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CHICAGO — After a robust couple of years when retailers of all sizes and their frenzied dealership acquisitions helped create a seller’s market, what’s to come? A few industry experts shared their thoughts on why and more during the Let’s Make a Deal panel at the Automotive News Retail Forum: Chicago last week. A shift […]

General Motors and Stellantis told a federal judge they’re unable to comply with Massachusetts’ updated right-to-repair law because of cybersecurity and other practical concerns that prevent implementation. In separate briefs filed last week, cybersecurity executives from GM and Stellantis said the automakers cannot implement the law’s requirements safely and, therefore, have taken no steps toward

DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. on Wednesday posted a third-quarter loss of $827 million that it largely blames on newly revealed plans to shut down Argo AI, a self-driving vehicle development company the automaker had invested in heavily. CEO Jim Farley said the company now believes mass deployment of fully self-driving vehicles is “a long

Employee turnover at U.S. dealerships in 2021 dropped to its lowest level in at least a decade as average annual compensation for dealership employees soared — appearing to top the $100,000 mark for the first time. Average industry turnover was 34 percent in 2021 — the lowest level in the 11-year history of the National

ELLABELL, Ga. — Hyundai Motor Group broke ground Tuesday on a mammoth $5.54 billion manufacturing project that will produce electric vehicles and batteries for the Hyundai, Genesis and Kia brands. Jose Munoz, Hyundai’s global chief operating officer, said the dedicated EV factory, to be called the Metaplant, will build up to six models and have

Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk seemed to kill off plans to build a $25,000 car for the masses earlier this year with comments that such a vehicle was no longer in the works — only to revive speculation this month that it’s still on the way. The tech billionaire said during the company’s Oct. 19

A major blaze in South Korea that knocked out a wide range of key digital services for days — snarling banking, ride-sharing and online deliveries — is reigniting safety concerns in a nation that’s a key global supplier of lithium-ion cells used in electric vehicles. The days-long outage followed a fire Oct. 15 at a

Mullen Automotive has tapped former General Motors executive John Schwegman to be the electric vehicle maker’s chief commercial officer. Schwegman spent 35 years at GM in a variety of marketing-related roles, most recently senior director of global Chevrolet product marketing, according to his LinkedIn profile. Mullen, of Brea, Calif., said Schwegman will primarily focus on

Ouster Inc. has unveiled a series of digital lidar sensors that use a new chip and provide double the range of the previous generation. The San Francisco company said its REV7 sensors have a maximum range of more than 400 yards, allowing detection of objects up to a quarter-mile away. The distance is achieved by

The second generation of Kia’s Niro EV, which tops off the automaker’s trio of electrified compact crossovers that also includes plug-in hybrid and gasoline-electric hybrid powertrains, goes on sale this month in all 50 states. The Korean automaker slashed $200 off the price for buyers that opt into the higher of two trims, called the