Los Angeles, to drivers, has never been for the faint of heart. A land where most cannot fathom life without wheels, it offers a daily parade of frustration: congestion, accidents, construction, road rage, tedium. Every transplant has a story about learning to adapt. “You get in the rhythm of matching everyone else’s energy,” said Tamara… Continue reading How Waymo Driverless Cars Could Change Los Angeles
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U.S. Accuses Two Men of Stealing Tesla Trade Secrets
A Canadian man who lives in China was arrested Tuesday and held in New York after he and a business partner were accused of trying to sell secret battery manufacturing technology belonging to Tesla. Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn asked a judge to hold Klaus Pflugbeil without bail on a charge of theft of trade secrets.… Continue reading U.S. Accuses Two Men of Stealing Tesla Trade Secrets
Tesla Settles Discrimination Suit With Former Factory Worker
Tesla and a former employee have agreed to settle a closely watched lawsuit that cast a harsh light on the carmaker’s treatment of Black workers. Lawyers for Tesla and for Owen Diaz, who worked at the company’s factory in Fremont, Calif., did not disclose the terms of the settlement in a legal filing on Friday.… Continue reading Tesla Settles Discrimination Suit With Former Factory Worker
Automakers Are Sharing Consumers’ Driving Behavior With Insurance Companies
Kenn Dahl says he has always been a careful driver. The owner of a software company near Seattle, he drives a leased Chevrolet Bolt. He’s never been responsible for an accident. So Mr. Dahl, 65, was surprised in 2022 when the cost of his car insurance jumped by 21 percent. Quotes from other insurance companies… Continue reading Automakers Are Sharing Consumers’ Driving Behavior With Insurance Companies
Automakers say they are rerouting car shipments away from Baltimore.
The Baltimore bridge disaster on Tuesday upended operations at one of the nation’s busiest ports, with disruptions likely to be felt for weeks by companies shipping goods in and out of the country — and possibly by consumers as well. The upheaval will be especially notable for auto makers and coal producers for whom Baltimore… Continue reading Automakers say they are rerouting car shipments away from Baltimore.
Stellantis to Recall Dodge Chargers and Chrysler 300s, Citing Airbag Issue
The automotive conglomerate Stellantis is recalling hundreds of thousands of vehicles — specifically Dodge Chargers and Chrysler 300s modeled from 2018 to 2021 — citing side airbags that could rupture and hurl shrapnel, according to documents posted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The documents say that airbags on both sides may have a… Continue reading Stellantis to Recall Dodge Chargers and Chrysler 300s, Citing Airbag Issue
Inside the Republican Attacks on Electric Vehicles
The electric vehicle, a breakthrough achievement in automotive technology, has driven into this year’s presidential election, inflaming partisan fights that have come to define much of American culture. One reason is that President Biden has made electric vehicles central to his strategy to combat climate change. This week, his administration announced the most ambitious climate… Continue reading Inside the Republican Attacks on Electric Vehicles
Biden Administration Announces New Rules on Tailpipe Pollution
The Biden administration on Wednesday issued one of the most significant climate regulations in the nation’s history, a rule designed to ensure that the majority of new passenger cars and light trucks sold in the United States are all-electric or hybrids by 2032. Nearly three years in the making, the new tailpipe pollution limits from… Continue reading Biden Administration Announces New Rules on Tailpipe Pollution
What to Know About the Clean Auto Rule: It’s Not a Ban on Gas Cars
The Biden administration’s new regulation limiting tailpipe emissions from cars and light trucks would transform the American automobile market, charting a course away from the internal combustion engine and toward a future of electric cars and hybrids. Here’s what to know about the measure. It’s a big deal in the fight against climate change In… Continue reading What to Know About the Clean Auto Rule: It’s Not a Ban on Gas Cars
New Rules Will Still Push Carmakers to Sell More Electric Cars
Even if clean air rules announced on Wednesday in Washington are less forceful than some environmentalists would have liked, they should still have a powerful effect on the kinds of cars appearing in showrooms over the next several years, experts said. The rules will amplify market forces pushing the industry toward battery power, giving automakers… Continue reading New Rules Will Still Push Carmakers to Sell More Electric Cars