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China’s best-selling car manufacturer BYD sold a record number of electric vehicles and hybrids globally last year, even as fierce competition took hold in its home market.

Tesla fell for a fourth consecutive day on Tuesday, taking some of the shine off a tremendous late-year rally.

Tesla will fix software in 77,650 China-made Model 3 and Model Y cars over safety hazards, China’s market regulator said on Tuesday.

Shares of Japanese automaker Honda were on track for their best day in 16 years after it announced to buy back up to 1.1 trillion yen ($7 billion) of its shares on Monday amid merger talks with Nissan

Japanese automakers Nissan and Honda on Monday announced they had entered into official talks to merge and create the world’s third-largest automaker by sales.

Volkswagen shares were down 3% in early trade on Monday with analysts citing uncertainty about the automaker’s cost-cutting deal with unions and likely headwinds in 2025.

Tesla said on Friday it was recalling 694,304 vehicles in the United States over an issue with the tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS).

The billionaire Porsche-Piëch family, Volkswagen’s majority owner, has taken a hardline stance in backing the company’s plans to close several German factories, as the threat of diminished dividends looms.

Volkswagen green up pointing triangle said it will invest $48 million in Canadian lithium company Patriot Battery Metals, as it seeks to secure the supply of lithium raw materials from North America.

Shares of CarMax Inc. were rallying toward their first gain in six sessions in early Thursday trading, after the used vehicle seller reported fiscal third-quarter earnings that rose well above expectations, as lower prices helped boost sales.

Japanese automakers Nissan Motor and Honda Motor reportedly plan to enter into negotiations for a merger to better compete in the rapidly changing global automotive industry, the Nikkei newspaper reported Tuesday.

The U.S. Energy Department on Monday said it has finalized a $9.63 billion loan to a joint venture of Ford Motor (F.N), opens new tab and South Korean battery maker SK On to help finance construction of three new battery manufacturing plants in Tennessee and Kentucky.

General Motors is restructuring Cruise, its self-driving-taxi company, in what amounts to an exit from the robotaxi business and a refocusing on improving driver- assistance technologies for everyday people.

Automaker Stellantis and Chinese battery giant CATL on Tuesday announced plans to jointly build a 4.1 billion euro ($4.3 billion), large-scale lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery plant in Spain.

Automotive parts retailer AutoZone missed estimates for first-quarter profit and revenue on Tuesday, hurt by higher raw material prices and a stronger dollar.

China’s car sales grew 16.6% in November from a year earlier, its fastest pace since January, as government-subsidised auto trade-ins gather steam near the end of the year.

General Motors said it expects to incur more than $5 billion in impairment charges and write-downs in the fourth quarter because of weakness in its China business.

A US judge has shot down Tesla’s second attempt to award Elon Musk a record pay package, saying shareholders’ overwhelming reapproval did not override her previous rejection of the deal.

Automaker plans to sell its stake to joint-venture partner LG Energy, the latest pullback in its electric-car investments

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Tuesday that General Motors is recalling about 132,037 trucks due to concerns about tailgates unlatching unexpectedly.