Toyota Motor finds itself in the position of having to prove its worth as a job creator in the U.S. after a tweet by President-elect Donald Trump.
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China will be the world’s largest user of electric cars. It won’t necessarily dominate producing them.
Carmakers are rushing to bring voice-assisted, artificial intelligence software into vehicles. Many of these auto makers are aiming to put autonomous vehicles on the road by 2020.
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Audi is joining with Nvidia in the race among auto makers and tech companies to bring a fully self-driving car to market.
Tesla Motors regularly has a hard time meeting its forecasts. It is a mistake for investors to ignore the implications.
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The large pile of foreign debt owed by Chinese companies, from state-owned banks to airlines, is giving added impetus to Beijing’s efforts to keep the yuan from falling too steeply against the rallying dollar.
Tesla’s fourth-quarter sales rose 27%—but not enough for the Silicon Valley auto maker to reach its goal of delivering at least 80,000 vehicles in 2016.
Lawyers representing owners of tainted Volkswagen diesel-powered cars in Germany filed the first lawsuit seeking consumer compensation for damages from the car maker’s diesel scandal in a test case that could turn up pressure on it to compensate millions of European customers.
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Three shipping alliances born of industry travails are poised to dominate ocean trade for years to come, worrying customers about the prospect of fewer sailings and higher rates.
U.S. car sales have stalled, leaving the automotive industry worryingly dependent on Chinese subsidies and crisis-prone Southern Europe.
Hyundai Motor and affiliate Kia Motors are bracing for another challenging year as they adjust to an industry shift away from sedans to sport-utility vehicles.
Miscounted goods add big costs for retailers, but stronger analytics and attention to forecasting can help plan for better holidays in the future.
Tesla and General Motors are rolling out mid-priced electric cars, and others are coming soon. But the auto industry faces big hurdles before widespread adoption.
A battle to control India’s largest global conglomerate, the Tata Group, is convulsing the powerful ethnic Parsi community, whose billionaire-laden membership has played an outsize role in the nation’s economic evolution.
The race to offer supercheap flights across the Atlantic is heating up, as the parent company of British Airways became the latest full-service airline to launch its own low-price offering to fight back against the budget carriers that have invaded the lucrative market.
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