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This image from video provided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via DVIDS shows manufacturing plant employees waiting to have their legs shackled at the Hyundai Motor Group’s electric vehicle plant, on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025, in Ellabell, Ga. Corey Bullard | U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP Hundreds of people who were among…
Visitors attend the booth of German car producer Volkswagen Group on the opening day of the IAA MOBILITY 2025 automobile fair on September 09, 2025 in Munich, Germany. Johannes Simon | Getty Images News | Getty Images Europe’s ban on the sale of new diesel and gasoline cars and vans from 2035 has been thrust…
The logo of German car maker Mercedes-Benz is seen as a person stands in front of the company’s booth before the opening of the International Motor Show IAA on September 7, 2025, in Munich, southern Germany. Tobias Schwarz | Afp | Getty Images Europe’s embattled auto giants are embarking on a product blitz, seeking to…
The Volkswagen ID.CROSS Concept is on stage during a press conference before the start of the International Motor Show (IAA Mobility). The IAA Mobility 2025 will take place in Munich from September 9-14, 2025. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images The chief executive of Volkswagen says the German auto giant is pushing to…
Tesla is asking investors to approve yet another outsized pay plan for CEO Elon Musk, according to a financial filing out Friday. The proposed compensation plan for Musk, already the world’s wealthiest individual, consists of 12 tranches of shares to be granted if Tesla hits certain milestones over the next decade. It would also give…
The Porsche brand logo as lettering can be seen on the rear of a vehicle from the sports car manufacturer Porsche in Munich (Bavaria) on April 6, 2025. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Luxury carmaker Porsche will soon drop out of Germany’s blue-chip DAX index following a protracted share price slump, as…
A mockup of Tesla Inc.’s planned humanoid robot Optimus on display during the Seoul Mobility Show in Goyang, South Korea, on Thursday, March 30, 2023. The motor show will continue through April 9. Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tesla CEO Elon Musk predicted that Optimus robots, which have…
Elon Musk reacts during a press event with U.S. President Donald Trump (not pictured), at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 30, 2025. Nathan Howard | Reuters Elon Musk’s fervent promotion of Tesla‘s self-driving technology isn’t doing much to win over prospective buyers. According to a new survey, more U.S. consumers say that…
Western car giants are battling crises on multiple fronts, with declining profits , layoffs and widespread cost-cutting measures showing their strain. From rising production costs to U.S. tariffs , intense competition , supply chain disruptions and regulatory pressures , as well as a bumpy electric vehicle transition — top original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are caught…
Igor Babuschkin, co-founder of xAI, during the Nvidia GPU Technology Conference (GTC) in San Jose, California, US, on Tuesday, March 19, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Igor Babuschkin, a founding member of Elon Musk’s xAI, said Wednesday that he’s leaving the artificial intelligence startup to launch his own venture firm. “Today…