Category: Global

Mercedes’s Kallenius calls for open markets amid China tensions

Mercedes-Benz’s top executive sees measures to decouple from China as a risk to healthy competition and global automotive supply chains. “Open markets are what drives growth and what drives wealth creation,” Mercedes CE

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Central NY woman took car from dealership on 200-mile test drive, troopers say – syracuse.com

Richfield Springs, N.Y. — A Utica woman took a car from a dealership for a test drive and was found by officers 200 miles away the next day, troopers said. Theresa A. Price,

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United Auto Workers strike could drive up new and used car prices, cause parts shortage

If the auto workers strike continues for a couple weeks, it could strain the supply of popular vehicles and quickly drive up car and truck prices. While it’s still too early to tell

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All-Electric Car Sales More Than Doubled In August 2023

Chinese brands are surging, capturing more and more market share. Sep 18, 2023 at 8:11am ET In August, new passenger car registrations in Germany increased by 37 percent year-over-year to 273,417. During the

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Have New Car Prices Finally Hit A Ceiling After Years Of Increases?

The average transaction price of a new vehicle sold in the U.S. last month was $48,451, just $42 higher than in August 2022 {{comments}} comments 10 hours ago Both new and used car

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EVs Account For 7.2% Of New Car Sales In The U.S. Between January And July

Tesla accounted for 59.5% of all new EVs sold in the U.S. through the first seven months of the year {{comments}} comments 7 hours ago The percentage of new vehicles sold in the

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Legal landscape around automated driving remains murky (Episode 216)

Automakers are introducing more sophisticated driving systems that complicate determining who or what may be held liable in the event of incidents. ZF board member Martin Fischer, attorney Jennifer Dukarski and Carnegie Mellon

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LSU Football Stops At Car Dealership On Way To Mississippi State

The LSU football team was pulling out all the stops to prepare for Mississippi State on Saturday, which included a short stretching stop at a car dealership. Brian Kelly wanted to keep his

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Honda sales recovery faster than expected

Honda projects that the market as a whole will close 2023 at 15.7 million vehicles. It’s unknown, Woelfer said, when the industry will be able to return to annual sales of 17 million

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Skyline Ford’s Commercial Street footprint grows, dealership to expand

The owners of Skyline Ford on Commercial Street SE have purchased the property next door, enabling them to expand, consolidate operations and better serve customers. The family-owned dealership, serving Salem for more than

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