart in April 2022

General Motors announced on Tuesday, February 15, that it will start producing Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles again this coming April. GM paused production of the Chevy Bolt for eight months due to a series of recalls relating to a battery fire in the vehicle. more

Tesla CEO Elon Musk Donated $5.7 Billion Worth of Company's Stock to Charity in 2021

Tesla CEO Elon Musk Donated $5.7 Billion Worth of Company's Stock to Charity in 2021

Tesla CEO Elon Musk gave a huge amount for charity late last year, gifting almost $6 billion worth of the company's stock in one of the biggest philanthropic donations in history. more

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