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"">Zeekr, the luxury electric vehicle brand under China's Geely Automobile Holdings, says it will launch its Zeekr 001 shooting brake and Zeekr X SUV in Kazakhstan by the fourth quarter of 2023. Kazakhstan, a key market in Central Asia, marks Zeekr’s third geographic expansion announcement

Zachary Kirkhorn, Tesla’s chief financial officer and “Master of Coin,” stepped down August 4 after 13 years working with the electric vehicle maker, according to a regulatory filing. Vaibhav Taneja, Tesla’s current chief accounting officer, will succeed Kirkhorn. The forme

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Autonomous-driving company Pony.ai and Toyota say they’re teaming up with the goal of one day cranking out a bunch of “fully driverless robotaxis.” The two companies intend to kick off their partnership sometime this year with around $139 million in capital from GAC Toyota Motor

Two years ago, EV startup Fisker seemed to have hooked a giant when it announced a deal with Taiwanese iPhone maker Foxconn to build a sub-$30,000 crossover in the United States. It turns out that deal hasn’t been finalized, according to comments Fisker founder and CEO Henrik Fisker made duri

EV truck maker Nikola Corp. said Friday that president/CEO Michael Lohscheller is leaving the top executive positions due to a family health issue. He will be replaced by board chairman Steve Girsky, a former GM board member and the CEO of the special purpose acquisition company that merged with Ni

Fisker, the automotive startup-turned publicly traded company founded by famed automotive designer Henrik Fisker, revealed Thursday night a dizzying array of EV prototypes, from a beefy pickup truck with an expandable bed and grand tourer sports car with up to 600 miles of range to a souped-up, off

After three attempts and a change in Delaware law, EV truck maker Nikola was able to get enough shareholders to vote on a proposal that will allow it to issue more shares. Nikola said Thursday it received the requisite number of votes to pass a proposal that authorizes the board to issue more share

As far as sales go, BMW still lags well behind Tesla on the electric-vehicles front, but the German automaker is arguably making strides. BMW told investors Thursday that EVs made up 12.6% of the firm’s total deliveries during the first half of 2023, up from 10% for the entirety of 2022. BMW

John Krafcik, who led autonomous vehicles company Waymo for five years, has joined Rivian’s board of directors, according to a regulatory filing. EV maker Rivian increased the size of its board and elected Krafcik to serve as a director, the filing said. His term will expire in 2024, when Riv

One of the fringe benefits of owning a professional sports team is the ability to sell ads on just about everything. Stadiums have been at it for some time, of course. Who can forgot when the Staples Center became the more ominous Crypto.com Arena at the end of 2021? Uniform patches have been a thi

The fact that any flight departs on time is a minor miracle, one that requires the precise synchronization of thousands of data points and an equally large workforce on the ground. Much of this the passenger never sees — especially the ground support crews and infrastructure that load catering an

Several Tesla owners have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. automaker over allegations of consumer fraud a week after a Reuters investigation found the company had exaggerated the range estimates of its EVs for years. The proposed class action lawsuit, Porter et al v. Tesla, Inc., was filed August 2

A group of researchers said they have found a way to hack the hardware underpinning Tesla's infotainment system, allowing them to get what normally would be paid upgrades — such as heated rear seats — for free. By doing this, the researchers essentially found a way to jailbreak the car. Thi