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Workers at two of the biggest union locals representing Fiat Chrysler workers voted against a tentative contract agreement with the UAW, further dimming prospects for approval.

Volkswagen Group's Italian dealers have been asked to stop selling VW, Audi, Skoda and Seat diesel cars equipped with engine software implicated in the diesel emissions cheating scandal.

European Union Industry Commissioner Elzbieta Bienkowska plans to meet Volkswagen AG executive Herbert Diess this week to discuss the German carmaker's cheating on emission tests.

A campaign group said automakers should explain why new cars in Europe have CO2 emissions on the road that are far higher than laboratory tests show.

Alcoa will split into two companies to separate its struggling aluminum smelting operations from production of lightweight metals for its faster-growing aerospace and automotive business.

Volkswagen's Supervisory Board has approved a new management structure for the group and the brands as well as for the North America region. The move came as the company reeled under the ongoing impact of the diesel emissions scandal and appointed a company veteran, Matthias Muller, as new CEO to replace Martin Winterkorn.

Public prosecutors in Germany have confirmed they are to launch an investigation against former Volkswagen CEO, Martin Winterkorn, particuarly focusing on 'manipulated exhaust values'.

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Renault says it will produce an electric car for the China market with local partner Dongfeng based on the Fluence sedan.

Around 300 temporary workers at Maruti Suzuki's Manesar plant protested at the weekend, demanding wage hikes similar to those given to permanent workers. Following the protests, the plant was closed for part of yesterday (27 September).

Mercedes will continue to promote diesel cars in Japan despite the negative impression that VW's emissions test cheating has had on the fuel technology.

Volkswagen has reportedly been given a deadline of 7 October by the federal motor vehicle office of Germany (KBA) to come up with "binding measures and a timetable" for ensuring that all its diesel cars meet emissions standards.

ZF Hero Chassis Systems has opened a factory in Oragadam, Chennai to assemble front and rear axle modules for the nearby BMW car assembly plant.

Tesla has opened a new factory dedicated to supplying European customers with its Model S EV. The factory, located in Tilburg, in the Netherlands, streamlines the production process for European deliveries, the automaker said.

German prosecutors have launched an investigation into former Volkswagen chief executive Martin Winterkorn as a result of the diesel emissions-rigging scandal, according to multiple media reports on Monday (28 September).

Ferrari has opened its new showroom in Moscow.

Where is this all going to end? That must be the feeling of Volkswagen group executives every morning as they watch the TV news bulletins and study the daily papers in the wake of the Emissionsgate scandal. Each new revelation or confession prompts a fresh set of questions. How many people knew about the defeat device to cheat diesel exhaust emissions tests? Who sanctioned it? And now that VW has owned up to fitting it to European cars as well as those in America, where the storm first blew in, could other group brands which do not sell in the US - such as Seat and Skoda - also become involved?

BMW-owned Rolls-Royce has announced North America president Eric Shepherd "has decided to move to a new entrepreneurial role in the super-luxury automotive retail sector within the Rolls-Royce family".

The U.S. regulator overseeing the replacement of Takata airbags is considering an order that would expand the recalls and has contacted seven manufacturers who could be affected, including Volkswagen AG and Tesla Motors Inc.

Prosecutors in Germany have opened a criminal probe into former VW Group CEO Martin Winterkorn after the automaker admitted it cheated emissions tests in some of its diesel cars.