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SUV sales in the U.S. (and elsewhere) are soaring, while hybrid sales have fallen from their peak. What’s going on? Are hybrids past their peak?
Among the 20 best-selling cars in the United States, one stands out in terms of a loss of sales though the first five months of the year -- the Ford Focus, the sales of which have plunged.
Honda Motor Co. Ltd.The market for used cars is hot right now. How hot? New car sales in the United States last month totaled 15.6 million units, compared with nearly 42 million used car sales. Not...
ThinkstockThe price of an average gallon of regular remains above $4 in California, home to about 12% of Americans. While prices in general have leveled off, the trend has not done much to help...
Despite an uptick in sales in May, sales of the most popular hybrid sold in America, the Toyota Prius, have continued a sharp decline. More and more car brands are adding hybrid models.
Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla Motors, began the victory lap of his final season as chief, although that season is four to five years away.
Toyota To hear some analysts and auto enthusiasts tell it, it’s a done deal: The car of the future will be battery-powered. That’s the big bet that Tesla Motors (NASDAQ: TSLA) and its investors...
Standard & Poor's examined Tesla's debt and did not like what it saw. It issued a B- rating, which is below the level that categorizes the debt as junk. The assessment may be fair.
The Google driverless car has taken another step toward becoming a real consumer product with real sales. It will launch cars onto U.S. streets this year.
If General Motors ever has to recall the 2014 Cadillac ELR, the numbers are not likely to make front page news. In the five months the car has been available, GM has sold 241 of the plug-in hybrids.
courtesy of General MotorsIt is the flagship of Cadillac’s line — the super powerful CTS-V. Cadillac has updated virtually every other car in its line. The brute with a 556-horsepower engine...
Bayerische Motoren Werke AGBMW calls them the i3 and i8. They are, in reality, Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) killers, and worthy ones. The i3, sells for as little as $42,000, which is about two-thirds of...
Just as Wall Street is cooling to the prospects of Tesla Motors, the electric car company faces the likelihood that it will need to fight one more state for the right to sell its cars there.
courtesy of Toyota Motor Corp.The race to be the top selling car in America is heated most years. Pick-ups usually hold the position of best selling vehicles, but among passenger cars, Toyota Motor...
Google's experiment with driverless cars took a large leap forward as it actually put some of its vehicles onto the streets. The multiyear development of the project is about to bear early fruit.