Apple poaches senior self-driving engineer from WaymoAuto News

Apple hired a senior self-driving car engineer from Alphabet's Waymo unit in a sign that the iPhone maker maintains ambitions to develop autonomous vehicles.

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Canadians may find boycott of U.S. goods hard to pull offAuto News

Canadians outraged by President Trump's attack on their prime minister have called for a consumer boycott targeting the United States, but indignation may be hard to sustain in a nation enamored by U.S.

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BMW 8 Series returns with all-wheel driveAuto News

BMW is reintroducing the 8 Series Coupe, the first new 8 Series in 20 years, in the U.S. late this year with the 2019 M850i xDrive all-wheel drive variant.

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GM's Cruise requires AV trainers to undergo in-vehicle audits, exams and drillsAuto News

GM's self-driving unit is taking its procedures a step further in the race to autonomous driving technology.

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U.S. tariffs target Chinese industrial products, including auto suppliesAuto News

The government released two lists of products covered by $50 billion worth of tariffs on Chinese imports, including components purchased by suppliers for domestic production of automobiles.

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U.S. tariffs target Chinese industrial products, including auto suppliesAuto News

The government released two lists of products covered by $50 billion worth of tariffs on Chinese imports, including components purchased by suppliers for domestic production of automobiles.

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Trump sets $50 billion in China tariffs with Beijing ready to strike backAuto News

President Trump announced hefty tariffs on $50 billion of Chinese imports as Beijing threatened to respond in kind, in a move that looks set to ignite a trade war between the world's two largest economies.

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Ford unit teams with startup developing 'Waze' for self-driving carsAuto News

Startup RideOS said it raised $9 million and reached a partnership with a division of Ford. RideOS plans to sell software that gives routes and other dispatching instructions to fleets of autonomous cars.

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BorgWarner to restate certain financial statements for asbestos chargesAuto News

Auto supplier BorgWarner said it would restate its financial statements for fiscal years 2015 and 2016 to re-evaluate accounting of its asbestos-related charges.

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VW could face further fines from German authoritiesAuto News

VW could face additional fines in Germany on top of the 1 billion euros it has been told to pay for management lapses that caused emissions cheating on 11 million VW diesel cars.

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Ghosn says Renault-Nissan alliance will be reworked by 2022Auto News

Carlos Ghosn said the alliance between Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors, will be reworked by the end of his term as CEO of the French automaker in 2022.

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Trump administration expected to continue NAFTA talks, Canada saysAuto News

Canada agreed with the United States on Thursday that slow-moving talks to update NAFTA should continue although the two sides did not set a date, Canada's foreign minister said.

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Honeywell to rebrand turbo unit upon completion of spinoffAuto News

Honeywell is rebranding its turbocharger unit as Garrett -- Advancing Motion once the previously

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Fiat scion positions his firm to help value brands Tata, IkeaAuto News

Fiat heir Lapo Elkann is looking to extend his customization business into value brands ranging from Indian automaker Tata to Swedish furniture giant Ikea.

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VW market manipulation probe could end this year, Germany saysAuto News

Germany could wrap up an investigation into alleged market manipulation by senior VW executives this year, officials said, after ordering VW to pay 1 billion euros settle emissions cheating claims.

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Volvo deepens ties with lidar maker Luminar to speed autonomous pushAuto News

Volvo is deepening its ties with Luminar, a fast-growing maker of a lidar, which is considered vital to a self-driving car's ability to see the world around it.

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Loop to O'Hare in 12 minutes: Elon Musk gets the jobAuto News

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration selected Elon Musk's Boring Company to build and operate a super-express transit system between downtown and O'Hare International Airport.

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Some fired Tesla workers still love Elon MuskAuto News

Some of the 3,000 Tesla employees who are losing their jobs have had surprisingly positive parting words to share with Elon Musk, the chief executive who let them go.

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Ford's train depot purchase has ties to founding family's heritageAuto News

The blighted train depot in Detroit's Corktown neighborhood is more than a sign of the automaker's hopes to create an urban campus in the middle of the city.

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Ghosn likely to step down as Renault CEO before term ends, report saysAuto News

Carlos Ghosn is likely to step down as Renault CEO before the end of his term in 2022, the Financial Times reported.

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