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Auto Industry Wrestles With Monetizing AI Investments
AI-guided humanoid robot on the job at a BMW Group plant in Leipzig, Germany. Copyright by diephotodesigbner.de schluchtmann ek Companies are spending billions of dollars on artificial intelligence to conduct tasks that range from clerical to…
Underpromise, overdeliver? Hands-on with the $24,950 Slate auto.
LOS ANGELES—Slate Auto has pulled a Disneyland. Let me explain. At Disneyland, if a sign for a ride says the wait is 45 minutes, it's actually less than that. The idea is to set expectations low and then exceed them. Slate originally said…
India's E100 ethanol push could trigger ₹50,000 crore auto industry investment
India's E100 ethanol ambitions could trigger ₹37,000-50,000 crore of industry spending even as mobility experts expect flex-fuel vehicles to account for only a low single-digit share of the market by 2030. Industry estimates suggest the bill…
The Slate Auto pickup truck starts at $24,950
It's not ‘under $20,000,' but the American-made electric pickup is still the least expensive truck and EV on the US market. It's not ‘under $20,000,' but the American-made electric pickup is still the least expensive truck and EV on…
Auto & Transport Roundup: Market Talk
The latest Market Talks covering the Auto and Transport sector. Published exclusively on Dow Jones Newswires at 4:20 ET, 12:20 ET and 16:50 ET. 1258 GMT – Rheinmetall shares are on pace for their worst day since October 1989, as investors…
U.K. Auto Manufacturing Rose Slightly in May, Trade Body Says
A total of 51,178 vehicles rolled off production lines in the month, a 2.7% increase compared with the same month last year, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. Car production grew 3.2% to 49,249 vehicles, as car exports…
U.K. Auto Manufacturing Rose Slightly in May
U.K. vehicle manufacturing rose slightly in May, driven by a rebound in overseas orders after the same month last year was hit by U.S. tariff uncertainty, an industry body said Thursday. A total of 51,178 vehicles rolled off production lines in the…
Slate Auto's radically simple electric truck starts at $24,950
Slate Auto, the EV startup backed by billionaire Jeff Bezos, has finally revealed the starting price of its electric truck: $24,950. That's excluding taxes, title, license, registration, governmental fees, destination charges, documentation fees…
The Grand Theft Auto 6 physical edition is overpriced DRM in a box
If you spend $80 of your hard-earned income on a physical edition of Grand Theft Auto VI, you'll receive a box with a code inside. The box is your standard rectangular, disc-holding shape, but the game itself doesn't come on a disc — or two…
Hotly anticipated Grand Theft Auto VI will cost more than other AAA games
It seems to some of us like just yesterday—even though the transition began more than half a decade ago—that gamers were getting adjusted to spending $70 on AAA game releases at launch instead of $60, but as preorders begin this week…
What We Know About Grand Theft Auto VI's Preorder-And How Much It Will Cos
Pre-orders for Grand Theft Auto VI, the highly-anticipated sequel to the second-best selling video game of all time, will start at midnight on Thursday, Rockstar Games announced Wednesday, putting an end to a decade-long wait for the latest…
Slate Auto Wants Its $25,000 Pickup Truck to Be the Back-to-Basics EV
A lot has changed since electric vehicle startup Slate Auto unveiled the prototype of its first vehicle just over a year ago. But despite volatile gas prices and the rising cost of new cars, the Slate Truck is now official—and it has landed…
Slate Auto says each $24,950 electric pickup truck will be profitable as it aims to be cash-flow positive next year
EV startup Slate Auto is officially opening up pre-orders Wednesday for its modular $24,950 bare-bones electric pickup truck. Slate CEO Peter Faricy told CNBC that every vehicle the company produces will be gross margin positive. The automaker is…
Hybrid's Moment Becoming Momentum As EV Sales Lag
As gas prices remain high, sales of hybrid electric vehicles are picking up sales momentum, industry data shows. The price of crude oil sank to $73.48 a barrel on Wednesday but the average price for a gallon of gasoline remains high at $3.92, ten…
Now Is a Great Time to Refinance Your Auto Loan
Americans are finding that one of the few ways to save money in the car market is by refinancing their auto loans. Drivers who refinanced in the first quarter of 2026 saw a 2.24 percentage point interest rate decrease on average from their original…
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