Tesla's story has been such a soap opera that it's hard to know which twists and turns are worth heeding. Tesla CEO Elon Musk's pathos-laden interview last week with The New York Times might seem like just another distraction, but it's probably as important as anything to do with Tesla's manufacturing or sales.

Selling service contracts post-transaction to customers can be a lucrative profit booster, F&I experts say.

In the auto industry, imitation is a very high form of flattery, and many automakers copy each other's technologies, adding just enough of their own proprietary design and unique features to keep the patent attorneys from sending the cease-and-desist orders.

The 2019 Chevrolet Silverado may set a new industry standard for engineering and ride, but it does little to attract nontraditional truck and luxury buyers.

Proposed new fuel economy standards may cause plenty of hand-wringing, but they offer greater choices to American consumers.

Fuel efficiency may not be a powerful marketing hook (except everywhere else in the world), but fuel consumption isn't a sacred duty either.

Reader wants a measured approach to new fuel economy standards.

Reader calls for FCA to "do the right thing" and preserve Chrysler's legacy in the wake of CEO Sergio Marchionne's death.

A reader warns that PSA's mobility plan will affect its North American growth.

Seattle reader says the good of the nation outweighs the costs of tariffs on the auto industry.

None of the diverse stakeholders that supported an Obama era program that sought to establish a single national emissions policy are supportive of the Trump administration's CAFE proposal.

What is Audi signaling with the supercar coming to Monterey Car Week?

Is any C-level executive at an automaker going to have the guts to put the brakes on autonomous driving r&d? I doubt it.

As more and more cars come off short-term leases, there is a huge inventory of vehicles that is playing havoc with retailing.

In a letter to the editor, former engineer warns electric vehicle manufacturers could take a lesson from California about battery supply.

In a letter to the editor, Chuck Frank says Hecker's tale of hubris misses the point.

The latest earnings reports from the Detroit 3 and others present a different narrative, but they convey a similar sense of alarm.

The J.D. Power 2018 Initial Quality Study marked the fifth year in a row that we have seen the industry improve. So all is good, right? Well, driver-assistance system problems increased 57 percent in 2017. And this year, the number of problems rose 17 percent. The industry has to get this right.

As I retire, the U.S. is in a trade war. How fitting. Trade disputes dominated much of my 42-year journalism career, including 32 on the auto beat.

It's often said that cars are turning into smartphones on wheels. Continental is taking that comparison a step further.

The problem, I'm told, is that talking about sexism in the auto industry is like pitching a dog-bites-man story. It's not really surprising. But it is pervasive.

The Trump administration's proposal to freeze fuel economy standards could have unintended consequences for the U.S. auto industry.

At one of the largest automotive business conferences in North America -- the CAR Management Briefing Seminars -- there's one glaring omission in the discussions. Tariffs.

What good are autonomous driving rules if John Q. Public is too scared to get inside a robocar in the first place?