Xcel Energy and Ford Motor Co. announced Tuesday they are collaborating to outfit business fleets with 30,000 electric vehicle charging ports across eight states by 2030.

The program would begin in Wisconsin and Colorado in 2024 but could expand elsewhere — including in Minnesota — if approved by utility regulators.

Minneapolis-based Xcel ...Read more

The CEO of the maker of Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram and other vehicles said on Wednesday he expects before the end of the decade that automakers could start to drop out of the market because of the electrification transition.

The competitors in the best position to survive that, Stellantis NV's Carlos Tavares contends, are the legacy companies ...Read more

Stellantis NV's first battery-electric vehicle available for retail customers across North America goes on sale in the first quarter of 2024 with a starting price of $32,500 plus a $1,595 destination fee.

It's the Fiat 500e, a previous version of which was sold in California and Oregon last decade, and this time the company actually wants ...Read more

LANSING, Michigan — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive directive Tuesday requiring the state government to convert its fleet of cars and trucks to zero-emission vehicles by 2040.

The move would mark a significant change for Michigan departments, which have more than 8,000 vehicles. Currently, only three of them are electric ...Read more

Q: I have retained the old family Buick LeSabre that my father bought new in 1973. It's been a garage queen and has only 44,000 miles. I've been told that engines made prior to 1992 require additives that are no longer in today's motor oil and these were taken out because they didn't react well with catalytic converters. Running the old engines ...Read more

Ford Motor Co.'s U.S. sales fell 0.5% in November, though electric vehicle sales hit a record high.

Ford on Monday reported selling 145,559 vehicles last month, down from 146,364 in November 2022. Sales of EVs were up 43% to almost 9,000 vehicles with Ford No. 2 behind Tesla Inc. Hybrid vehicle sales, meanwhile, rose 75%.

The record high EV ...Read more

The Treasury and Energy departments on Friday proposed rules that would establish which electric vehicles will qualify for tax credits under new thresholds aimed to limit battery ingredients that are made in or sourced from adversaries like China.

The proposal falls short of a strict interpretation of last year’s climate spending law, which ...Read more

The Biden administration released long-awaited rules designed to block electric-vehicle manufacturers from sourcing battery materials from China and other foreign adversaries, while giving automakers some flexibility to comply with the new mandates.

The guidelines, which were required as part of a deal to extend the $7,500 tax credit through ...Read more

The Biden administration released long-awaited rules designed to block electric-vehicle manufacturers from sourcing battery materials from China and other foreign adversaries, while giving automakers some flexibility to comply with the new mandates.

The guidelines, which were required as part of a deal to extend the $7,500 tax credit through ...Read more

Let’s call them the EV-tentative. These folks are interested in electric vehicles but haven’t quite flipped the switch yet because of that dreaded “range anxiety.”

For anyone who isn’t familiar with the term, it’s already in the Oxford dictionary: “Worry on the part of a person driving an electric car that the battery will run out...Read more

It finally happened, although it seemed like it never would have. Toyota finally redesigned its midsize pickup truck, the Toyota Tacoma, for the 2024 model year.

Of course, you can’t blame Toyota for milking every bit of profit out of the old truck. After all, it has long dominated its market segment, selling more than two-and-a-half times as...Read more

As Acura, Honda Motor Co.’s upscale brand, continues to deliver exactly what consumers want, the four-door sedan is no secret to both brands. Originally the Integra, a two-door sports coupe, was eliminated for vehicles with three-letter naming conventions such as the RSX, TSX, TLX and others in larger categories. The Integra is back in the ...Read more

The United Auto Workers on Wednesday said employees at non-union auto manufacturers across the U.S. have launched coordinated campaigns to organize their plants and join the union. Some of the biggest targets stretch across the South.

The sprawling campaign to organize workers at 13 non-union automakers follows the UAW’s successful ...Read more

Thinking about treating yourself to an electric car as a winter holiday gift? You might wait until Jan. 1, when new rules kick in that allow your down payment to be paid with free money from Uncle Sam.

If your income isn’t too high, and the car or truck you plan to buy isn’t ultra-luxe, you could qualify for instant cash back of up to $7,...Read more

Four years after Elon Musk unveiled it with billowing clouds of smoke, balls of fire and a botched demonstration of its shatter-resistant windows, Tesla has finally made the first deliveries of its alien-punk Cybertruck.

Standing in the bed of the stainless-steel-clad electric pickup, which has been mired by production delays and skepticism ...Read more

WARREN, Michigan — For its 12th generation in 2021, the Chevy Suburban (and sister Tahoe) mega-SUV went to the gym. In a complete body makeover, the pickup truck-based twins shed 300 pounds, gained 10 inches of length, an off-road Z71 model, and acres of interior room thanks to a space-saving independent rear suspension.

For their mid-product...Read more

The United Auto Workers on Wednesday said its new organizing campaign seeks to double its auto industry membership.

The campaign that the union describes as an "unprecedented" effort targets autoworkers at more than a dozen non-union automakers. That would encompass nearly 150,000 non-union autoworkers. The Detroit-based union has 146,000 ...Read more

The Detroit Three automakers once again had a subpar performance in the latest Annual Auto Reliability study from Consumer Reports.

Bested by the Asian automakers, not one Detroit Three brand made the top 10 in the study, which was released Wednesday during an online press conference with the Automotive Press Association.

The top five brands ...Read more