Federal safety regulators have begun an $8.75 million study of whether lithium ion batteries in electric vehicles pose a potential fire hazard, officials said Thursday.
NEWS EDITOR GREG MIGLIORE: The 2011 Hyundai Elantra GLS is definitely a solid value. After spending a weekend in a (relatively) blinged-out version recently, and now this tester, I am impressed.
Hyundai Motor Europe will become a member of ACEA, the European automakers lobby group, effective January 2012.
Most powerful roadgoing Megane gets 261bhp and limited to just 50 units in the UK.
Neither Opel nor Vauxhall is saying anything official to the European media but rumours continue to swirl over a supposed sale of the two vehicle manufacturers to Volkswagen Group or a possible but unnamed China-based buyer.
New vehicle sales in Vietnam dropped by 19.4% to 7,661 units in May, from 9,498 units a year earlier, according to data released by the Vietnam Automotive Manufacturers Association (VEMA).
Ford has cancelled plans to import the Spanish-built Grand C-MAX to the US.
Although Ka and 500 share platforms, Ford is unaffected by brake problems.
Vehicle sales in China, which fell by 0.3% year over year in April - the first reversal in two years - fell a further 3% in May, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers as buyers, wary of traffic quotas and rising fuel prices, shunned showrooms.
Car sales in India grew just 7% in May, the slowest rate in two years, fuelling fears that annual growth will fall short of the 12-15% previously predicted.
A number of trends are emerging in roof design, reports Matthew Beecham. First is the sheer size and sophistication of the products.
Following the establishment of a new windscreen wiper plant at Satara in India, PMP Auto Components is now considering a move into the US market.
British-built four-door revives famous badge from Fifties Z-cars
Mighty convertible version of supercharged flier on way and XFR-S saloon will follow
Toyota has issued new guidance for its expected financial performance revealing that it expects a big decline in net profit in the current fiscal year as it reels under the impact to its operations of the Great East Japan Earthquake.
Toyota warned that full-year profits will fall 31 percent as declining sales from a loss in output and a stronger yen erode earnings at the world's biggest automaker. Net income may decline to 280 billion yen ($3.
Toyota forecast full-year profit that fell short of analyst estimates as declining sales from a loss in output and a stronger yen eroded earnings.Net income may decline to 280 billion yen ($3.
Toyota, bracing for a 31 percent drop in net income during the current fiscal year, says Japan's devastating earthquake has chopped more than a half-million vehicles from its production plan.
Japanese interior-systems supplier Toyota Boshoku plans to acquire the automotive interior operations of Austrian plastic auto parts maker Polytec Holding.
No, it's not a joke or a mistake. Sources close to Maserati told Inside Line that the Italian automaker is about to replace its 4.2L and 4.7L V8 engines with a 3.0-litre, twin-turbocharged version of Chrysler's Pentastar V6.
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