Russ Mitchell covers the rapidly changing global auto industry, with special emphasis on California, including Tesla, electric vehicles and driverless cars. The Los Angeles Times’ former technology editor, he’s worked on staff at publications ranging from Business Week to Wired. A graduate of the University of Illinois, he also studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a Vannevar Bush Fellow. Mitchell still drives his black 2000 Audi TT, the rare smooth-backed version manufactured before lawyers made the company attach a spoiler.
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The ex-Google engineer pardoned by Trump had pleaded guilty to stealing trade secrets before joining Uber’s effort to build robotic vehicles.
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New auto sales data shows a sharp divide between a surging market for luxury trucks and SUVs and soft sales for vehicles under $30,000.
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The Tesla chief executive’s revelation of a sale attempt follows reports about Apple planning to market a driverless car four years from now.
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Former engineer says Tesla forced her out and then libeled her. Her lawsuit against the company is testing the limits of the arbitration agreements that bind millions of American workers.
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VW is banking on its all-electric ID.4 compact SUV to appeal to a broad middle-American market of drivers who like their storage space and a comfy ride.
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Porsche, the performance-oriented German carmaker, sees a future for combustion engines that add no carbon to the air
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The driverless car industry cheered a vote by the California Public Utilities Commission creating an approval process for would-be robotaxi fleet operators but lamented the red tape involved.
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Ford will offer over-the-air fleet management services on its all-electric E-Transit vans. Construction workers will be able to plug in their power tools to the battery.
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U.S. safety regulators have known about U.S.-built Tesla suspension issues since at least 2016 but never took action.
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Tesla extended its streak of profitable quarters to five, but those profits still depend on emission credit sales, which will lose value as more automakers sell electric cars.