Kia’s three-row EV9 crossover will be built alongside the popular Telluride large crossover in West Point, Ga., next year and promises to bring a similar mix of utility and style to the U.S. electric vehicle market, the automaker said. The EV9, presented Wednesday at the New York auto show, is the flagship model for Kia’s […]

Growing Key Auto Group acquired four dealerships in three transactions in the fourth and first quarters and appears to have entered three states in the process. Key Auto, of Portsmouth, N.H., on Friday bought Boardwalk Acura in Egg Harbor Township, N.J., west of Atlantic City, from auto retail giant Group 1 Automotive Inc. The dealership

Volkswagen is not planning new gasoline or diesel versions of its staple Golf hatchback, long Europe’s bestselling car, as it looks to go all-electric, brand boss Thomas Schaefer told German publication Automobilwoche (via Reuters) Sunday. The move, which would end the internal-combustion Golf lineup after eight generations going back to 1974, would free up funds

Obsessive wind-tunnel work—of the sort that used to be reserved for racing and supercars—has become an essential in building modern electric vehicles like the Volkswagen ID.7. Aero can go a long way toward accelerating EV adoption. It isn’t just the key to more miles of range and better efficiency. It helps keep battery packs smaller,

Off the coast of Portugal near Lisbon, a vast underwater canyon tosses up some of nature’s fiercest waves at the cliffs at Nazaré. Surfers set records here on dizzying curls that can unleash thousands of kilojoules of energy. In 2020, Sebastian Steudtner rode an 86-foot wave for nearly half a minute toward the Praia do

NEW YORK — In a rapidly changing automotive retail industry, getting bigger can make a difference in the long term, but what will matter more is becoming and remaining a better dealer, according to panelists speaking on mergers and acquisitions strategies Tuesday at the J.D. Power Automotive Forum here. Mergers and acquisitions activity doubled during