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Israel, Lebanon hold second round of sea border talks

A UN ship in the southernmost area of Naqoura by the border with Israel. /AFP Israel and Lebanon on Wednesday held a second round of U.S.-mediated talks over their disputed sea border that ha

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China's NEV sales to account for half of new car sales by 2035

A charging cable is seen hooked to a car in central China's Henan Province. /CFP Sales of new energy vehicles (NEV) in China, the world's biggest auto market, will jump to 20 percent of overal

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Tesla to recall nearly 50,000 cars from China over safety concerns

A Tesla logo seen in Beijing, China. /CFP U.S. electric car manufacturer Tesla will recall almost 50,000 vehicles imported into China due to potentially faulty front and rear suspensions, Chin

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Ford outs 4th-gen self-driving platform with better sensors, cleaning tech, and improved batteries

Ford and Argo AI today released details about its fourth-generation self-driving test vehicle. Built on the 2020 Ford Escape Hybrid, the vehicle has everything needed to standup a self-driving service

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HBO is making a limited series about Elon Musk and the founding of SpaceX

HBO is in the process of developing a six-episode limited series about the founding days of SpaceX and Elon Musk, Variety reports. The show will be based on Ashlee Vance’s biography of the Tes

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Tesla battery supplier LG Chem forecasts record third-quarter profit

Sign of LG Chem seen on the 21st IE Expo China held in Shanghai, August 14, 2020. /VCG South Korea's LG Chem Ltd, an electric vehicle (EV) battery supplier for Tesla and a petrochemicals maker

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Baidu rolls out self-driving taxi service in Beijing

China's search-engine giant Baidu on Sunday rolled out its "Apollo Go" Robotaxi service in Beijing, allowing passengers to take the self-driving cabs without reservatio

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China passes plan to boost new energy vehicle industry

VCG China on Friday passed a development plan for the country's new energy vehicle (NEV) industry to foster new growth areas of green development, according to a statement issued after a State

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Greycroft has rounded up $678 million in capital across two new funds

Greycroft, the New York and L.A.-based venture firm founded in 2006 by investors Alan Patricof, Dana Settle, and Ian Sigalow, has closed on two new funds totaling $678 million in capital commitments.

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S. Africa to unveil $1.8 billion infrastructure project

The South African government will unveil its first project in its 2.3 trillion-rand ($139 billion) infrastructure program. /Getty Images The South African government will unveil its first proj

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Elon Musk says an update for its Starship spacecraft development program is coming in 3 weeks

SpaceX will provide an update about what’s happening with their Starship spacecraft in roughly three weeks, according to CEO and founder Elon Musk. Starship is a next-generation, fully reusable

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Tesla delivers 139,300 vehicles in Q3, beating expectations

Tesla delivered 139,300 vehicles in the third quarter, slightly above Wall Street’s expectations and a notable improvement from last quarter as well as the same period a year ago.Tesla’s n

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83 percent Chinese exports to EU are "green": German study

Chinese-made Volvo XC60 vehicles exported to Europe via China Railway Express (Chang'an) are seen at the Port of Ghent in Belgium on July 4, 2019. /Xinhua Around 56 percent of exports from the

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Ford drops the price of its all-electric Mustang Mach-E to stay “fully competitive”

Ford has slashed the price of its upcoming all-electric Mustang Mach-E crossover by as much as $3,000 as the automaker seeks to stay competitive in an increasingly crowded and unsettled sector of the

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China automakers' Jan-Aug profit claws back into positive territory

Newly manufactured cars are seen at a port in Dalian, Liaoning province, China, April 10, 2020. /Reuters China's auto manufacturing sector saw its profits bounce back into positive territory i

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China auto show drives new demand amid market recovery

The 2020 Beijing Auto, an annual event showcasing China's rising auto market, kicked off on Saturday in Beijing and will run until October 5.China's auto market has rapidly recovered from the COVI

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BMW to pay $18 mln U.S. fine to resolve inflated sales probe

The logo of German car manufacturer BMW is seen at the company headquarters in Munich, Germany, May 14, 2020. /VCG BMW AG and two U.S. subsidiaries agreed on Thursday to pay an 18 million U.S.