AUTO

And what do spiders have to do with it?

Speaking at GigaOM Mobilize 2013, AT&T’s head of emerging tech says Tesla will use its network.

The weather and the calendar seemed to conspire against the country's car business last month.

Tesla shareholders are boosting the car company's stock. But mutual funds have been quietly backing out.

The world is buying about 56,000 passenger electric vehicles annually.

Many see the cost of auto loans rising. Most are unaware the department responsible for auto safety is closed right now.

Toyota is being sued for Prius' failing the forward-crash avoidance test, but Toyota is moving forward with collision-avoidance technology.

The Chinese bought 1.59 million autos in September: The Ford Focus was in front last month, but still trails the VW Lavida for the year.

The latest government estimates say the write-off for rescuing GM will be a sizable sum, and that figure could change.

A customer database suggests a significant number of Model S sedans have been assigned identification numbers since the car went on the market.

Safety advocates say the halt of the release of NHTSA auto recalls, due to the government shutdown, poses a danger to vehicle owners and the public.

Toyota moves the price of its plug-in Prius to the bottom of the stack of competing models from GM, Honda and Ford.

Is Tesla's drop merely U.S. debt-ceiling jitters or is a correction underway?

Currently, the average, U.S. new vehicle is getting around 30 mpg.

The British-based luxury carmaker shows us that the world might not want a luxury gas-powered minicar.

The 2015 Cadillac Escalade reveal live stream will begin at 7:30 p.m. EDT on Oct. 7.

TSLA stock may have entered correction mode as questions linger about how firefighters should deal with EV accidents.

GM is the undisputed leader in U.S. new-auto sales, but Ford has occasionally bested its larger competitor.

Here’s something you don’t see every day: A Tesla in flames following a collision. Was the battery at fault?

Can Tesla maintain that momentum after delivering on back orders?

September isn't a great month for U.S. vehicle sales, and this month’s reporting anomaly made it worse. But ...

Japanese automakers fell more or less in line with expectations. Fewer selling days, timing of the Labor Day weekend hit sales.

Volkswagen continues to be hit by strong competition in the segments in which it usually does well.

Sales were up in September, despite the inconvenient timing of the Labor Day sales weekend at the end of August.

Dodge, Ram and Chrysler sales were up last month. Jeep and Fiat retreated.

General Motors Co. and Jaguar Land Rover PLC have similar problems on different sides of world right now.

Tesla sold 0.81 percent of the number of vehicles Renault sold in first half of 2013.

North America’s largest auto company and the U.S. Army have similar hydrogen-fuel-cell aspirations, so they’re pooling their brainpower.

The goal is to get 1.5 million electric vehicles on California roads by 2025.