Toyota Motor Corp. chief Akio Toyoda, tapped to head the Japanese auto industry association, promised Friday to lead a push among manufacturers to keep a competitive edge in emerging technologies such as zero-emission and autonomous driving.Japanese compan

DETROIT - Automakers have promised to start selling hordes of electric cars in the next few years. But so far that isn't happening. Cheap gas and range issues continue to plague electric cars. Most major automakers still say their future...

Tesla will cut 7 percent of its workforce as it tries to lower prices and break out of the niche-car market to produce an electric vehicle that more people can afford. Tesla's cheapest model right now is the $44,000 Model...

As tax credits begin to expire for some automakers and the electric-car industry begins to lobby to extend them, the Trump administration plans to end them altogether. President Donald Trump's Chief Economic Adviser Larry Kudlow told Reuters that the administration...

Electric car maker Tesla Inc. increased production of its Model 3 mass-market car in the first quarter but still fell far short of the numbers it promised last summer.The Palo Alto, California, company says it made just under 9,800 Model...

German automaker Volkswagen says it will invest $50 billion to develop autonomous and electric cars and expand the appeal of battery-powered vehicles by selling its upcoming I. D. compact for about what a diesel-powered Golf costs. Chairman Hans Dieter Poetsch...

Shares of Tesla Inc. traded lower Tuesday after reports that the company had shut down production of its Model 3 mass-market electric car again to solve manufacturing bottlenecks.The automaker told employees this week there would be a four- or five-day...