Laurence Iliff

The new service from Sony Pictures Entertainment launching this summer "will offer consumers the opportunity to buy or rent hundreds of feature films and series" for in-car viewing, Sony says.

Vietnamese EV startup VinFast is determined to press ahead in cracking the North American market despite early disappointments over incentives, pricing, battery range and tepid vehicle reviews.

Lucid's first crossover has entered a new phase of development, the EV startup said, with testing in camouflage on public roads before its 2024 launch.

Elon Musk has taken the view that pushing for higher volumes and a larger fleet is the right choice for Tesla, versus lower volume and higher margins.

The four-seat coupe is "a statement of intent for more emotional, performance-oriented models and a preview of Genesis' future programs," the automaker said.

Charles Sanderson, who joined Rivian nearly five years ago, has returned to McLaren as chief technical officer. Rivian has been losing top executives as it struggles with vehicle manufacturing.

CEO Elon Musk and Tesla executives presented a broad plan to cut costs to create an affordable car at a Mexico plant but didn't provide enough detail on the actual vehicle to satisfy analysts.

During Tesla's Investor Day event in Texas, Musk said a Mexico plant would come in addition to expansion plans at existing factories in the U.S., Germany and China.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has promised a new vehicle platform that could be used for an entry model and an autonomous robotaxi. Other announcements at Tesla's investor day could include a new assembly plant and battery technology.

Tesla's 484,351 new registrations last year were higher than any other luxury automaker, even including competitors' gasoline and hybrid powertrains products.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk expects self-driving cars by 2024 or sooner, but Rivian and Lucid aren't ready to remove driver controls like steering wheels and pedals just yet.

Tesla is working on a new vehicle platform that could cut the automaker's costs by 50 percent compared with the platform that underpins the Model 3 and Model Y.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk told analysts the automakers will deliver every vehicle its factories can build.

With the Lucid Air Sapphire, the brand is moving further out of the EV mainstream.

Lucid named Derrick Carty, a former Apple executive, as vice president of platform software.