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Six years after personal tragedy inspired a mission to end distracted driving, Steve Kiefer said his foundation has made progress despite Michigan roads being as dangerous as ever. The Kiefer Foundation was launched after Kiefer’s son Mitchel was killed in a car crash caused by a distracted driver in 2016, shortly after he graduated from […]

When the Indy Autonomous Challenge racing series made its CES debut last year, the concept of self-driving cars traveling at speeds approaching 170 mph attracted considerable attention. “There was, I think, a lot of shock and awe that it was even possible in today’s day and age,” said Paul Mitchell, CEO of Energy Systems Network,

SAN FRANCISCO — Tesla buyers who waited months for their new car have had an unusual choice for much of the past two years: keep the new electric vehicle, or sell it at a profit to someone with less patience. But the days of the Tesla flip are numbered — a potential threat to new

CES will again serve as a global showcase for the latest innovations in transportation, from scooters to space technology. After a topsy-turvy two years in which COVID-19 stymied efforts to hold a large, fully in-person show, event organizers expect more than 100,000 attendees when CES kicks off Thursday, Jan. 5. In Las Vegas, those visitors

As the 117th Congress winds down, the Senate on Thursday evening passed bipartisan legislation that would provide dealers LIFO tax relief. “Senate passage of the bill is great progress to provide dealers on LIFO much needed relief due to the pandemic and supply chain issues,” Mike Stanton, CEO of the National Automobile Dealers Association, said

WASHINGTON — The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Thursday it has opened two new special investigations into crashes involving Tesla Inc. vehicles where advanced driver assistance systems are suspected to have been in use. The new crashes under investigation include an eight-vehicle crash on Nov. 24 on the Bay Bridge in San Francisco

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate Finance Committee asked eight major automakers, including General Motors, Tesla, Ford and Honda to answer questions about their Chinese supply chains, according to letters made public on Thursday. In June, a U.S. law took effect banning the import of forced-labor goods from Xinjiang, in a pushback against Beijing’s treatment of

Growing Morgan Automotive Group of Tampa, Fla., bought two Florida Kia dealerships from LMP Automotive Holdings Inc. last week and bought a Florida Stellantis store in a separate, unrelated November transaction. It marks the third dealership sale announced by small auto retailer LMP in three months. The Fort Lauderdale, Fla., company said in a Monday

McLaren Automotive is recalling 164 of its new Artura plug-in hybrid supercars in the U.S. for faulty nuts on high-pressure fuel pipes that can lead to a fuel leak. According to a safety recall report posted on the NHTSA website, if the nut becomes loose, “the seal between the end flare of the fuel pipe

SHANGHAI — Tesla Inc.’s China chief Tom Zhu and a team of his reports has been brought in to troubleshoot production issues in the United States, fueling talk among colleagues he is being groomed for a bigger role at a time when CEO Elon Musk has been distracted by Twitter. Zhu, who heads Tesla’s Asia