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The Federal Trade Commission is accusing an auto group in the Southwest of using deceptive and unlawful practices to sell vehicles to Navajos.

A former Tesla Inc. employee at the electric car maker's battery plant in Nevada is seeking at least $1 million in defamation damages after it accused him of hacking into computers and stealing confidential information leaked to the media.

The company says some tailgates could unexpectedly open while driving.

Musk apologized to analysts for "bad manners" during a previous conference call.

Russia's Foreign Ministry says there were no signs of torture on the bodies of three Russian journalists killed in the Central African Republic this week.

Fiat Chrysler is recalling more than 1.4 million Ram pickups in the U.S. and Canada because tailgates with power locks can open while the trucks are moving.

Tesla's second-quarter revenue should grow by more than $1 billion as it delivered more Model 3 electric cars.

Five months after Uber pulled its self-driving cars out of Arizona following a fatal accident, Google spinoff Waymo is putting the technology back on Phoenix streets in partnership with the city's transit system.

The electric car company burned through less cash than expected in the second quarter.

Sports carmaker Ferrari saw an 18 percent rise in second-quarter profits as deliveries continued to grow.

These vehicles were ranked according to their value, utility, fuel efficiency, performance and safety features.

Volkswagen warned that sticking to its financial targets will be a challenge.

The Trump administration says people would drive more and be exposed to increased risk if their cars get better gas mileage, an argument intended to justify freezing Obama-era toughening of fuel standards.

The Trump administration is citing safety to justify freezing gas mileage requirements.

The month was negatively impacted by an unseasonably strong June for the car industry.

The Environmental Protection Agency is announcing the recall of a half-million trucks with faulty pollution controls.

Meanwhile, Detroit automakers General Motors Co, Ford Motor Co and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles lowered their full-year profit forecasts just last week amid worries escalating tariffs would hurt margins and sales.

German automaker BMW says it will build a plant in eastern Hungary to manufacture up to 150,000 conventional and electric cars a year on a single production line.

President Trump may be offsetting wins prompted by tax reform with the higher cost of manufacturing and higher prices that come with tariffs, according to the Association of Global Automakers.