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WASHINGTON — Only two out of 15 vehicles in the small crossover category earned an overall “good” rating in the first frontal crash test in the U.S. to include a rear dummy, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety said Tuesday. The 2022-23 Ford Escape, built after May, and the 2021-23 Volvo XC40 were the only […]

AutoNation Inc. has agreed to buy RepairSmith, a mobile automotive repair and maintenance provider. The $190 million deal, made public Monday, is expected to close in the first quarter of 2023. RepairSmith’s technicians come to a home or workplace to service individual, dealership and fleet customers, who can schedule appointments online. The business also will

Despite widespread electric vehicle buzz, studies show most Americans have never been EV passengers, let alone drivers. Their most likely first experience? A rental car, said Gregory Scott, spokesperson for the American Car Rental Association. Car rental companies are committing to sustainable mobility, Scott said. It’s an important statement, as the American Car Rental Association’s

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

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

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

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

WASHINGTON — With Republicans gaining control of the House and Democrats securing a slim majority in the Senate, the shifted balance of power come January likely will mean no major overhauls of existing policy affecting the auto industry, but it could change command of deciding votes. In a Georgia runoff election Tuesday, Democratic Sen. Raphael

Ford solidified its spot as the No. 2 EV brand behind Tesla in the first 10 months of the year, according to new-vehicle registration data from Experian, while Korean brands suffered a drop in market share following a change in the federal tax incentive. Ford EV registrations totaled 44,219 through October for a 116 percent