Automobile

Bloomberg Nissan Motor Co is pushing back the release of its flagship Ariya electric vehicle, highlighting the struggle automakers everywhere are facing in trying to launch new cars amid a persisting shortage of semiconductors. When the Ariya SUV was first unveiled in July last year, Nissan said it was scheduled to go on sale in mid-2021. The company said a …

Bloomberg The main thing Ferrari will tell you about the 2021 Ferrari SF90 Stradale is how much of a bargain it is. The arithmetic requires some squinting around the edges of elitism and a healthy injection of relative logic. It goes like this: The two-door coupe is the second hybrid from Modena, Italy’s crown jewel, the first being the La …

Bloomberg Ford Motor Co is boosting spending on electric vehicles by at least 36% to $30 billion over the next four years and said that by the end of the decade, four out of 10 models it sells will be battery-powered. The investment includes creating a range of batteries the carmaker is calling IonBoost and the development of solid-state batteries …

Bloomberg BMW AG will raise its earnings forecast for the year because it expects an antitrust fine from European Union will be much smaller than anticipated two years ago. The automaker said it will get a roughly $1.2 billion boost to earnings this quarter from revaluing a provision for an EU fine over allegations that it colluded with its German …

Bloomberg Jaguar Land Rover’s (JLR) Indian owner reported a pretax profit in three months through March as a recovery in Chinese demand lifted sales of the automaker’s luxury sports cars and SUVs. Tata Motors Ltd posted fourth-quarter earnings of 57 billion rupees before tax and one-time items, rebounding from a loss of 65 billion rupees a year earlier. Revenue soared …

Bloomberg China is shaping up to be the first real test of Big Tech’s ambitions in the world of carmaking, with giants from Huawei Technologies Co to Baidu Inc plowing almost $19 billion into electric and self-driving vehicle ventures widely seen as the future of transport. While Apple Inc has long had plans for its own car and Alphabet Inc …

Bloomberg Amazon.com Inc. is deepening its ties with Ford Motor Co. in a deal that will integrate Alexa into the entertainment system of F-150 trucks and other models. Amazon’s digital assistant will roll out to about 700,000 Ford vehicles this year, including new and recent models of the pickup, as well as the Bronco and the electric Mustang Mach-E in …

Bloomberg Hyundai Motor Group, which owns both the Hyundai and Kia car brands, said it will build electric vehicles in the US as part of a $7.4 billion investment that also covers hydrogen refuelling stations and unmanned flying taxis. The investments will be made through 2025, Hyundai said in a statement. It didn’t specify how much money would go to …

Bloomberg Argo AI, the self-driving startup backed by Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG, has developed a sensor it believes will be key to commercialising autonomous transportation in cities, suburbs and on the highway. The Pittsburgh-based company, which plans to go public as soon as this year, unveiled a lidar sensor capable of “seeing” 400 meters (437 yards) down the …

Bloomberg Toyota Motor Corp.’s global sales in March rise to a record, as the automaker’s ability to keep churning out vehicles amid a global shortage of chips puts the company in prime position to capitalise on a resurgence in demand for cars. Toyota’s global sales in March rise 44% to 982,912 units, a record for a single month, the company …