Automotive

The Chevrolet logo is displayed on the facade of a dealership , Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, in Woburn, Mass. Despite a computer chip shortage that temporarily closed some of its factories, General Motors made a healthy $2.8 billion second-quarter net profit in the second quarter. Credit: AP Photo/Charles Krupa Despite...

This Aug. 15, 2019, file photo shows the Toyota logo on a dealership in Manchester, N.H. In a deal announced Wednesday, July 21, 2021, Japan's top automaker Toyota is adding makers specializing in tiny "kei" cars, Daihatsu and Suzuki, to a partnership in commercial vehicles set up with Hino and...

Credit: Xujun/Shutterstock Despite the pandemic, global sales of electric vehicles (EVs) increased by 43% in 2020. Total EV sales in China were 1.3 million, an increase of 8% compared to 2019, and 41% of all EVs sold worldwide. Though Europe sold more than China for the first time since 2015,...

BMW has so far been able to make up for a global shortage of semiconductors but will now start to feel the effects. German car giant BMW posted record profit of 4.8 billion euros for the second quarter on Tuesday, but warned the second half of the year would "likely"...

Stellantis chief executive Carlos Tavares hailed the new company's first half earnings as "very strong". US-European auto giant Stellantis, formed by Peugeot and Fiat Chrysler, posted a sizeable net profit in the new company's first six months of existence even as a global chip shortage cut its production. Stellantis, whose...

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain When the pandemic hit in early 2020, a rapid decrease in urban private car use was seen globally. Satellite navigation company TomTom reported that 387 cities across the world experienced a decrease in congestion. Similarly, a decrease in public transport usage was seen as governments across...

Microchips are essential for the electronic systems in modern cars, and shortages have held back automakers as they seek to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic. The automobile industry is being hit hard by a shortage of computer chips that has slowed production and is set to drag on for months....

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Self-driving cars are powered by machine learning algorithms that require vast amounts of driving data in order to function safely. But if self-driving cars could learn to drive in the same way that babies learn to walk—by watching and mimicking others around them—they would require far...

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a monitoring system to ensure communication and operation safety in railway sections by sending early warnings using fiber detection technology. Rail transportation plays an increasingly important role in the...

In this Sept. 21, 2017, file photo, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Building is shown in Washington. Two high-ranking Trump political appointees at the EPA engaged in fraudulent payroll activities, including payments to employees after they were fired and to one of the officials when he was absent from work,...

A Ford logo is seen on signage at Country Ford in Graham, N.C., Tuesday, July 27, 2021. Sky-high sales prices for its pickup trucks and SUVs helped Ford Motor Co. turn a surprise second-quarter profit despite a global shortage of computer chips that cut production. Credit: AP Photo/Gerry Broome Sky-high...

Volkswagen is betting its future on electic vehicles, like this ID 3. German carmaker Volkswagen posted strong first-half profits on Thursday but cut this year's forecast for car deliveries over a worsening shortage of semiconductor chips. The 12-brand group—including Porsche, Audi, Seat and Skoda—nevertheless lifted its profit target for 2021...

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The global computer chip shortage has hit car manufacturers especially hard, indicating the importance of supply chain resilience. Yet, for hybrid electric vehicles, it isn't clear how their production could be impacted by fluctuating supplies and high prices. To get a grasp of these vulnerabilities compared...

Credit: Magment The governor of Indiana has announced that the Indiana Department of Transportation and Purdue University will soon begin testing the viability of "Magment"—a magnetized concrete for use in charging electric vehicles as they drive. Magment was developed by a German company with the same name. Several initiatives have...

In this May 11, 2021, file photo, a man wearing a face mask to to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walks by the logo of Nissan Motor Co.'s showroom in Tokyo. Nissan reported Wednesday, July 28, 2021 a 114.5 billion yen ($1 billion) profit for the April-June quarter...

The images show the device bending and snapping to dissipate energy. Credit: University at Buffalo University at Buffalo engineers are reporting a new energy dissipation device that they say could have far-reaching applications in transportation safety. Described in the International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, the device utilizes low-cost metallic materials...

This April 23, 2018 file photo shows Rana el Kaliouby, CEO of the Boston-based artificial intelligence firm, Affectiva, poses in Boston. El Kaliouby has a new job, deputy CEO of Smart Eye—after the Swedish eye-tracking company bought Affectiva for $73.5 million in June 2021. Carmakers are looking to companies like...

The company logo is shown at the top of a supercharger for Tesla automobiles near shops Feb. 25, 2021 in Boulder, Colo. Tesla's quarterly profit has surpassed $1 billion for the first time thanks to the electric car pioneer's ability to navigate through a pandemic-driven computer chip shortage that has...

In this June 22, 2021, file photo, employees stand near Endurance truck beds during a media tour of the Lordstown Motors complex in Lordstown, Ohio. Lordstown Motors, an Ohio company that has come under scrutiny over the number of orders it claimed it had for the electric trucks that it...

The auto giant's quarterly revenues more than doubled to 664.06 billion rupees year-on-year. Losses at India's Tata Motors narrowed between April and June, boosted by a 108-percent jump in revenues, the company said Monday, even as Covid-19 lockdowns and semi-conductor shortages hit its bottom line. Consolidated net losses at the...