Tag: Automobiles
Soaring Cost of Diesel Ripples Through the Global Economy
Farmers are spending more to keep tractors and combines running. Shipping and trucking companies are passing higher costs…
Despite High Gas Prices, Road Trips Are Still Popular
“Even with gas prices going up, it would be hard to fly somewhere and get hotels for two…
Cadillac Lyriq Starts Production, Expanding G.M.’s Electric Lineup
General Motors on Monday started production of an electric Cadillac sport utility vehicle that could soon become the…
After Burning for Days, a Ship Carrying Thousands of Luxury Cars Sinks
Two weeks after catching fire, a mammoth ship that was transporting thousands of luxury cars sank on Tuesday…
Corporations Raise Prices as Consumers Spend ‘With a Vengeance’
“It’s a really very, very good constructive pricing environment that we’ve seen right now, probably the best in…
Ship Carrying 1,100 Porsches and Other Luxury Cars Is Burning and Adrift
A mammoth cargo ship believed to be carrying thousands of vehicles including 1,100 Porsches was on fire and…
Regulators Investigate Tesla Over Reports of ‘Phantom Braking’
The federal government’s main auto-safety regulator has opened a preliminary investigation into sudden braking by Tesla cars equipped…
California Returns as Climate Leader, With Help From the White House
Under the 1970 Clean Air Act, the E.P.A. had granted California a waiver to set tailpipe standards that…
How The Trucker Protests Are Snarling the Auto Industry
Shelley Walker, the chief executive of the Women’s Trucking Federation of Canada, said she had been fielding calls…
Car Prices Rose More Slowly In January, But New Disruptions Loom
Want an optimistic take on the troubling January inflation report? Look at what’s happening with cars.Want a pessimistic…
Rivian Loses Its Shine as Investors Fret About Production Delays
The company also did not tell investors that its chief operating officer, Rod Copes, a Harley-Davidson veteran, left…
Why This Could Be a Critical Year for Electric Cars
Sales of cars powered solely by batteries surged in the United States, Europe and China last year, while…