Bloomberg - Autoblog

Senator presses automakers on possible links to forced labor in China

Automakers and tier 1 suppliers are all being asked to scrutinize their supply lines

Kuwait wealth fund selling $1.5 billion in Mercedes shares

The stock has done quite well

Buffett-backed BYD’s net income jumps more than 400% on EV sales surge

More cars sold than in the previous 4 years combined — and more than Tesla

Made-in-U.S. rules for EV batteries shift in new law's fine print

Change favors automakers but is 'yet again ignoring the will of Congress,' senator says

Carvana has a plan for its debt, and investors don't like it

Used-car retailer faces looming payment deadlines

Tesla and other automakers are in a magnet race to build EVs without rare earth metals

China accounts for around two-thirds of mining and 85% of refining of the materials

Oil refiners struggle to make premium gasoline

There are a few causes with the same result: higher prices for premium

Foxconn finds EVs are harder to build than iPhones

Electric dreams are running into the reality of recalls and fledgling partners in Lordstown

S&P cuts Nissan credit rating to junk status

It needs to make improvements in sales and revenue.

Tesla Model S and X prices slashed for the second time this year

Plaid iterations of the S and X now cost $26,000 and $29,000 less than they did in early January

Car debt is piling up as more Americans owe thousands more than vehicles are worth

Are you underwater on your car? You're not alone

Musk sees refining as the lithium problem, so Tesla plans to begin doing it

No country has a monopoly on deposits, Musk says, so the bottleneck is elsewhere

Elon Musk sets Tesla's course to a renewable future, is mum on new car models

CFO says they'll cut production costs in half for future vehicles, but when

Tesla, GM among carmakers flocking to mining industry events

Seeking supplies of lithium, nickel, graphite and other battery materials

Ducati’s first electric motorcycle is years away as batteries aren't ready

Bikes are challenging for battery architecture

Carvana debt bills come due with business ‘firmly in retreat’

CEO says it has ways to raise cash, though

Toyota and Honda agree to biggest wage hikes in decades in Japan

Honda's raises will prioritize younger employees who are more impacted by inflation

Midwest ethanol push could drive up gas prices by 12 cents a gallon

Midwestern governors' plan to promote E15 will be felt at the pump, study says

How Ford, CATL worked for years to seal deal on a $3.5 billion battery plant

Taiwan trip, 'Trojan horse,' tech 'hypocrisy': Geopolitics cast a shadow over it all

New cars now just for the rich as automakers rake in profits

Automakers keep inventories low and prices high. The shift to EVs will make things worse

Car-data firms flop as automakers see dollar signs in software

Turns out, carmakers don’t want to share their data all that much