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Porsche SE, which controls Volkswagen Group, will hold a board meeting on Monday to discuss its strategy for VW's annual meeting and may decide to block its plans to pay a dividend, Reuters reported.

Nissan claims to be working on a new ethanol-based fuel cell technology that could potentially be safer and cheaper than the hydrogen-based fuel cell technology that is currently under development by a number of OEMs.

Jaguar Land Rover opened a new plant in Brazil, its first fully owned facility outside of the UK. The company will build the Land Rover Discovery Sport and Range Rover Evoque SUVs at the factory.

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AvtoVAZ, the Russian automaker controlled by Renault and Nissan, will not return to profit until at least 2018, CEO Nicolas Maure told a Russian business daily.

Ontario plans to contribute about C$80 million ($62 million) to Fiat Chrysler to cover some of the costs of upgrading its assembly plant in Windsor, the Globe and Mail reported.

Daimler's Mercedes-Benz plant in Bremen has started production of the C-Class Cabriolet. The model is is the first convertible since the C-Class line evolved from the 190 back in the early 90s and is also the fourth C-class derivative made at the factory which is the 'mother plant' for several overseas factories.

As Tata-owned Jaguar Land Rover's factory in Brazil officially opens, Ian Henry takes a closer look at the company's latest manufacturing set-up and its evolving international manufacturing strategy.

Tata-owned Jaguar Land Rover has officially opened its factory in Brazil - its first wholly-owned manufacturing plant outside of the UK. The new plant will build Range Rover Evoque and Discovery Sport - the most popular Jaguar Land Rover vehicles in Brazil.

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Takata, the embattled airbag maker behind the biggest automotive safety recall, said it's selling shares it owns in automakers to raise funds as the company faces compensation claims for its defective devices.

The recent addition of several new small cars has done nothing to help Tata Motors' sales in India, the company having last month been eclipsed by both Toyota and Honda, as it fell to sixth place just ahead of Renault.

Nissan has developed a new kind of fuel cell drivetrain for cars that taps an onboard tank of ethanol instead of pressurized hydrogen, delivering a cheaper and safer ride that it says is more user friendly.

Maruti Suzuki India has resumed production at its Gurgaon and Manesar factories after a maintenance closure brought forward following a fire at a supplier.

Time was, a vehicle floor covered in carpet was a step up from the base model's rubber or vinyl. But in a reversal, some Ford luxury truck drivers have asked for, and got, a vinyl option in lieu of plush pile. "For customers who feel equally at home in cowboy boots or a sport coat," the automaker said.

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