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Electric vehicles cost more to buy than gasoline cars, and they may lose value more quickly. Even for people eager to own a car with no tailpipe emissions, it's reasonable [...]

High interest rates, economic uncertainty and a cyberattack appear to have dampened sales in the three months through June. Much of the auto industry, with the notable exception of Tesla, [...]

Automakers are exploring energy storage as a way to help utilities and save customers money, turning an expensive component into an industry asset. Electric cars are more expensive than gasoline [...]

More efficient manufacturing, falling battery costs and intense competition are lowering sticker prices for battery-powered models to within striking distance of gasoline cars. Alex Lawrence, a dealer in Salt Lake [...]

The world's largest carmaker dominates the sales of hybrid cars but has been slow to sell all-electric vehicles, alienating some customers and hurting sales. Rachel Culin considered herself a Toyota [...]

More than a year into Vladimir Putin's invasion, the web of global trade has adjusted to Western sanctions, with a network of middlemen sending cars, electronics and more to Russia. [...]

BAMBLE, Norway -- About 110 miles south of Oslo, along a highway lined with pine and birch trees, a shiny fueling station offers a glimpse of a future where electric [...]

Erick Belmer has seen how tough the car business can be. He was working at a General Motors plant in Lordstown, Ohio, when it shut down in 2019, devastating the [...]

A filing to the National Labor Relations Board called the dismissals retaliatory. The carmaker denied the allegation, saying they were based on performance. BUFFALO -- Barely 24 hours after a [...]

Competition, government incentives and falling raw material prices are making battery-powered cars more affordable sooner than expected. More quickly than seemed possible a few months ago, sticker prices for electric [...]

Investors blame Elon Musk and wonder how much more the stock will fall. In a down year for stocks, the 65 percent drop in Tesla's share price stands out for [...]

The first wave of people who bought electric cars tended to be affluent, environmentally aware technology enthusiasts who lived in California. The second wave may be people like Russell Grooms, [...]

About 350 miles northwest of Montreal, amid a vast pine forest, is a deep mining pit with walls of mottled rock. The pit has changed hands repeatedly and been mired [...]

A scarcity of semiconductors and raw materials held back production, but buyers remain enthusiastic. Americans are buying electric vehicles at a record pace, undeterred by rising prices and long waits [...]

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- For years, scientists in laboratories from Silicon Valley to Boston have been searching for an elusive potion of chemicals, minerals and metals that would allow electric [...]

SANT'AGATA BOLOGNESE, Italy -- The boys spilling out of a grade school in an Italian village went silent as the Lamborghini approached, its throaty 12-cylinder engine trumpeting its presence. Then, [...]

The decline in deliveries by the electric carmaker in the second quarter was the first drop since the beginning of 2020. The main culprit was factory shutdowns in China. Tesla [...]

Shortages of body armor. Radios so antiquated they are the butt of jokes from other NATO soldiers. A dysfunctional procurement system that takes years just to acquire shoulder patches. After [...]

Russia's war in Ukraine has caused a steep rise in a fuel essential to truckers, farmers and industry. Europe is hardest hit. Farmers are spending more to keep tractors and [...]

The price of nickel, an essential ingredient in most batteries, has soared because of fear that Russian supplies could be cut off. Russia's invasion of Ukraine has shaken the global [...]

WOBURN, Mass. -- Already far behind Asian manufacturers in building electric car batteries, U.S. automakers and their suppliers are racing to develop a new generation of batteries that are cheaper, [...]

Countries that depend on the region's rich supply of energy, wheat, nickel and other staples could feel the pain of price spikes. After getting battered by the pandemic, supply chain [...]

Using $5 billion that Congress allocated last year, the Biden administration would require states to install high-voltage chargers along interstate highways. The Biden administration said on Thursday that it would [...]

Faulty computer systems are prompting class-action lawsuits by disgruntled car owners, a symptom of automakers' bumpy transition to the digital age. About six months after Gary Gilpin leased a Subaru [...]

Byline: Jack Ewing The yawning disparity between the performance of the electric car company and established automakers last year reflects the technological change roiling the industry. For much of last [...]

AUTOMOBILES Tesla Expands to Xinjiang, Drawing Fierce Criticism Tesla came under fire from political leaders and human rights groups Tuesday after announcing it would open a dealership in the Xinjiang [...]

Because so many jobs depend on automaking, the industry's production problems are causing the pain to ripple. Turmoil in the auto industry, a powerful engine of the global economy, is [...]

Europe's largest economy is particularly vulnerable to shortages of key parts and raw materials because of its dependence on exports. FRANKFURT -- In Germany, where one in four jobs depends [...]

INTERNATIONAL Turkey's Lira Hits Low After Surprise Rate Cut The Turkish lira fell to a record low on Thursday after the central bank unexpectedly cut its benchmark interest rate, alarming [...]

Virus cases are surging, governments are returning to economic restrictions and the postpandemic recovery now seems further away. Across Europe, governments and businesses are maneuvering to try to stop a [...]

A new law allows autonomous vehicles in everyday use and provides legal consistency lacking in the United States. FRANKFURT -- In Hamburg, a fleet of electric Volkswagen vans owned by [...]

The central bank said it would tolerate inflation above the official target of 2 percent if the jump seemed temporary. The European Central Bank said Thursday that it would adjust [...]

GLOBAL ECONOMY I.M.F. Director Warns Of Rising Inflation Rising inflation, particularly in the United States, is among the risks facing the global economy amid a ''worsening two-track recovery,'' the International [...]

POLICY Central Banks Are Urged To Issue Digital Currencies An umbrella organization for the world's central banks urged its members on Wednesday to issue digital equivalents to cash that would [...]

The Biden administration is trying to rebuild relations with Europe, but it is moving cautiously to unwind tariffs imposed by President Donald J. Trump. The United States and the European [...]

The Tailor, the Florist, the Violin Maker: Improvising to Survive Germany is known for luxury cars, machine tools and other goods that have protected the overall economy from the worst [...]

PUBLISHING Hotel Magnate Makes A Third Play for Tribune With time running out, Stewart W. Bainum Jr. is making a renewed effort to buy Tribune Publishing, the newspaper chain that [...]

Almost every carmaker has had to curtail production, hampering the economic recovery. Around the world, auto assembly lines are going quiet, workers are idle and dealership parking lots are looking [...]

The curbs on U.S. banks' purchases of some bonds apply to a small portion of the market but could signal a sharper aim at Russia's access to global capital. The [...]

The Swiss bank is in turmoil after a series of financial disasters that have battered its reputation and are likely to diminish its global clout. Credit Suisse's disclosure on Tuesday [...]

Byline: Jeanna Smialek and Jack Ewing As Americans buy more, they are expected to spur trade and investment and invigorate demand for German cars, Australian wine, Mexican auto parts and [...]

There will be finger-pointing and competing agendas as cargo companies, lawyers, insurers and government agencies try to sort out what went wrong when the Ever Given got stuck -- and [...]

The city of Taicang illustrates the tight ties between the countries -- and how difficult it could be for President Biden to win allies in his campaign to isolate Beijing. [...]

ENERGY Report Forecasts Decline In Thirst for Gasoline The world's thirst for gasoline may never return to pre-pandemic levels, the International Energy Agency said Wednesday. Greater fuel efficiency, the shift [...]

The action is a sign that the bank is worried less about inflation than about the economic distress caused by the pandemic. The European Central Bank moved Thursday to counteract [...]

HEIDELBERG, Germany -- Eckart Würzner, a mayor on a mission to make his city emission free, is not terribly impressed by promises from General Motors, Ford and other big automakers [...]

Economy Fed Monetary Report Offers Hope and Caution The Federal Reserve released its twice-annual monetary policy report to Congress on Friday, offering an assessment of the economy that was at [...]

Daimler reported unexpectedly strong profits, underlining a rebound by traditional carmakers despite the pandemic. A year ago, investors had pretty much given up the big global carmakers for dead. Shares [...]

A double-dip recession in the European Union appears likely after the trade bloc reported a decline in economic output in the last quarter of 2020. The new year was supposed [...]

Severe recessions in Germany and France last year, caused by the coronavirus pandemic, began to improve slightly toward the end of 2020, as a second series of lockdowns had a [...]