Electric car producer Tesla will build its first factory outside the United States in Shanghai, becoming the first wholly foreign-owned automaker in China.Tesla Inc.'s announcement comes amid mounting U.S.-Chinese tension over technology and follows Beijin

BMW Group and the biggest Chinese SUV brand, Great Wall Motor, announced a partnership Tuesday to produce electric MINI vehicles in China as global automakers ramp up development under pressure from Beijing.The companies said they signed an agreement Monda

Automaker BMW says it will have to raise prices on the U.S.-built SUVs it sells in China due to higher tariffs.China raised the import tax on cars from the United States to 40 percent in retaliation for higher tariffs on...

President Donald Trump denied Tuesday that his trade policy is to blame for Harley-Davidson's decision to shift some motorcycle production overseas, saying on Twitter that the company is using Tariffs/Trade War as an excuse to hide previously announced pla

Volvo's first electric car due in 2019 will be a version of the XC40 compact crossover SUV, the Swedish brand's former design boss Thomas Ingenlath revealed to Autocar in an interview published last week.Ingenlath, who currently heads the Polestar electric...

Every workday, about 7,400 trucks mostly loaded with automotive parts rumble across the Ambassador Bridge connecting Detroit and Canada, at times snarling traffic along the busy corridor.But if President Donald Trump delivers on threats to slap 25 percent

Nearly 15 years after Fiat Chrysler Automobiles CEO Sergio Marchionne took the reins of the global automaker, the only consistent force within the company has been change.On Friday, Marchionne and other FCA executives outlined a broad plan to focus heavily...

The Japanese technology conglomerate SoftBank will spend $2.25 billion for a nearly a 20 percent stake in General Motors' autonomous vehicle unit.GM said Thursday that it will also sink another $1.1 billion into its GM Cruise automated division. The capita...