Automobile

Bloomberg Bentley isn’t the first brand that springs to mind when it comes to green driving. Tesla and Toyota have cornered that share of the market for now, flaunting electric-powered cars affordable for wide swaths of people who can overlook the appliance-like designs of the electric Model S and the Prius hybrid in favour of their fuel-efficient promise. But credit ...

Bloomberg Hyundai Motor Co. will recall about 82,000 electric cars globally and take an almost $900 million hit after South Korean government found defects in some of vehicles’ battery cells. The recall will be for EV models of the Kona, as well as the Ioniq and the company’s Elec City buses, that were manufactured between November 2017 and March 2020, ...

Bloomberg The global semiconductor shortage will slash earnings at General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. by about one-third this year as supply constraints hamper production and profits, Moody’s Investor Service estimates. The chip shortage will materially erode margins and could lower expected earnings before interest and taxes by as much as $2 billion for GM and $2.5 billion for ...

Bloomberg McLaren Automotive will bill its first plug-in hybrid model as offering true supercar performance with hatchback-level emissions. The Artura will start at 185,500 pounds ($258,000) and can drive about 30 kilometers (19 miles) on battery power alone, Chief Executive Officer Mike Flewitt said in an interview. The carmaker expects the car to account for about a third of its ...

Bloomberg Uber Technologies Inc. lost a UK Supreme Court ruling over the rights of its drivers, in a landmark decision that strikes a blow against the gig economy. The judges unanimously ruled that Uber drivers are “workers” entitled to rights like minimum wage, holiday pay and rest breaks. The ruling will have a significant impact on the UK’s burgeoning gig ...

Bloomberg Porsche AG is increasing spending to bolster the digital products and services supplementing its luxury sports cars to lure more tech-savvy customers, particularly in China. The German manufacturer now invests 900 million euros ($1.1 billion) a year on digitisation compared with 800 million euros previously, Chief Financial Officer Lutz Meschke said. The Stuttgart-based company also puts about 150 million ...

Bloomberg Apple Inc. has held talks with Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Motors Corp. about building an electric vehicle, though the discussions paused, according to people familiar with the situation. Apple has also been discussing similar plans with other auto manufacturers, the people said. They asked not to be identified discussing private matters. The secret project has ramped up in ...

Bloomberg Porsche AG is setting up an assembly plant in Malaysia as the German automaker looks to make the nation its Southeast Asian hub, the Edge weekly newspaper reported. Porsche will partner with Inokom Corp., a unit of Sime Darby Bhd, in venture, which will be located in the northern state of Kedah, the Edge said. The facility will be ...

Bloomberg Ford Motor Co.’s gas-powered SUVs and trucks helped haul in an unexpected fourth-quarter profit, providing a down payment on the $29 billion the automaker plans to spend developing electric and autonomous next-generation vehicles. The manufacturer almost doubled its planned spending on EVs to $22 billion through 2025, a response to the bold initiative outlined by General Motors Co., which ...

Bloomberg Jaguar’s classics department has announced it will make eight more of the curvaceous C-Type that was originally produced from 1951 to 1953. The continuation cars, set to converge on a special track day in 2022 to mark 70 years since the original release, will be the fourth of its kind for the Coventry, England-based company. Jaguar started developing Jaguar ...