To get to 1 million U.S. sales a year, the brand is counting on the help of advanced new technologies.

Hyundai Motor North America CEO Jose Muñoz said the automaker is assessing its plant capacity needs as it watches what the Biden administration says about new federal incentives for electric vehicles.

Even as legal defeat hung over its $2.6 billion project, the battery supplier kept moving in Georgia.

GM created the EV1 because it could. And GM spent a billion 1990 dollars to do it because it could do that, too. The EV1 was GM's statement of "This is us."

As the company that owns what used to be troubled Takata, the safety supplier is determined to start anew.

The 2021 Automotive News PACE Awards program has named 31 finalists from 27 companies around the world. In addition, 23 finalists from 20 companies have been named finalists for the PACEpilot Awards.

The state is using rapid factory construction to jump into competition in new segments and new markets.

U.K. commercial vehicle startup Arrival proposes a network of low-cost assembly "microfactories."

The current list of headaches afflicting the region's manufacturing base will pass. But major changes are taking place that will continue to be unsettling for the auto industry.

General Motors will create the propulsion systems, "but everything above the platform will be uniquely Honda and uniquely Acura," says Dave Gardner of American Honda.

The automaker is facing a $900 million recall to replace battery systems in 82,000 vehicles.

The global microchip shortage is staying stubbornly on center stage.

The pandemic will not keep the car business down. The big events will surely return. The crowds will regather and the convention centers will light back up. But here is a reminder ofwhat we are missing.