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Hyundai's Georgia $7.6 billion EV factory is up and running
Hyundai has begun electric vehicle manufacturing at its new factory near Savannah, Georgia, a major milestone in Georgia’s emergence as an EV hub.
Full production began earlier this week, and the South Korean automaker held a private opening celebration with its 1,400-plus employees on Thursday at the plant located along I-16 in Ellabell in ...Read more
Stellantis files federal lawsuit against UAW after local strike vote, with more planned
Members of a United Auto Workers local in southern California were the first to authorize a strike against Stellantis NV on Thursday night — a move that swiftly prompted a federal lawsuit from the automaker alleging the union has breached its collective bargaining agreement.
A supermajority of UAW Local 230 members at Stellantis' Los Angeles ...Read more
Rivian seeking federal loan to restart construction of $5B Georgia plant
New documents show Rivian has applied for a federal loan to help finance the $5 billion electric vehicle factory it plans to build an hour east of Atlanta, the most significant sign the company is making moves to resume construction of the stalled project.
Details about the loan application with the U.S. Department of Energy are limited, but ...Read more
Rivian cuts production forecast, citing supply chain issue; its stock dips
Electric vehicle maker Rivian saw its shares dip Friday after the Irvine-based company cut its production targets amid ongoing supply issues.
Citing a shortage of a component used to build its electric pickups, sport utility vehicles and vans, Rivian said production could drop as much as 18% this year at its lone U.S. assembly plant.
Rivian ...Read more
Auto review: 2025 GMC Hummer SUV is electrifyingly large and in charge
There’s an irony in the Hummer nameplate being brought back as a battery-electric sub-brand of the GMC family. Given its extreme bulk, there’s a sense of GM executives paying penance for the brand’s previous gas-guzzling ways.
And despite what GMC has said since Hummer returned from purgatory, this is NOT GMC’s “first ever” EV. Not ...Read more
How future cars could power homes in California
Electric vehicles provide energy storage, on wheels. But until now, this has been an untapped resource, unable to help shore up the power grid and back up homes and businesses during outages.
Last weekend, Governor Gavin Newsom signed a new law that will help harness that energy. SB 59, proposed by State Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, ...Read more
Henry Payne: How Honda is going hybrid in racing and production
NASHVILLE — Win on Sunday, sell on Monday.
Honda’s first hybrid IndyCar won big at the season finale here at the Big Michigan Music City Grand Prix Sept. 15 as Colton Herta took the checkered flag first — and Alex Palou clinched the overall driver's championship. And for customers who want a hybrid Honda of their own for the street, 2025 ...Read more
Auto review: 2024 Subaru BRZ is entry level fun
As Subaru has been absent from Grasso’s Garage, we have witnessed a slew of convertibles which are ready to enjoy fun in the sun. But today, we see a different kind of fun, and that is without the sun. I give you the 2024 Subaru BRZ-tS, Subaru’s rear wheel drive, two-door coupe.
Powered with a 2.4-liter horizontal-opposed DOHC engine with a...Read more
Cadillac Vistiq to be built at Tennessee plant, more news coming 'later this year'
General Motors Co. will build its coming all-electric three-row Cadillac SUV, the Vistiq, at its Spring Hill, Tennessee, plant where the smaller Cadillac Lyriq electric SUV is already produced, the automaker said this week.
The luxury brand has two new EVs coming soon with production of the 2025 Optiq SUV starting later this fall at the Ramos ...Read more
Stellantis CEO mulls exiting after contract ends in 2026
In his first public comments since Stellantis NV confirmed it had started searching for his successor, Chief Executive Officer Carlos Tavares signaled he’s open to leaving the automaker just over a year from now.
Leaving when his contract expires in early 2026 is “one option,” Tavares told reporters Thursday at a press conference in ...Read more
The future of EV Charging looks a lot like an airport lounge
Charging an electric vehicle in the future increasingly looks like an experience somewhere between a truck stop and an airport lounge.
Most public chargers sit in parking lots, often three or four machines along the side of a hotel or grocery store. Drivers are exposed to the elements and — unless they need to go shopping — are basically ...Read more
Stellantis sales declined in the third quarter. This is how much
Stellantis NV's U.S. sales fell 20% in the third quarter compared to the same period last year with all of its major brands — Jeep, Ram, Chrysler and Dodge — dropping.
The transatlantic automaker sold 305,294 vehicles in the United States in July, August and September, compared to 380,563 in the same period a year ago.
The decline comes as...Read more
Ford ekes out Q3 sales growth, but falls behind GM in EV sales
Ford Motor Co.'s U.S. sales grew less than 1% year-over-year in the third quarter, and General Motors Co. overtook it in electric vehicle sales.
Ford sold 504,039 vehicles in the July-through-September quarter, up 0.7%, compared to last year's 500,504 vehicles. Hybrid sales grew by 38%, and EVs were up 12%, while gas- and diesel-fueled vehicles...Read more
History casts doubt on Donald Trump's auto industry promises
Former President Donald Trump has been promising Michigan voters this fall that he can revive the state's auto industry and return it to "greatness," but the Republican nominee failed to fully deliver on similar guarantees, made eight years ago, before his first term in the White House.
On Friday night, Trump told a crowd at Macomb Community ...Read more
Game on: Automakers expand video entertainment options in vehicles
TROY, Michigan — The automotive industry is flipping on its head a long tradition of car racing video games by bringing the gaming experience into the vehicles.
Collect virtual coins with an augmented-reality car projected onto the live camera feed from the vehicle, play Uno through the infotainment screen or connect a Bluetooth controller ...Read more
Ford cuts pricing on BlueCruise subscriptions, adds one-time payment option
Ford Motor Co. has slashed the cost of its BlueCruise hands-free highway driving subscription and added a new one-time purchase option.
The Dearborn, Michigan, automaker has been increasing the availability of BlueCruise in its lineup — technology it says can reduce driver fatigue and offer the company recurring revenue and contact with ...Read more
Jeep owner Stellantis warns of fire risk in 200,000 plug-in SUVs
Stellantis NV warned that nearly 200,000 plug-in hybrid Jeep SUVs worldwide may be at risk of catching fire.
The carmaker is recalling roughly 154,000 late-model Wrangler 4xe and Grand Cherokee 4xe SUVs in the U.S. over the flaw, the automaker said in a statement on Monday. An estimated 14,038 vehicles in Canada are also affected, plus 673 in ...Read more
GM's Cruise gets more oversight after robotaxi dragging incident
General Motors Co.’s robotaxi company will undergo tougher oversight and pay a fine to settle claims by U.S. auto safety regulators that it failed to properly disclose information about a crash involving one of its cars that struck and dragged a pedestrian last fall.
GM’s Cruise LLC unit must pay a $1.5 million civil penalty, submit regular...Read more
Stellantis lowers 2024 outlook, accelerates inventory reductions
Stellantis NV on Monday lowered its annual financial guidance for the year and said it was accelerating actions to reduce U.S. inventories as sales struggle.
The transatlantic automaker is forecasting an adjusted operating income margin of 5.5% to 7% for the year, down from the expected double-digit projection. Roughly two-thirds of the reduced...Read more
Ford to cover cost of home charger, installation for EV buyers through end of year
In an effort to boost sales, Ford Motor Co. will cover the cost of a home charging station and its installation starting Tuesday through the end of the year for customers who buy or lease a new electric vehicle.
EV sales aren't growing as quickly as the industry had expected. Affordability, availability of charging infrastructure, battery ...Read more
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- How future cars could power homes in California
- Henry Payne: How Honda is going hybrid in racing and production
- Auto review: 2024 Subaru BRZ is entry level fun
- Auto review: 2025 GMC Hummer SUV is electrifyingly large and in charge
- Stellantis files federal lawsuit against UAW after local strike vote, with more planned