Articles about Automobiles

Inside the Seattle Auto Show, with more electric vehicles and a Hummer EV that is ‘just crazy’

You know the move toward automobile electrification is getting serious when they roll out the electric Hummer. GMC’s monster Hummer… Read More

A long, strange, EV trip: Father-son drive from L.A. to Seattle illustrates road ahead on charging needs

Aaron Blank set out for a West Coast road trip with his son to see some baseball and more between… Read More

Gas prices too high? EV maker Lucid arrives in Seattle with studio to show off $154K luxury car

If $6-a-gallon gas has got you down, maybe you’re considering joining the rush of drivers making the switch to electric… Read More

Mazda dials up quick fix for these drivers who got stuck on Seattle public radio station

Repairs have begun to address a bizarre glitch in Mazda vehicles in Seattle and around Western Washington after the cars’… Read More

You’re listening to KUOW … like it or not: Mysterious glitch has Mazda drivers stuck on public radio

Drivers of certain vehicles in Seattle and other parts of Western Washington are shouting at their car radios this week.… Read More

President Trump tweets support for Elon Musk as Tesla reopens Calif. car factory amid pandemic

Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s dispute with county authorities over the reopening of the company’s California car factory was injected into… Read More

Our favorite cars and flying vehicles from CES 2020

Automakers showed off a wide array of splashy concept cars and flying vehicles at CES 2020. Here are some of our favorites. Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: The future of mobility; World Ocean Weekend; Pacific Commodore Expo; and more

— It’s hard to find a new car these days that doesn’t have some type of technology inside, and those… Read More

Tesla gets a boost after $2.7B debt and stock offering that Elon Musk is buying into

Update for 11:15 p.m. PT May 5: Tesla has increased the size of its stock and bond offering to $2.7… Read More

‘We are bringing S3XY back’: Tesla’s Elon Musk introduces Model Y crossover SUV

Tesla CEO Elon Musk finished spelling out an all-electric acronym by lifting the veil on the Model Y, a crossover… Read More

Tesla starts selling $35,000 Model 3 electric cars and shifts to online-only sales

Tesla is finally following through on its pledge to sell its Model 3 electric cars at the standard price of… Read More

GM shifts its president, Dan Ammann, to the CEO position at Cruise Automation

General Motors has shuffled its executive team to put its president, Dan Ammann, into the CEO spot at its autonomous-vehicle… Read More

GM’s Cruise Automation self-driving car venture plans Seattle office with up to 200 engineers

Cruise Automation, General Motors’ autonomous-vehicle subsidiary, says it’s getting ready to open up an office in the Seattle area that… Read More

After all the drama, Tesla posts ‘historic’ quarterly report with profit and added cash

Tesla shares jumped more than 10 percent in after-hours trading today after the controversial electric-car company posted a surprisingly positive… Read More

Tesla’s Elon Musk signals a battle with SEC over fraud charges, and stock price sinks

Tesla’s billionaire CEO and chairman, Elon Musk, is calling the Securities and Exchange Commission’s fraud claims against him “unjustified” after… Read More

Tesla stock declines after report of criminal probe into Elon Musk’s ‘funding secured’ comment

Tesla shares fell by as much as 6.5 percent today after Bloomberg News reported that the electric-car company was the… Read More

Go private? Never mind: Elon Musk says Tesla will remain a public company

After more than two weeks of discussions, Tesla CEO Elon Musk says feedback from shareholders and experts has convinced him… Read More

Tesla stock slumps after Elon Musk admits he’s having most difficult year of his career

When Tesla CEO Elon Musk chokes up, Tesla’s stock price gets depressed as well. The link between public perceptions of… Read More

Tesla turns back challenges at annual meeting, and Elon Musk bares his soul

Tesla shareholders at today’s annual meeting swatted down challenges to billionaire CEO Elon Musk, who laid out an admittedly optimistic… Read More

Tesla stock goes through twists and turns as analysts focus on Model 3 car outlook

Tesla’s share price took a weird turn today after the company reported its first-quarter financial results and billionaire CEO Elon… Read More

Auto tune! Watch these Audi commercials which pair revving cars with popular TV theme songs

You’re gonna make it after all, Audi. The automaker took auto tuning to a new level with commercials which aired… Read More

A look inside The Shop, the new hangout for car geeks rolled out by Seattle tech and restaurant vets

Matt Bell and Ethan Stowell did their best “Dumb and Dumber” impersonation while seated on a scooter in front of… Read More

Tesla posts better-than-expected quarterly results with Model 3 car in the spotlight

Tesla’s Model 3 electric car was the focus of today’s chatter in the wake of the company’s quarterly earnings report,… Read More

Elon Musk kicks off deliveries of Tesla Model 3 cars and vows to pick up the pace

As thousands of employees and fans cheered, Tesla CEO Elon Musk drove a red Model 3 electric car onto the… Read More

Elon Musk shows off the first official Tesla Model 3 car in a tweet – and it’s his

The hundreds of thousands of customers who have plunked down deposits for the mass-market Tesla Model 3 electric car are… Read More

Elon Musk says Tesla Model 3 car will debut this week, with quick ramp-up ahead

Tesla’s billionaire CEO, Elon Musk, says the first production model of the company’s anxiously awaited mass-market Model 3 electric car… Read More

Tech vet revs up The Shop, a club for car lovers with a new Ethan Stowell restaurant under the hood

Matt Bell is a car guy and a startup guy, and now he’s combining those two passions to create a… Read More

Elon Musk’s Tesla Model 3 update: 325,000 cars ordered, and your bike will fit

In the week since Tesla Motors unveiled its Model 3 electric car at the not-so-ludicrous price of $35,000, would-be owners… Read More

‘Affordable’ Tesla Model 3 electric car gets 5-star reveal from Elon Musk

Tesla Motors’ Model 3 electric sedan may be geared for mass-market affordability, but CEO Elon Musk made it clear at… Read More

‘Here we go!’ Buyers throng to sign up for Elon Musk’s Tesla Model 3 electric car

BELLEVUE, Wash. – As the clock counted down to the big reveal for the Tesla Model 3 electric sedan, would-be… Read More