Car Makers

Car Makers

Technicians work in the assembly line of German carmaker Volkswagen's electric ID. 3 car, during a media tour, in Dresden, Germany, May 14, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Matthias Rietschel/File Photo

EU carmakers face tough India market even after trade deal

India and the European Union are set to sign a trade deal on Tuesday, including slashing tariffs on imports of EU-made cars to 40% from as high as 110%, the biggest opening yet of India's vast...

A person polishes a hood of a Porsche Taycan turbo S during the Munich Auto Show, IAA Mobility 2021 in Munich, Germany, September 8, 2021. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle/File Photo

Chip makers have a message for car makers: Your turn to pay

A Renault Arkana car is pictured at a dealership in Les Sorinieres, near Nantes, France, June 7, 2022. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

Drivers face black or white choice to speed up new-car delivery

An employee at Advanced Electric Machines works on test models of a motor for an electric vehicle that does not include either rare earth magnets or copper and uses electrical steel and aluminium instead, in Washington, Britain, November 26, 2021. Picture taken November 26, 2021. REUTERS/Nick Carey

Carmakers dream of clean, green, mean electric machines

Technicians in the cleanroom at Globalfoundries. Photographer: Lauryn Ishak/Bloomberg

Investing in chips

FILE PHOTO: A worker constructs a Bentley Continental GT on the prodution line at the luxury automaker's manufacturing facility in Crewe, Britain October 15, 2018. Picture taken October 15, 2018. REUTERS/Darren Staples/File Photo

Continental says chip shortages to cause auto supply bottlenecks until 2021