U.S. auto safety regulators pressured Tesla into recalling more than 2 mn vehicles in December to fix a defective system that’s supposed to make sure drivers pay attention when using Autopilot. The widow of a man who died after his Tesla veered off the road and crashed into a tree while he was using its partially automated driving system is suing the...

Motional is a joint venture between Hyundai Motor Group and auto parts supplier Aptiv. Autonomous vehicle technology company Motional has sacked around 550 employees, or about 40% of its workforce, in the US, reports said on Saturday. Nearly 145 of the impacted staff worked in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, according to a Worker Adjustment and...

For more than half a century, Thailand’s state-owned tobacco monopoly mass-produced cigarettes at a sprawling industrial estate in Bangkok. A steady stream of heavy trucks brought raw tobacco into the heart of the city and hauled millions of cigarettes away. But now, that cancer-inducing complex has given way to something completely different: green...

Friday is here! Unfortunately, the heat is rising fast here in Florida and it’s hard to enjoy some of the outdoor activities we love while suffering in the extreme heat and thinking about how dangerously we are heating up the planet. Let’s get a little relief by leafing through 18. [continued] The post Solar Power’s Rapid Growth (Graphs), Tesla Cybertruck...

Gurugram-based Sona Comstar, a leading exporter of EV driveline components as well as starter motors for ICE vehicles to Europe and North America, has recently set up a new driveline facility for battery electric vehicles in the Fipasi Industrial Park in Silao, Mexico. The Tier 1 supplier says the plant will enable it to expand its reach in the North...

The agency’s preliminary evaluation is the first step to determine whether the vehicles pose an unreasonable risk to safety. It could close the investigation without taking any potential action. The U.S. auto safety regulator said on Friday it was opening a preliminary evaluation into 210,960 Ford vehicles following complaints alleging diesel fuel leaks...