Electric vehicle battery maker Panasonic has invested US$30m in electric car maker Tesla which it supplies.
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New vehicle sales in Brazil in October rose year on year, as credit increases continue to fuel sales, auto dealers association Fenabrave said.
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Nissan Motor has announced healthy first fiscal half and second-quarter results, boosting net income after taxes JPY199.4bn year on year to JPY208.4bn yen (US$2.34bn, EUR1.83bn), and raised its full-year forecasts.
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Honda Motor is considering building petrol-electric hybrid vehicles in China to expand sales by producing them locally to lower costs.
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General Motors has started making an electric version of its popular Chevrolet New Sail in China and will roll out prototypes before the end of the year, making it the first foreign automaker to build electric cars in the world's biggest market.
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Honda said demand in North America and Asia's emerging markets will help offset the effect of the strong yen.
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Porsche is likely to win an appeals case over a shareholder meeting during its failed bid to take over Volkswagen, a German judge said in a preliminary assessment of the case.
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Upgraded A4 and A5 S-Line models feature styling tweaks and extra kit.
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Sales of new cars in Britain fell 22 percent in October compared with a year ago when an incentive scheme for trading in older models was helping demand, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders said.
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Gordini trim replaces Twingo GT in range, joins range below Renaultsport Gordini model.
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Nissan raised its profit and global unit-sales forecasts after boosting net income by almost four times in the last quarter. Nissan expects a 270 billion yen ($3.
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Nissan raised its profit and global unit-sales forecasts after boosting net income by almost four times in the last quarter. Nissan expects 270 billion yen ($3.
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Toyota on Thursday announced a recall of almost 136,000 compact cars in Japan and Europe to fix a steering problem, the latest in a series of issues that have tarnished its once stellar reputation.
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LA Show debut for new Subaru concept car designed to demonstrate "Confidence in Motion."
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Official VFACTS data released by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) showed that 80,925 passenger cars, SUVs and commercial vehicles were sold in Australia October, up 0.1% (or 112 vehicles) on the same month in 2009.
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General Motors says it has become the first global automaker to sell 2m vehicles in China in a single year.
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XF gets a tweaked look with optional Black Pack wheels and gloss black trim.
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October was a much-needed shot in the arm for US light vehicle sales. Over the course of two days of reporting, there were new sales records and most automakers came in well ahead of last October.
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October was a much-needed shot in the arm for US light vehicle sales. Over the course of two days of reporting, there were new sales records and most automakers came in well ahead of last October.
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Volvo plans to hire a team of designers in China to appeal to more local buyers and help Volvo reposition itself as an upscale brand to take on BMW and Audi.
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