Hans Michel Piech, 83, the aging scion of Europe’s most powerful automotive dynasty, gambled nearly €1.1 billion in 2017 to secure control over his family’s empire, buying shares from his estranged brother, Ferdinand Piech. What...

Six EU member states—Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Poland, and Slovakia—have called on the European Commission to relax the planned 2035 ban on internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. In a joint letter, they proposed allowing hybrid...

ZF Friedrichshafen, a major German auto supplier for BMW and Volkswagen, is facing sharply rising refinancing costs as the wider German auto industry struggles. The company’s latest five-year bond carries a 7% interest rate, up...

China’s Great Wall Motor (GWM) is aiming to produce 300,000 vehicles annually in Europe by 2029, part of a broader effort to escape the pressures of domestic overcapacity and fierce price competition. The company is...

Volkswagen said its new software and electronics architecture, being co-developed with Rivian could eventually be used in its internal-combustion vehicles, though the current focus remains on battery-electric models. The partnership aims to overcome years of...

BMW CEO Oliver Zipse didn’t exactly admit it, but the truth is obvious to anyone paying attention: nobody wants hydrogen fuel cell cars. The Headlines spun his comments into a narrative about Germany “falling behind”...