Much like the cell-phone network industry in the mid-1990s, the electric-car charging industry is on a fast pace of network expansions and mergers. EV charging companies are on the verge of rapid global growth as utility companies and large multinational corporations put up big money, according to a report from Navigant Research Blog. For investors, […]

Volvo Car Corp. says it has started shipping the first batch of 400 China-built S90 sedans to the U.S. The long-wheelbase sedans were produced at Volvo’s assembly plant in the northeastern China city of Daqing. The sedans will arrive at Volvo’s U.S. dealerships in June, the company said. The stretched S90 has a wheelbase of […]

Fiat Chrysler will move the U.S. headquarters for its Maserati brand from New Jersey to the former Walter P. Chrysler Museum on the grounds of FCA’s headquarters in Auburn Hills, Mich., two sources familiar with the plan said. The transfer from Englewood Cliffs, N.J., to the shuttered museum about 25 miles north of Detroit will […]

Hyundai and Kia are saying little about Chinese media reports and word from industry sources that the Korean automakersʼ combined March sales plummeted 52% amid a politically charged consumer boycott. Official sales figures are to be released soon by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, while the automakers have withheld their regular monthly announcement of […]

Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp said it is spending $1.33 billion in its Kentucky plant as part of a plan to invest $10 billion in the United States over the next five years. The investment in the plant, Toyota’s largest, comes amid uncertainty over U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade policies that could affect certain Japanese […]

The Trump administration would nearly eliminate federal funding for the EPA’s budget for light-vehicle emissions and fuel-economy testing but will seek to raise fees on the auto industry to pay for some testing, a government document shows. The cuts would slash by more than half the staff of the EPA department that conducts vehicle, engine, […]

March sales decreases at Ford, Honda, Toyota and FCA overshadowed gains at Nissan and General Motors, casting doubt on forecasts that the U.S. industry would ride generous incentives to its first monthly advance of the year. More at Automotive News

Foreign automakers in Russia are benefiting from a stronger, more stable ruble, which is reducing their costs and supporting earnings in dollar terms at a time when the once-booming local market is expected to return to growth after four tough years. The companies, including Volkswagen Group, Renault-Nissan and Ford Motor, were some of the hardest […]

Today, we have Volkswagen TDI models that are “undrivable” following diesel fixes, the true impact of the clean energy industry on the U.S. economy, and news on German and Austrian electrification efforts. All this and more on Green Car Reports. In Germany and Austria, EV owners will soon reap the benefits of a rapidly expanding charging […]

Labor leaders at Audi have asked top management to assign production of an all-electric model to the carmaker’s main Ingolstadt plant in Germany. Unions are concerned that Audi’s German workers might lose out as electric cars gain in importance. Audi will next year start building its first mass-produced electric model, the e-tron quattro SUV, at a […]