The Obama administration has said it was monitoring its investments in General Motors and Chrysler with an eye towards selling those stakes when possible.
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Indian supplier Motherson Sumi Systems said today a manufacturing unit had won orders worth INR34.9bn from major European carmakers including Volkswagen and BMW.
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Jaguar Land Rover owner Tata Motors is seeing signs of recovery in the global auto sector, chairman Ratan Tata has said.
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Ford will begin production at its new Craiova plant in southern Romania on 8 September.
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Think Global, the Norwegian electric vehicle manufacturer, refused to confirm or deny media reports on Wednesday that it may move production to Finland as part of a restructuring plan.
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BMW's Mini brand will show a Mini Coupe Concept at the upcoming Frankfurt Motor Show.
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Output of foreign-branded cars in Russia fell an annual 53.2% to 163,900 vehicles in January-July, according to Moscow's industry and trade ministry.
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Tokyo taxis will be the first in the world to test new technology that allows a depleted electric-car battery pack to be swapped for a fully charged one in about a minute - less time than it takes to fill the petrol tank.
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Troubled German car parts supplier Schaeffler has pawned its own operating business to its lenders, Financial Times Deutschland reported.
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Former Karmann CEO Peter Harbig, 50, will become the new chief executive of auto industry supplier Honsel, the company has announced.
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We count down to the launch of Auto Express' exclusive Performance Car of the Year contest with a sneak preview of all the runners and riders...
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Automakers are concerned about the possible Magna purchase of Opel from General Motors and are contacting US partsmakers about diverting some business from the Canadian supplier if it succeeds.
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Official government figures show that the number of new cars sold in Ireland in July fell by 73% compared with the same month last year.
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Mitsubishi Motors will hire around 650 seasonal (temporary) workers at two domestic plants later this year following progress in production adjustments to address sluggish auto sales, company officials said.
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Toyota plans to operate five car plants on weekends from September in addition to three that are already operating on weekends as demand for cars is showing signs of bottoming out, officials at the automaker said.
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For some time, fuel tank manufacturers have come under increasing pressure from legislation, particularly in the US, to design and build tanks that can withstand higher impacts without leaking. Matthew Beecham reports.
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Talks over the sale of Opel and Vauxhall will resume on Friday between General Motors' negotiator John Smith and German state and federal ministers.
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Talks over the sale of Opel and Vauxhall will resume on Friday between General Motors' negotiator John Smith and German state and federal ministers.
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Toyota plans to slash its global production capacity by up to 10% to cope with weak sales, Japanese reports said on Wednesday. A Toyota manufacturing spokesman here in the UK confirmed discussions were taking place internally but said nothing had yet been finalised and no formal announcements made.
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The global recession continues to ravage the Thai vehicle industry, with vehicle production data released by the Federation of Thai Industries showing vehicle production in July dropping by 38.4% to 74,983 units compared with 121,672 units a year earlier.
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