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A speeding teenage driver caused the fatal crash of a Tesla Inc. vehicle in Florida in 2018 and the subsequent fire in the electric car’s battery contributed to the severity of his injuries, a federal investigation concluded.

As we close 2019, we are also wrapping up a decade. While we normally look back at the year that was, it also seems like a good time to review the past 10 years.

Uber Technologies Inc. has lost another ruling in Germany, after a regional court in Frankfurt ruled Dec. 19 that the company may not process orders for car-hire companies through its app.

The Amazon.com vans parked outside apartment buildings and along suburban cul-de-sacs aren’t just bearing gifts to online shoppers this holiday season. The e-commerce giant’s home-delivery push has been a boon to automakers, too.

Just when will heavy-duty electric trucks be ready for prime time, and when will motor carriers purchase them?

The Trump administration on Dec. 19 set relatively flat quotas for plant-based fuels in 2020, rebuffing ethanol and biodiesel allies who said the targets don’t do enough to support the industry.

After more than a century and 20 million autos built, the General Motors Co. plant in Oshawa, Ontario, will make its last vehicle Dec. 18 when a final pickup truck rolls off the line.

Volvo Group agreed to sell its UD Trucks unit to Isuzu Motors Ltd. for about $2.3 billion and announced plans to forge a strategic alliance with its Japanese rival, the latest sign of consolidation in the global automotive industry.