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Ford Motor said Monday it will recall about 2,900 F-150 Lightnings because a software issue could result in a failure to provide adequate warning of low tire pressure. The recall is the first for the Ford electric pickup. Ford said the truck’s tire pressure monitoring system light might not illuminate when intended. It also might […]

CarMax Inc., like other major players in the automotive retail realm, finds itself trying to maneuver through a year hampered so far by sunken buyer confidence. In its fiscal first quarter, CarMax retailed 240,950 vehicles. That’s down 11 percent year over year. Company executives last week attributed the slump to a downturn in consumers’ willingness

TOYOTA CITY, Japan — Imagine zipping down the highway of tomorrow in a self-driving pod car. You’re on a long-haul, cross-country trip; you don’t have time to stop for a restaurant. With the push of a button, the meal is ordered. Before long, a drone catches up to your speeding vehicle. It hovers near a

Thieves made off with 13 F-150 Raptors and six Mustangs from Ford Motor Co. assembly plants in the Detroit area this month. A majority of the vehicles were later found damaged. The Raptors — a wider, more off-road-oriented version of Ford’s top-selling F-Series pickup — were worth a total of almost $1 million, The Detroit

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The Volkswagen showroom that shares a home with Del Grande Dealer Group’s headquarters features a mural of surfers in nearby Santa Cruz, hand-painted columns by a local artist and classic VW Beetle and microvan models with their beachy, Northern California vibe. But don’t be fooled by the casual atmosphere. Like its

Genesis is pushing back the launch of the Electrified G80 sedan after a planned spring showroom debut. The automaker didn’t disclose the reason but said more details about pricing and the on-sale date will not be available until late summer or early fall. As recently as Wednesday, June 22, Genesis’ website said the electric sedan

General Motors said it made an undisclosed investment in UVeye, an Israeli-based automated vehicle inspection technology developer, through its GM Ventures unit. As part of the collaboration, announced Wednesday, GM will have access to UVeye’s technology, such as an underbody scanner that can detect frame damage; a system that checks tire quality and issues such

China’s chip industry is growing faster than anywhere else in the world, after U.S. sanctions on local champions from Huawei Technologies Co. to Hikvision spurred appetite for home-grown components. Nineteen of the world’s 20 fastest-growing chip industry firms over the past four quarters, on average, hail from the world’s No. 2 economy, according to data

Just one year after closing a $10 million funding round, a Detroit-based drone software company that seeks to build highways in the sky for unmanned aircraft is on another high-flying path. Airspace Link Inc. said Wednesday it closed on a Series B funding round totaling $23.1 million at a valuation of about $200 million, according

Bruton Smith, a longtime car dealer and pioneer in public automotive retail, as well as NASCAR hall-of-famer, racetrack owner and philanthropist, died on Wednesday. He was 95 and died of natural causes, according to Sonic Automotive Inc., the public dealership group he founded. Smith launched Sonic Automotive of Charlotte, N.C., as a public company in November