Autos

Electric Vehicles

VW’s Super Cheap EV Trades ‘Willkommen’ for ‘Boas-vindas’ — Plus a €30M Incentive

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VW’s finance chief Arno Antlitz warned last September that the company had “a year, maybe two years, to turn things around.”

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Autos

Hertz Chooses New Route for Fleet Management With Amazon Autos Hookup

Shares in rival used car retailers went into reverse gear following the announcement of Hertz’s Amazon partnership.

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Technology

Can Robotaxis Take Over New York?

Tesla and Waymo are among the entrants trying to turn congested New York City, the home of the yellow cab, into a robotaxi hub.

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Electric Vehicles

Ford Crosses into Fast Lane With $2 Billion Affordable EV Plan

If successful, the company believes its affordable option could revolutionize EV adoption levels in America.

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Autos

Uber CEO Floats Major Robotaxi Expansion

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Uber users in Atlanta and Austin can already use the ride-hailing app to order robotaxis from Alphabet subsidiary Waymo.

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Autos

Ford, GM Notch Sales Surge as Detroit Braces for Slump

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Ford said that its second quarter sales rocketed 14% in the second quarter from a year earlier to 612,095 vehicles.

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International Economics

UK-US Strike Trade Deal Affirming ‘Special Relationship’

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Photo by Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street via CC BY 2.0.

The UK and US announced a “historic” trade deal Thursday that does little to reduce Washington’s overall global trade war.

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