Toyota and Tesla Motors on Friday (5 August 2011) confirmed their jointly-developed RAV4 electric vehicle will be built at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada, (TMMC) in Woodstock, Ontario beginning in 2012.
Toyota will build an electric RAV4 in-house in Canada next year rather than having partner Tesla Motors Inc. assemble the model at the plant it acquired from Toyota in California.
Toyota said on Friday that it will build the electric version of the RAV4 at its assembly plant in Woodstock, Ontario, beginning in 2012.
Engineered structural metal components and assemblies manufacturer Tower International has unveiled a Q2 loss of US$2.8m, but is increasing its full-year outlook.
British actor Rowan Atkinson, best recognized as "Mr. Bean," crashed his McLaren F1 supercar on Thursday just north of London.
These are very much the dog days of August - even in our temperate British island in the North Sea the evenings are long and warmish - punctuated by the odd thunderstorm admittedly - but Europe and the Western World are very much in holiday mode.
Amid rising concern over government debt and economic weakness on both sides of the Atlantic, Western Europe's car market has posted a poor result for July.
ART DIRECTOR TARA KLEIN: I'm a huge fan of the Ford Fiesta, and as soon as I set my eyes on this 2011
ART DIRECTOR TARA KLEIN: I'm a huge fan of the Ford Fiesta, and as soon as I set my eyes on this 2011
Honda is recalling 1.5 million cars and crossovers to reprogram the transmission control software to prevent damage if the automatic transmission is used to rock the vehicle out from being stuck in mud or snow.
Honda is recalling 1.5 million cars and crossovers to reprogram the transmission control software to prevent damage if the automatic transmission is used to rock the vehicle out from being stuck in mud or snow.
Honda said today it will recall 2.49 million cars, small SUVs and minivans worldwide, including its popular Accord sedan, to repair a software problem that could damage the automatic transmission.
German auto-parts supplier ElringKlinger has opened a new factory in the northern Chinese city of Changchun, where it will supply plastic housing modules and metal-elastomer gaskets.
It takes a special breed of person to be a storm chaser. It takes an extra-special truck to withstand the 220-mph winds that tornadoes produce. The 14,000-pound TIV-2 is just such a vehicle.
This week brought the usually highly diverse and entertaining mix of auto news and opinion with EVs, range and use of, discuss, featuring rather prominently.
Canadian supplier Magna International posted a lower second-quarter profit, as higher commodity costs and weak performance at some of its European operations offset higher sales. The company forecast better growth outside Europe and North America.
Canadian supplier Magna International posted a lower second-quarter profit, as higher commodity costs and weak performance at some of its European operations offset higher sales. The company forecast better growth outside Europe and North America.
Audi sold a record 106,000 cars in July, 16 percent more than a year earlier, thanks to demand in Europe for the new A6 and in the United States for the A7, as well as strong growth in China.
Aurora Ontario-based auto partsmaker and contract vehicle assembler Magna International saw reduced operating and net income during the second quarter of 2011 on sales up 24%.
Saab is keeping its cards close to its chest regarding the settlement of August salaries after confirming its white-collar staff were paid today (5 August) for last month's outstanding wages.
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