A shorthanded U.S. Supreme Court this week will take up the case of five dealership service advisers who sought overtime pay for their 55-hour work weeks, a dispute that could have big implications for dealers and their compensation plans.
Australian Mike Simcoe, 58, begins taking over for Ed Welburn on May 1 as vice president of design for General Motors, a job with global responsibility.
Renault has chosen Jerome Stoll, a former chief performance officer at the automaker, to head the transfer of technology from the automaker's successful racing teams to its production vehicles, most notably the recently revived Alpine sporty...
More automakers suspended output in Japan after a pair of strong earthquakes jolted assembly plants and suppliers. A critical weak link is a familiar name: Renesas Electronics.
Toyota is extending production shutdowns to most of its assembly plants in Japan for a week, amid a worsening supply chain crunch triggered by last week's twin earthquakes.
It's quite a gamble to try to turn a drab patch of Nevada desert into a factory capable of churning out 150,000 electric vehicles a year. But state officials are confident that they've sufficiently hedged their bets with EV startup Faraday Future.
To cope with an industrywide flood of 3.1 million off-lease vehicles returning to the market this year, some captives and other lenders are offering leases on used and certified pre-owned vehicles.
It's quite a gamble to try to turn a drab patch of Nevada desert into a factory capable of churning out 150,000 electric vehicles a year. But state officials are confident that they've sufficiently hedged their bets with EV startup Faraday Future.
XIO Group, a London-based buyout firm with major ties to Chinese investors, is acquiring J.D. Power and Associates, a unit of McGraw Hill Financial Inc., for $1.1 billion in cash.
The EPA said it will drop controversial language from a proposed heavy- and medium-duty truck rule that had sparked fears of a new agency ban on street-to-race car conversions and recent scrutiny from Republican lawmakers.
The Volkswagen brand's recently appointed North America chief, Hinrich Woebcken, has been named CEO of the VW Group of America.
Toyota Motor Europe reported sales for the first quarter of 2016 of 241,600 Toyota and Lexus vehicles, an increase of 5.1% from Q1 2015, in a European market still split between growth in the west and central Europe (+7.9%) and further decline in the east (-10%). Total market share for the group was 4.8%.
Fiat Chrysler could build a rival to Tesla's Model 3 compact electric car with Italian flair if the business case makes sense, FCA CEO Sergio Marchionne said.
German labor rules may force Daimler, the 130-year-old inventor of the motor car, to create more software and technology jobs abroad as it strives to develop a new generation of driverless vehicles, a senior official told Reuters.
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17 Apr, 2016
New large SUV will appear at Beijing Motor Show this month, with 375bhp plug-in powertrain
Data released by LMC Automotive shows that the global light vehicle market improved by around 3% in March to hit an annualised selling rate of approximately 91m units a year.
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