Leo Michael

The North American International Detroit Auto Show in Detroit happened alongside the Battery Show in the Detroit suburb of Novi. The Battery Show was the more substantial gathering.

At the state level, there is a glaring division between EV-friendly and EV-lagging states. In the bottom 10 states for EVs, the pace of adoption sunk 24 percent from a year earlier. In the top 10 states, pace of adoption grew 1 percent.

Concerns are growing over the autonomous services offered by Cruise and Waymo in California's biggest cities.

It's been a market debut with sky-high climbs and plunging lows for Vietnam-maker VinFast over the last two weeks.

This year, the UAW is seeking nothing short of wholesale changes to pay structures and work schedules. The fight ahead is likely to come down to a handful of key issues.

Lucid Motors expects better sales in the second half through price cuts, deliveries to Saudi Arabia and the launch of new versions of its sole vehicle, the Air sedan.

The industry’s vision for a zero-emission future is clear, and there are multiple paths to get there. Policymakers are ensuring that hydrogen will be one of them.

A Reuters investigation found that Tesla employees had been instructed to thwart any customers complaining about poor driving range from bringing their vehicles in for service.

Many EVs saw significant declines in range as temperatures rose, and some suffered a 31% plunge when temperatures reached 100-plus degrees Fahrenheit, analytics firm Recurrent found.

The UAW has abandoned its longtime tradition of starting contract negotiations by coming together with top executives from the Detroit 3 for ceremonial handshakes. The new focus, says UAW President Shawn Fain, is on the rank and file.

Southern states that have become recipients of some of the biggest EV and battery investments lag in policies that encourage EV adoption.

Technology is more prevalent in new cars, which creates more opportunities for problems to arise, and issues are cropping up with basic vehicle functions, according to J.D. Power's 2023 U.S. Initial Quality Study.

Foxconn was supposed to help EV startups such as Lordstown Motors, Fisker and Monarch Tractor get to production faster. Commercial scale is still out of reach.

Two pathways have emerged as electric vehicle charging infrastructure expands across the U.S. Automaker partnerships will determine whether those technologies will coexist or whether one will push the other out, like VHS and Betamax. Tesla's standard appears to have the upper hand.

Once at the center of American life, AM radio stands in the middle of a tussle between automakers who want it gone and federal lawmakers who say it is key for emergency alerts during catastrophes.