Lindsay Chappell

Auto factories worldwide are encountering relatively few problems from microchip shortages as the year comes to a close.

Mahle CEO Arnd Franz sees the German supplier's emerging electrification technologies and its thermal management business helping to propel the company's finances back to levels it has not seen since 2011.

The cool waning days of summer in Detroit provided a brilliant mirror of what consumers were thinking. That after three exhausting years of pandemic disruption, deprivation and anxiety, the auto market was suddenly awash in brighter colors.

The industry is barreling ahead to create a manufacturing base for millions of EVs a year. But there are some components that are scarce and elusive, and will require a lot more than a new factory line.

Microchip shortages continued to trip up automakers in China and Asian markets outside of China.

These technologies may still be emerging from the status of 'new,' but they might well persevere and press on to become accepted standards

A smart steering system takes control of the wheel to reposition the vehicle to avoid or reduce the impact.

Teijin Automotive has managed to produce an advanced flame-retardant material that should ease consumer and automaker worries about battery fires.

There are 34 finalists for the 2023 Automotive News PACE awards.

New innovations in vehicle control electronics, lightweighting and connectivity are finalists in the 2023 Automotive News PACE Awards.

Industry executives are still sorting out their views of the great EV transformation.

The climate problems of summer 2023 are providing a backdrop to the auto industry's quest for more sustainable business.

The auto industry is slowly getting through the microchip shortage, but new factory cuts are hitting every region of the world.

Automakers plan to launch dozens of electric vehicles in the second half of this decade and beyond. That's why the industry has come alive with new battery projects.

North American and Chinese assembly plants dodged the bullet on microchip shortages this week.