By Rachel More, Giulio Piovaccari and Nick Carey BERLIN, Oct 30 (Reuters) – Shares in Europe’s traditional automakers got a boost from earnings this week, but a full recovery remains elusive as shifting markets and waning competitiveness cloud the sector’s long-term prospects.
(Corrects Toyota CTO’s name to Hiroki Nakajima, not Hiroaki Nakajima, in the third bullet) TOKYO, Oct 30 (Reuters) – Toyota Motor and Alphabet’s Waymo will begin testing autonomous electric vehicles in Japan in 2027, the companies said on Friday, with deployment in Britain…
By Heekyong Yang, Daniel Leussink and Hyunjoo Jin SEOUL/TOKYO, Oct 30 (Reuters) – Kim Min-seon bought an electric vehicle from China’s BYD in July. The questions came swiftly. “Everyone reacted like, ‘Why did you buy a Chinese car? Are you trying…
General Motors will pay $220 million to settle allegations from 36 state attorneys general. GM collected and sold drivers' personal driving and location data to brokers for use by insurers. GM promoted its Smart Driver program as a safety tool while failing…
By David Shepardson and Christina Amann WASHINGTON, Oct 29 (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump’s administration has promised tariff relief to Volkswagen’s luxury unit Audi to help secure its $4 billion assembly plant in Georgia, two sources briefed on the matter told Reuters.
The financial consequences of rolling negative equity into a new auto loan have grown considerably in recent years. In Q3 2026, consumers who traded in an underwater vehicle and rolled their unpaid debt into a new loan financed an average of $57,235, up…
LOS ANGELES, Oct 29 (Reuters) – US shippers in the third quarter paid the most to move freight since 2021, after soaring diesel prices due to the US and Israeli war on Iran and a reduction in available truck drivers following federal immigration…
Authored by Bill Pan via The Epoch Times, Almost three in 10 vehicles traded toward a new car are worth less than the amount still owed on their loans, a new report suggests. In the third quarter of 2026, about 29.1 percent of…
Ford Motor Company recalled some 45,000 vehicles among its popular pick up trucks, hybrid vehicles, and Anti-lock Braking System (ABS)-equipped cars. One of the recalls is applicable to specific F-150, 2026 F-250 SD, F-350 SD, and F-450 SD vehicles due to a problem with the…
ROME, Oct 29 (Reuters) – Italy’s government will allow motorists to personalise the number plates of their vehicles, in a revenue-raising move that follows the example of the Unites States, Britain and other countries. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced the measure on…
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