It was an extraordinary vote of confidence for autonomous driving by the nation's top vehicle safety agency.

In its first big electric vehicle investment, Amazon is leading a round of fundraising by pickup and SUV start-up Rivian.

Tesla's stock price sank Thursday after Consumer Reports blasted the reliability of the company's new Model 3 sedan and dropped it from a list of recommended vehicles.

Tesla Inc.

Three years after he promised to sell an all-electric Model 3 mass-market sedan for $35,000 before incentives, Elon Musk may finally be coming through.

Buyers who order the new lower-cost "standard-range" $35,000 Tesla Model 3 electric car and expect to receive it in two to four weeks might be in for a surprise.

Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk, who is scheduled to defend himself Monday against contempt charges in a federal district court, may find his defense complicated by a semi-secret teleconference Tesla held Thursday with a small number of investors and members of the media.

Elon Musk's contempt toward the U.S.

The Indian carmaker plans to launch its auto by the third quarter of '08. Rivals are skeptical.

It's a sunny day in March and "Machine Planet" is flying a single-engine Cessna over Northern California.

Panasonic is freezing plans to expand its role as Tesla's electric car battery supplier, a move that raises new questions about demand for Tesla's Model 3 — and the company's future.

Toyota has recalled millions of hybrid gas-electric cars, mostly Prius models, around the world to fix electronic defects.

Elon Musk is in a bind — perhaps the tightest bind of his business career.

Tesla, under pressure to show it can generate profits on its main business of making electric cars, on Monday trumpeted a custom-designed computer chip to let its vehicles drive themselves.

Elon Musk envisions a glorious future when fleets of Tesla robo-taxis earn money for Tesla owners and make all other automobiles instantly obsolete.

Tesla's financial results released last week didn't mention that the automaker's revenue included $200 million collected from regulatory credits.

The Tesla Model 3 remained the bestselling electric car in the United States last month by far, according to estimates from website Inside EVs.

The Polestar 2, the first electric car to go straight up against Tesla's Model 3, is due to go on the market in the U.S. by summer 2020.

Our plane landed in Denver just past midnight. It was April and blizzard season wasn't done yet.

Elon Musk's growth story is looking more like a fable as Tesla Inc. enters survival mode.

Morgan Stanley stock analyst Adam Jonas told clients Wednesday that if Tesla's troubles continue, it's unlikely to be acquired by a tech company, an auto company, or someone from China.

Tesla's sales of its Model 3 perked up in the U.S. in May, according to estimates from the website InsideEVs, after a round of price cuts.

Less than two months after touting a plan to put driverless taxis on the road, Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk on Tuesday walked back the ambitious timetable.

Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk turned to Twitter on Sunday to open up old wounds with one of Tesla's co-founders before announcing he had "deleted" his Twitter account.

For years, automakers have been offering driver-assist technologies on many new cars.

Tesla Inc. delivered 95,200 vehicles to customers in the second quarter, outperforming analysts' expectations.

Is Randeep Hothi a stalker, a harasser, a perpetrator of violence and an imminent threat?

A jury ordered Toyota to pay $15.8 million to a dealer who alleged the company's recalls failed to remedy safety defects in its popular Prius models.

Tesla dropped its case against Randeep Hothi after a judge ordered the company to turn over video and audio evidence to prove its case.

Tesla's $408-million second-quarter loss raises the question: How will Tesla ever make money?

California's climate deal with automakers shows the proper solution to Trump is to go around him.

Ford, Honda, Volkswagen and BMW reach deal with California regulators on fuel efficiency standards

A GM factory in Warren, Mich., is closing as Democrats come to Detroit to debate. Some workers, in a county and a state key to the 2020 presidential race, wonder whether elected officials can or will help.

Transportation options for wheelchair users, especially those riders who use a fixed-frame wheelchair, have grown but are still limited.

Neptune's Net, the most-beloved hangout in Malibu, is a roadhouse that is equal parts good grub and floor show. Neptune's Net tastes like that wave that just broke your board.

Elon Musk has a huge financial incentive to turn on full-service driving. But is Tesla anywhere close to ready?

Elon Musk tiene un gran incentivo financiero para activar la conducción de servicio completo. ¿Pero está Tesla cerca de estar listo?

Bernstein Research finds turnover at Tesla is sky high and worries that could hurt the company.

The Fiat 500X offers a much sportier driving experience than the Fiat 500 thanks to an all-new 1.3-liter turbocharged engine.

Trump wants to dump Obama-era emissions regulations. Auto industry seeks regulatory certainty to guide future investment.

In 2017, 939 people were killed by vehicles running red lights, according to AAA. The numbers are rising at a far higher rate than overall U.S. highway fatalities.

Behind the scenes at this year's Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, the most prestigious car show in the world.

On top of fires at Amazon and Walmart facilities, Tesla may have problems with residential power systems, a much bigger part of its sputtering solar business.

Porsche is taking on Tesla and all other would-be electric sports cars with its new Taycan.

EV sales rose 65% in California in the first half of the year, led by Tesla. But that doesn't mean consumers are suddenly in love with electric cars.

Tensions boiled over this month when a Porsche Macan jumped a curb in central Berlin and plowed into a crowd of pedestrians, killing four.

The 2020 Toyota Land Cruiser is a big lumbering luxury SUV.

California's unique authority to set its own tailpipe emissions standards has made the state an environmental leader and irked the Trump administration.

With Tesla's Smart Summon feature, the car drives itself to its human owner. It's already being abused, raising public safety questions.

Smart Summon, the feature that lets Teslas drive themselves through parking lots, is drawing increasing criticism.