Ford is launching a two-year pilot program with the UAW and a UAW-affiliated retiree healthcare trust aimed at lowering medical costs for the automaker's active and retired hourly workers.
Tesla Motors, a long-speculated takeover target, just removed a barrier to a deal by paying off a federal government loan. The problem: For would-be suitors, it has also become the world's most expensive carmaker.
Toyota is considering producing diesel engines in India from around 2015 with an initial output of roughly 50,000 units a year, the Nikkei reported.
Japanese automakers are increasingly using hybrid technology to make their sedans more fuel efficient, aiming to revive shrinking demand for such vehicles.
Drayson Racing Technologies and Michelin are joining forces to make a run at the FIA World Electric Land Speed Record on Tuesday with the Drayson B12 69/EV prototype.
Since Fiat merged with Chrysler, the two automakers have opened Mopar parts warehouses in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, Japan, South Korea, Russia, the Middle East, and the United Arab Emirates. On Monday (24 June), they announced the opening of a new centre in Pretoria, South Africa.
TRW Automotive says it has started production of its electrically-powered steering (EPS) belt drive system for the first time on a global vehicle platform launching in China, with the company manufacturing the technology at Anting.
When Italdesign Giugiaro Vice President Fabrizio Giugiaro was a boy, he and his father Giorgetto went to see 1977's Bond film "The Spy Who Loved Me."
The 2014 Maserati Ghibli order guide leaked online at ghibliforum.
Brembo says it will make a total investment of EUR115m (US$151m) to expand the Homer industrial hub in Detroit, while also increasing production at the current plant in São Paulo, Brazil, from this year to 2015.
General Motors in modern times has never successfully sold a tiny car like the Chevy Spark in the United States.
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