Self-driving technology is mired in a slump. Argo AI, one of the leading companies developing robotaxis, closed in October. Some companies have been battered in public markets, bringing the specter of a delisting from stock exchanges. Two substantial crashes renewed concerns about overall safety in 2022. Some companies see a path through this Trough of

U.S. vehicle inventory continued to recover from historic lows, rising another 150,000 vehicles to 1.61 million, according to data from Cox Automotive and the Automotive News Research & Data Center. The increase mirrored the rise from the previous month and extended the run of slight inventory gains that began in June, when automakers and dealers

A desire to attend his children’s activities during the workday led Zeigler Auto Group CEO Aaron Zeigler to extend the same courtesy to his employees. “I would kind of bounce out to [an event] and come back,” Zeigler told Automotive News. He concluded if he could do so and lead a company, the rest of

DETROIT — Even as Ford Motor Co. faces litigation over its electric-vehicle certification program for dealers, roughly two-thirds of its U.S. retail network has bought in to the plans, and some are finding that costs could be lower than advertised. Ford CEO Jim Farley, speaking last week at the Automotive News Congress here, said 1,920

Stellantis on Friday said it will indefinitely idle its Jeep Cherokee plant in Belvidere, Ill., early next year in what the UAW blasted as a “grossly misguided” decision. In a statement, the automaker cited a number of factors that impacted its decision. “Our industry has been adversely affected by a multitude of factors like the