Author: Automotive News Breaking News Feed

The California Highway Patrol had some trouble pulling over a Tesla Model S after the driver was determined to be asleep behind the wheel while the vehicle operated on Autopilot.

Except for gains at Lincoln, Ford’s November sales dropped in nearly every measurable category.

Ford’s $11 billion restructuring could cost 25,000 employees their jobs, exceeding the cutbacks General Motors announced last week, according to Morgan Stanley.

Top executives of Volkswagen Group, Daimler AG and BMW AG have a balancing act to pull off when they meet with Trump administration officials Tuesday about potential tariffs on U.S. imports from Germany.

Democratic Republic of Congo has declared cobalt a “strategic” substance, according to a government decree, raising the royalty rate miners will pay to 10 percent.

U.S. sales for FCA US rose 17 percent in November to 181,310 vehicles, a gain largely driven by fleet transactions.

The Acura RDX continued to post record sales results for American Honda in November, but it was not enough to offset declines for higher-volume vehicles such as the Honda Civic and Pilot.

Toyota posted a 0.6 percent decline in November from the year-earlier month to 190,423 vehicles, despite record-high November light-truck sales.

Toyota posted a 0.6 percent decline in November from the year-earlier month to 190,423 vehicles, despite record-high November light-truck sales.

Uber confirmed it hired a senior U.S. auto safety official involved in the federal government’s handling of self-driving cars for its autonomous vehicle efforts.