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The article reports on the impact of the decline in quarterly sales of Tesla on its market dominance, as of April 2024. Topics discussed include significance of Tesla's status as market pioneer for electric vehicles with its Model 3 sedan and Model Y sport utility vehicle, the poor service complaint against Tesla, and decline in the number of cars delivered by Tesla in the first quarter of 2024 compared to the same period in 2023.

The article reports that Tesla, maker of electric vehicle, has been ordered by China to recall its vehicles citing issue with braking and acceleration systems of models manufactured in China and abroad.

Photo: patrick t. fallon/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images U.S. electric-vehicle sales leapt by two-thirds in 2022 while the broader auto market contracted, newly released year-end figures show, as fresh plug-in models from traditional auto makers whittled away at EV juggernaut Tesla Inc.'s lead. Keywords: wsjcorp; Motor Vehicles; Passenger Cars; Alternative Fuel Vehicles; Automotive; Financial Performance; Earnings; Sales Figures; Corporate/Industrial News; Content Types EN wsjcorp Motor Vehicles Passenger Cars Alternative Fuel Vehicles Automotive Financial Performance Earnings Sales Figures Corporate/Industrial News Content Types N.PAG N.PAG 1 01/11/23 20230107 NES 230107 Electric-vehicle purchases jumped, with Ford, Hyundai-Kia gaining ground and Volkswagen, GM slipping Graph: Tesla still dominates the U.S. electric-vehicle market, accounting for 65% of 2022's total sales. [Extracted from the article]

The recall involves Model S and Model X vehicles with software problems and Model 3 cars with seat-belt issues. [Extracted from the article]

ALTHOUGH the perceived quality of all new vehicles continued to improve in the latest Initial Quality Survey by J. D. Power & Associates, the results were not so bright for models that had been significantly redesigned or were new from the wheels up. The quality of these all-new or extensively revamped cars declined by 10 percent in the 2011 Initial Quality Survey, to 122 problems per 100 vehicles from 111 a year earlier. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

WHILE American auto sales have plunged -- from a peak of 17 million new vehicles just a few years ago to an annual rate of about 10 million -- many carmakers have continued to add to their product offerings, rolling out new models and slicing the existing market into ever-smaller slivers. Consider the new Honda Accord Crosstour, which joins a nascent group of vehicles trying to carve out a niche between conventional sedans and crossover utility vehicles, which are themselves supposed to be more carlike than truck-based, body-on-frame S.U.V.'s. The Crosstour slides into Honda's lineup between the Accord sedan and the Pilot utility vehicle. Other similar new entries are the Toyota Venza, Acura ZDX and BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo. All have a sloping fastback on a slightly oversize crossover body. Any could play the lead if Pixar followed up its movie ''Cars'' with ''The Hatchback of Notre Dame.'' [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reports on the increased consumer spending in the U.S. posted in July 2009. The Commerce Department attributed the consumer spending growth for third-straight month to the "cash and clunkers" program, which let motorist swap their old vehicles to new and more fuel-efficient models. It explores the expectations of economist on the condition of the country's economy.

THE initial quality of vehicles has continued to improve, according to the 2009 Initial Quality Study by J. D. Power & Associates that was released last week. In fact, it improved 8 percent when compared with 2008, with Toyota models topping this year's study. The study, which grades automakers on the number of problems per 100 vehicles, found that the industry average for all vehicles was 108 problems per 100 vehicles, down from 118 in 2008. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article presents information on several models of wagons.

Presents data showing the increasing interest of public in new models of vehicles in the U.S.

Reports on issues related to the design and construction of vehicles by manufacturers in the motor vehicle industry in the U.S. Practice of automakers of using parts generally unseen by its customers; Development of new models using the same set of chassis components; Efforts of automakers to explore new ways to spread major building blocks such as body shell stampings, engines and transmissions over a broader range of cars and trucks.

Reports on the decision of General Motors to extend the warranty on Saturn's continuously variable transmissions. Application of the extension to 2002-2004 models, as well as future models that use the same transmission; Details of the new warranty; Vehicles that use the transmission; Comments from General Motors spokeswoman, Debbie Franks; Description of the benefits of a continuously variable transmission, or C.V.T.

Reports on the release of 2004 automobile model rollover ratings by federal regulators. Receipt of as many as four out of five stars for some truck-based sport utility vehicles; Change in the way the government tests the vehicles; Ratings of specific models from various companies; Statistics on death from vehicle rollovers in the United States; History of government rollover testing; Analysis of the results.

Announces the price of the 1999 models of Frontier and Sentra vehicles from Nissan Motor Corp. Percentage decrease in price compared with the 1998 model; Price options for each model; Features of the vehicles.