Texas police release Angela Chao death investigation report

Texas police release Angela Chao death investigation report

Angela Chao attends the AFI Awards Luncheon at Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills on January 12, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. Frazer Harrison | Getty Images Texas authorities on Wednesday released the findings of their investigation of the drowning death in February of Foremost Group CEO Angela Chao after she accidentally drove … Read more

Why EVs are causing a tire boom

Why EVs are causing a tire boom

The business of tires has historically been marked by tight competition, low growth and slow margins. The total market value has remained around $50 billion in the past few years, and the overall market grows at a rate of about 2% per year, according to consultancy AlixPartners. But electric vehicles are presenting a whole new set … Read more

Ferrari boss promises ’emotion’ won’t be lost in EV engine roar

Ferrari boss promises ’emotion’ won’t be lost in EV engine roar

A Ferrari is parked outside the New York Stock Exchange in celebration of Ferrari’s initial public offering in New York City on Oct. 21, 2015. Andrew Burton | Getty Images Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna promised on Tuesday that the luxury carmaker’s new electric vehicle will offer drivers the same roar as its historic combustion engines. … Read more

Bentley delays all-EV plan past 2030 amid vehicle development issues

Bentley delays all-EV plan past 2030 amid vehicle development issues

Bentley Continental GTC Speed in Kingfisher. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Bentley Motors is pushing back its plans to exclusively offer all-electric vehicles by the end of this decade due to changing market conditions and a delay in its first EV. CEO Adrian Hallmark said the famed British luxury carmaker remains committed to carbon neutrality and … Read more

Tesla-rival BYD pushes into emerging markets amid Western uncertainty

Tesla-rival BYD pushes into emerging markets amid Western uncertainty

BYD electric cars waiting to be loaded onto a ship are seen stacked at the international container terminal of Taicang Port in Suzhou, in China’s eastern Jiangsu province on February 8, 2024. STR | AFP | Getty Images In the race against Tesla for the global electric car market, Chinese automaker BYD is pushing hard … Read more

Audi reveals all-electric Q6 e-tron SUV, its first next-generation EV

Audi reveals all-electric Q6 e-tron SUV, its first next-generation EV

The Audi SQ6 e-tron SUV. Audi Audi on Monday revealed its new all-electric Q6 e-tron SUV, the first production vehicle on its next-generation electric vehicle architecture. The Volkswagen-owned luxury carmaker says the new “Premium Platform Electric” opens up new levels of technology for Audi, including a rapid EV recharge time of 158 miles in 10 … Read more

UAW says VW workers at Tennessee plant file for union election

UAW says VW workers at Tennessee plant file for union election

A VW EV ID.4 cross-over at Volkswagen of America plant in Chattanooga, TN, June 8, 2022. Michael Wayland | CNBC DETROIT – Volkswagen workers at a plant in Tennessee have filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board for a vote to join the United Auto Workers, the union announced Monday. The filing comes … Read more

How Tesla became the top-selling car company in Norway

How Tesla became the top-selling car company in Norway

Norway has had massive success with EV adoption — 82% of new cars sold in the country in 2023 were electric, according to the Norwegian Road Federation. This high adoption rate can be attributed to the generous subsidies the Scandinavian country has offered to electric vehicle owners as well as its investment in charging infrastructure. … Read more

Tesla settles racial discrimination lawsuit

Tesla settles racial discrimination lawsuit

Workers assemble cars on the line at Tesla’s factory in Fremont. David Butow (Photo by David Butow/Corbis via Getty Images) David Butow | Corbis News | Getty Images Electric vehicle maker Tesla has settled a racist discrimination lawsuit in which a federal jury previously awarded $3.2 million in damages to Owen Diaz, a Black man … Read more

Nio plans to launch its mass market EV brand in May

Nio plans to launch its mass market EV brand in May

Nio holds a product event in Shanghai on Sept. 21, 2023. Evelyn Cheng | CNBC BEIJING — Chinese premium electric car company Nio said Thursday it plans to reveal its mass market brand in May. Executives confirmed the new brand will be named “Le Dao” in Chinese, and said the name is meant to reflect … Read more