NEW ORLEANS - Uber riders in New Orleans now have a new ride option: Uber Pet. This pilot program is only available in a handful of other U.S. cities, including Austin, Denver, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Nashville, Philadelphia, Phoenix and Tampa Bay. This…
DETROIT (AP) — Two different air bag glitches have forced Toyota and Honda to recall over 6 million vehicles worldwide, and both problems present different dangers to motorists. The Toyota recall affects about 3.4 million vehicles globally and is being…
DETROIT (AP) — The meteoric rise of Tesla shares that recently pushed the company's value over $100 billion could turn into a supercharged payday for CEO Elon Musk. Stock in Tesla Inc. rose another 4.1% Wednesday, pushing the market value…
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — City leaders are preparing to decide a key issue in restoring passenger train service along the northern Gulf Coast, where Amtrak hasn't operated regularly since Hurricane Katrina. Council members are scheduled to vote Tuesday on whether…
BATON ROUGE (AP) - International traffic design firm Stantec will oversee comprehensive traffic improvements and community enhancements as part of the MOVEBR program, a dual-phase effort to revitalize infrastructure and enhance mobility in East Baton Rouge Parish. The Stantec team’s scope…
LAFAYETTE (AP) — A south Louisiana city's first community electric vehicle charging station has been installed. The Advocate reports the new station is located in downtown Lafayette. The charging station was installed through the efforts of Bayou Electric Vehicles, Alliance for Affordable…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A state law that sends a small percentage of local governments' motor vehicle sales taxes to a state board is unconstitutional, Louisiana's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. At issue is a 2017 law establishing the Uniform Local Sales Tax…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The old Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport in Louisiana will soon be a thing of the past. State and city officials cut the ribbon Tuesday on the city's new $1.3 billion airport terminal, which is…
NEW YORK (AP) — The losses at Uber are mounting, but the ride-hailing heavyweight now predicts it will be profitable in about two years. CEO Dara Khosrowshahi told reporters Monday that the company's goal is to reach profitability — when…
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Volkswagen says its profits jumped 44% in the third quarter thanks to a more profitable mix of vehicles in its lineup but warned that global car markets are slowing more than expected and lowered its forecast…
NEW YORK (NerdWallet) — As outrage over the Volkswagen emissions-cheating scandal fades, the refurbished diesel vehicles are trickling back into the marketplace, and bargain hunters may want to snap them up. In 2015, Volkswagen was forced to either buy back…
NEW ORLEANS - The ride sharing service, Lyft, has launched Lyft Rewards — an inclusive loyalty program for New Orleans. According to a press release, Lyft Rewards aims to provide New Orleans drivers with a new, simplified way to increase…
NEW YORK (AP) — Volkswagen will sink $2.6 billion into a Pittsburgh autonomous vehicle company that's mostly owned by Ford as part of a broader partnership on electric and self-driving vehicles, the companies confirmed Friday. The two automakers will become…
NEW YORK (Edmunds) - Young athletes today compete year-round in a variety of clubs and travel to tournaments, usually with staggering amounts of equipment. Vehicle support is often key, and to that end, Edmunds has collected its picks for the…
PORT ALLEN, La. — On Thursday, May 31, Gov. John Bel Edwards, joined by Port of Greater Baton Rouge and Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) officials, committed State of Louisiana capital outlay funds to complete a $20 million rail project that…
DETROIT (AP) — Would you pay more for a car or SUV that warns you if you're falling asleep or not paying attention behind the wheel? Auto companies are figuring that because your life could depend on it, you will.…
BATON ROUGE, La. – Today, the Louisiana Senate Judiciary A Committee voted two-to-one to advance legislation that would create a statewide framework for ridesharing, just as over 40 states across the country have done. The bill has passed the house overwhelmingly each year…
ZWICKAU, Germany (AP) — Over 115 years the auto industry in the east German town of Zwickau has lived through wrenching upheavals including World War II and the collapse of communism. Now the city's 90,000 people are plunging headlong into…
NEW YORK (Edmunds) - A popular selling point for electric vehicles is the notion that you never have to stop for gas. Your "gas station" is in your garage — simply plug in your vehicle to charge it overnight. But what…
DETROIT (AP) — U.S. safety regulators are investigating whether General Motors went far enough when it recalled about 3,000 small pickup trucks in 2016. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will determine if GM should recall about 115,000 Chevrolet Colorado…
NEW YORK (AP) — Drivers for ride-hailing giants Uber and Lyft turned off their apps to protest what they say are declining wages at a time when both companies are raking in billions of dollars from investors. Demonstrations took place…
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — BMW lost money making cars in the first quarter as its automotive division was hit by a 1.4 billion-euro ($1.6 billion) set-aside for an anti-trust fine from the European Commission and by higher up-front costs for…
DETROIT (AP) — A group of institutional investors is sinking $1.15 billion into GM Cruise LLC, the autonomous vehicle unit of General Motors. GM announced the investment from a group led by T. Rowe Price on Tuesday and said it…
PHOENIX (AP) — When Chris Williamson was in the market for a new family car, a timely ad and conversations with a co-worker convinced him to try something out of the ordinary. He bought a BMW 3 Series convertible and…
BATON ROUGE, La. – On Monday, April 29, the Louisiana House of Representatives unanimously passed a statewide framework for ridesharing in Louisiana, just as more than 40 states across the country have passed. Now, Louisianians have the opportunity to call on…
NEW ORLEANS – The New Orleans Public Belt Railroad Corporation (NOPB), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA), has named M.D. (Mike) Stolzman as its new general manager, effective immediately. Stolzman, a highly respected railroad…
DETROIT (AP) — Ford is sinking a half-billion dollars into electric vehicle startup Rivian in a deal that has the companies working together on a new Ford electric vehicle based on Rivian underpinnings. Ford Motor Co. will become a minority…
Tesla has lost nearly $6 billion since setting out to revolutionize the auto industry 15 years ago, but CEO Elon Musk foresees a profitable future fueled in part by a ride-hailing service made up of electric cars driven by robots.…
DETROIT (AP) — U.S. auto safety regulators have expanded an investigation into malfunctioning air bag controls to include 12.3 million vehicles because the bags may not inflate in a crash. The problem could be responsible for as many as eight…
PITTSBURGH (AP) — In the world of autonomous vehicles, Pittsburgh, Phoenix and Silicon Valley are bustling hubs of development and testing. But ask those involved in self-driving vehicles when we might actually see them carrying passengers in every city, and…
