The Inflation Reduction Act is the biggest overhaul of US automotive policy in a generation. If all goes according to plan, it will transform what Americans drive on the streets - and create economic boomlets for the states that manufacture tho...

Big government spending often gets a bad rap, but there are times when it can have a truly transformative impact.

Take the massive public works program in the 1950s that built the U.S. interstate highway system. Conceived during the C...

When technology transforms an industry, it can begin quite slowly -and then it happens all at once.

Take the first iPhone. When it first launched in 2007, it was often discussed with derision as many failed to grasp its revolutiona...

The great microchip crunch that has squeezed the auto industry should be mostly over by the middle of this year. But carmakers shouldn't be so quick to forget the crisis' lessons: Not only will there be a next time, but that next time will likely...

It was only nine years ago that the Tesla Model S launched to great fanfare from environmentalists…and a collective yawn from the traditional auto industry.

Fast forward to today and the electric vehicle maker's market cap nearly...