Mexico Auto Sales September 2013: Fewer Selling Days Cuts Monthly Sales 2%, But First Nine Months Volume Highest Since 2008 Auto Crisis
The weather and the calendar seemed to conspire against the country's car business last month.
Tesla Motors Shares Bounce On Analyst Upgrade: Here Are The Top Mutual Fund Investors In TSLA
Tesla shareholders are boosting the car company's stock. But mutual funds have been quietly backing out.
New BMW Electric Car Has 8,000 Pre-Orders Before Debut: How Many Electric Vehicles Have Sold Worldwide In Latest Resurgence Of EV Interest?
The world is buying about 56,000 passenger electric vehicles annually.
Air Carriers Squeeze Inches And Pounds Out Of Passenger Seats; What Airlines Like United And Southwest Are Doing To Economy-Class Seat Space
Airlines are adding lighter, narrower seats to squeeze precious inches, pounds and profit out of economy class.
Coldwater Creek Suspends Quarterly Guidance As Troubled Women’s Specialty Retailer Shops For Potential Mergers Or Joint Ventures
The Idaho-based apparel retailer is looking for "strategic alternatives."
Survey: One In 4 US Car Buyers Say Government Shutdown, Debt Ceiling Fiasco Have Affected Their Purchasing Decisions; Most See Interest Rates Rising On Financing
Many see the cost of auto loans rising. Most are unaware the department responsible for auto safety is closed right now.
Nissan, Mercedes-Benz Top Carmakers Most Linked With Autonomous Driving Technology; But Google Leads All, Including General Motors (GM), Ford (F)
The verdict is still out on whether self-driving cars will be embraced, but automakers aren’t idling the advanced technology.
Toyota Develops New Pre-Collision System To Avoid Hitting Pedestrians; Current Crash-Avoidance System Subject Of Class Action Lawsuit After Prius Flubs IIHS Crash-Avoidance Tests
Toyota is being sued for Prius' failing the forward-crash avoidance test, but Toyota is moving forward with collision-avoidance technology.
China Auto Sales September 2013: Up 21% As Japanese Automakers See Strong Rebound In China Sales A Year After Territorial Dispute Pummeled Sales; Ford Focus Charges Ahead
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.
General Motors Still Owes US Government $15B, US Treasury Currently Expects To Recover $6.1B By Selling Its Remaining Shares In GM
The latest government estimates say the write-off for rescuing GM will be a sizable sum, and that figure could change.
Vehicle ID Numbers Provided By Tesla Customers Suggest Tesla Motors Has Assigned VINs To At Least 13,000 Model S Sedans It Hasn’t Previously Announced As Sold
A customer database suggests a significant number of Model S sedans have been assigned identification numbers since the car went on the market.
Asia Grumbles As Congress Bumbles: Possibility Of US Debt Default Just Made Treasurys Less Appetizing In Hong Kong
From Hong Kong to Australia, markets most likely to react first to the U.S. missing its debt obligations are making preparations.
Toyota Takes Cue From General Motors And Slashes Price of Prius Plug-In Hybrid; New Sticker Puts Prius PHEV Under $30,000, Below The Chevrolet Volt
Toyota moves the price of its plug-in Prius to the bottom of the stack of competing models from GM, Honda and Ford.
Tesla Stock Price Loses Over 7 Percent Since Monday After A Post-Crash Recovery; Is A Correction Underway?
Is Tesla's drop merely U.S. debt-ceiling jitters or is a correction underway?
European Parliament Votes To Standardize Pilots’ Flying Hours; British Pilots Union Bristles, Says Rules Could Lead To Long, Dangerous Shifts
British pilots say EU rules on pilots’ schedules will lower Britain’s flight safety standards.
Automakers Won’t Hit US New-Vehicle MPG Average Of 54.5 By 2025 Without Using Credits, But It Will Be 60% More Than It Was Last Year
Currently, the average, U.S. new vehicle is getting around 30 mpg.
Aston Martin Should Have Seen Where City Cars Are Headed Before Making The Cygnet; Who Wants A $50,000 Gas-Powered Mini?
The British-based luxury carmaker shows us that the world might not want a luxury gas-powered minicar.
Tesla Motors Inc (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk Has Lost Nearly $600M In Wealth Since That Model S Sedan Fire That Got Worse When Responders Sprayed Water On It
TSLA stock may have entered correction mode as questions linger about how firefighters should deal with EV accidents.
Ford Motor (F) Is Almost Tied With General Motors (GM) In US Auto Sales; It Has Only Beat GM Four Times In The Past Two Decades
GM is the undisputed leader in U.S. new-auto sales, but Ford has occasionally bested its larger competitor.
Tesla Model S Driver Hits Object On HOV Lane Near Kent, Washington, Car Smokes, Catches Fire; Is Lithium Battery Dangerous? [VIDEO]
Here’s something you don’t see every day: A Tesla in flames following a collision. Was the battery at fault?
Tesla Delivered 616 Units In EV-Friendly Norway, Besting Previous No. 1 Vehicle, VW Golf; Can Tesla Maintain This Momentum?
Can Tesla maintain that momentum after delivering on back orders?
September 2013 US Auto Sales Adversely Affected By Timing; For The Third Quarter US Auto Sales Are Expected To Be Up 9%
September isn't a great month for U.S. vehicle sales, and this month’s reporting anomaly made it worse. But ...
Japanese Automakers September 2013 US Sales: Honda Down 10% With Only Civic Posting Significant Gains; Nissan Down 5.5%; Toyota Down 4%
Japanese automakers fell more or less in line with expectations. Fewer selling days, timing of the Labor Day weekend hit sales.
General Motors September 2013 US Sales: Down 11%; Lowest Monthly Volume So Far In 2013; Ford Sold Only 2,049 Fewer Vehicles Than GM
General Motors, North America’s largest automaker, saw its lowest monthly sales volume so far this year.
Volkswagen September 2013 US Sales: Down 12.2%; Sales For All Models Retreat Except For Tiguan And Beetle
Volkswagen continues to be hit by strong competition in the segments in which it usually does well.
Ford September 2013 US Sales: Up 6% As Fusion Sedan Deliveries Leap 62%; Fiesta Sales Have Best September On Record
Sales were up in September, despite the inconvenient timing of the Labor Day sales weekend at the end of August.
Chrysler 2013 US Sales Up 1%, Best September Since 2007; Jeep Grand Cherokee Breaks 10-Year September Sales Record With 19% Jump
Dodge, Ram and Chrysler sales were up last month. Jeep and Fiat retreated.
Range Rover, Range Rover Sport, Chevrolet Silverado, GMC Sierra Demand So Strong That General Motorsa (GM) And Jaguar Land Rover Are Struggling With Supply
General Motors Co. and Jaguar Land Rover PLC have similar problems on different sides of world right now.
'Teslots' Keep Pumping Tesla Motors (TLSA) Stock; Company Now Worth Almost As Much As Renault, Which Sold 1.3M Cars In First Half Of 2013
Tesla sold 0.81 percent of the number of vehicles Renault sold in first half of 2013.
General Motors (GM) Teaming Up With US Army To Advance Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology After Announcing Similar Agreement With Honda Motors
North America’s largest auto company and the U.S. Army have similar hydrogen-fuel-cell aspirations, so they’re pooling their brainpower.
