3+ hour, 3+ min ago  (512+ words) The electric vehicle company Slate Auto set out in 2022 to make the most affordable electric truck in the country. This week, it unveiled the price tag: $24, 950. At a time when demand for new electric vehicles is cooling and cars are…...

2+ week, 2+ hour ago  (547+ words) Electric-vehicle maker Rivian began delivery of a cheaper SUV on Tuesday as it aims to take customers from Tesla and others. The long-anticipated R2, which will eventually be available for less than $45, 000, could help boost the market share of the Irvine…...

2+ week, 2+ hour ago  (548+ words) Buoyed in the Pacific, small sea vessels have traveled autonomously from San Diego shores to locate Chinese ghost fleets in Taiwanese waters. These small skiffs, created by San Diego-based startup Seasats, are vital to reconnaissance, intelligence, and surveillance missions at…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (1664+ words) WASHINGTON -- Gas prices have remained high due to the U. S. -Israeli war with Iran. But are they high enough to alter the business of the American auto industry? Previous oil shocks driven by conflict in the Middle East have contributed to…...

3+ week, 2+ hour ago  (394+ words) DETROIT -- Negotiations between a General Motors pickup truck axle supplier and the United Auto Workers have not taken place since the union launched a strike against the company on Sunday, according to a local union negotiator. Josh Jager, a 24-year…...

3+ week, 2+ hour ago  (1029+ words) Market conditions in China, regulatory changes there and its brands' speedy vehicle development threaten to put the United States behind in developing autonomous driving technologies, experts say. "China is catching up fast, just how like a decade ago, they were…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (725+ words) Seventy years after the opening of the General Motors Technical Center in Metro Detroit, company President Mark Reuss says GM's "nerve center" plays an even greater role at the automaker now. Roughly 25, 000 people are currently employed there -- the most of…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (738+ words) Think you own that new car you just bought? Not all of it. As many Americans are learning, automakers own their data, and it's trying to dictate who can fix the vehicle when something breaks or even when it just…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (644+ words) WASHINGTON -- The U. S. House has proposed an annual, nationwide registration fee of $130 for electric vehicles to help address weakening reserves for federal road maintenance. The fee would eventually rise by $5 every two years beginning in 2029, with a maximum fee of $150. The…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (851+ words) LOS ANGELES -- Soaring diesel prices since the onset of the Iran war are draining already tight U. S. school district budgets, making it more expensive to bus students and run generators in a shock officials say they will not be able to…...