The European Commission allowed carmakers to volunteer limits on their imports from China instead of paying tariffs, an arrangement that could help Volkswagen.

A White House spokesman said the president ?gave an appropriate and unambiguous response.?

The German automaker?s sales in the United States plunged last year, hit by tariffs and the end of tax credits for electric vehicles.

General Motors said it was writing down the value of battery and electric vehicle factories after changes in federal policy undercut demand.

A larger proportion of new cars are being bought by affluent Americans as prices and interest rates for auto loans climb, analysts said.

At the CES conference, Jensen Huang, the company?s chief executive, said the more efficient and powerful chip would begin shipping later this year.

As the largest maker of electric vehicles in the United States, Tesla suffered more than other carmakers from the elimination of federal incentives.

Many Americans can take advantage of President Trump?s deduction on auto loan interest, but the tax break will provide only modest savings.

The political polarization of battery-powered cars may have started when Toyota released its first hybrid model 25 years ago.

Shares of Tesla have hit new highs on optimism about the company?s self-driving taxis. But experts say Tesla is far behind Waymo, which has a big head start.

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Factorial, the start-up, said the listing would provide money that would help it bring new solid-state batteries to market as soon as 2027.

The auto giant stopped making cars at the plant in Dresden, which opened in 2001, as it faces weaker demand and steep U.S. tariffs.

Ford Motor said the costs came from its decision to make fewer electric vehicles than it had planned and more hybrids that use both gasoline engines and batteries.

But he didn?t win it by much, as Max Verstappen made a late-season charge.

An ex-Marine and a 40-year company veteran, he turned a nearly bankrupt money loser into the world?s most profitable automaker.

An early grid battery was installed in the Atacama Desert in Chile 15 years ago. Now, as prices have tumbled, they are increasingly being used around the world.

Weary of being captive to geopolitics, car companies are looking for ways to replace powerful rare-earth magnets in electric motors.

A third title? Why not? He?s confident that Aston Martin?s strategy will pay off.

He is leaving the sport to jump into open-wheel racing, with an eye on Formula 1.

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