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Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup attained an official permit to power its Memphis supercomputer facility using natural gas-burning turbines.

Tim Kuniskis was promoted to lead American brands and North American marketing for Stellantis.

Tesla reported another year-over-year decline in vehicle deliveries as the company faces increased competition from lower-cost rivals.

Chinese electric car startup Xpeng is keeping up sales momentum against its rivals amid a fierce price war in China.

Tesla shares dropped 7% from Friday's closing price of $323.63 to the $300.71 close on Tuesday ahead of the company's second-quarter deliveries report.

Ford sales rose 14.2% during the second quarter over the year-earlier period, about 10 times the estimated 1.4% industry increase, the automaker said Tuesday.

A $10,000 investment in Tesla at the time of its 2010 IPO would now be worth close to $3 million.

Tesla shared a video showing its first driverless delivery of a car to a customer.

China dominates the world's production and processing of rare earth elements. A sudden export restriction sent the auto industry into panic.

Ram CEO Tim Kuniskis' turnaround plan for Stellantis' truck brand includes the return of Hemi V-8 engines, mechanical bulls and many other untraditional plans.