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New light-vehicle sales rose 1.9 percent to 8,617,655 in the first half #8212; a pleasant surprise given those not-so-great expectations we began the year with.

Environmental groups and California are lining up to fight Pruitt's rewrite of auto emissions rules, prolonging the uncertainty for automakers and suppliers that have staked billions of dollars on technology to make vehicles cleaner and more...

Mercedes wants to give consumers a no-pressure shopping environment where they can simply see what a Mercedes is.

Companies seeking product exclusions from tariffs on Chinese goods imported into the United States will get 90 days to file such requests, until Oct. 9, the U.S. Trade Representative's office said Friday.

After General Motors' Lordstown plant recently moved to one shift, doubts have been growing over what the company is planning to do with the factory. Now, a local senator says he has asked Mary Barra why GM is making investments in Mexico rather than in Ohio.

Opel has reached an agreement with workers on investments at German sites and job protection measures.

AutoCanada, the country's largest publicly traded auto dealership group, named Michael Rawluk president and parted ways with Mark Warsaba. Steve Landry remains CEO of the company.

Toyota said the venerable Supra coupe will return to U.S. showrooms and officially unveiled the Supra race car to replace the Camry in NASCAR's Xfinity Series starting in 2019.

As speculation increases on the future of PSA-owned Opel's R&D facility at Ruesselsheim, in Germany, a statement from the Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy in Berlin says the department is closely monitoring developments.

BMW said Friday that it will be unable to "completely absorb" a new Chinese 25 percent tariff on imported U.S.-made cars and light trucks and will have to raise prices on the vehicles it makes in Spartanburg, S.C.

Swiss engineering company ABB will acquire Turkey's AB Rotech, a privately owned company specializing in robotic welding solutions and services for the automotive industry.

Swiss engineering company ABB will acquire Turkey's AB Rotech, a privately-owned company specializing in robotic welding solutions and services for the automotive industry.

Daimler says it has received the authorities' approval for highly automated driving (level 4) test area road use in Beijing following extensive closed-course testing.

The Volkswagen Group's sweeping diesel emissions violations cost the storied automaker more than $30.4 billion and is now helping fuel the rise of electric vehicles, buses and charging stations across the U.S.

Today's implementation by the US of new tariffs on a range of Chinese goods imported to the US has been followed by retaliatory tariffs on US goods imported to China - including cars.

If there is one thing the autobiz - from suppliers to OEMs - likes, it's a bit of certainty. Helps with the planning. As this (very hot in the UK and US) week draws to a close, there's very little certainty as to what US president Trump's tariff war is going to achieve or how trade between the UK and Europe will pan out post-Brexit.

To continue to encourage and 'derisk' invention and innovation in the UK's automotive industry the Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) was established in 2013 as a result by intervention by the UK government and the industry (the UK's Automotive Council). The APC has been funded with GBP1bn with half of the fund stemming from the government and half from industry. Its brief is simple, but complex: support the UK industry's move to low carbon solutions and create an ecosystem that supports R&D, thus ending the dreaded 'valley of death'.

Renault-Nissan has picked former Daimler executive Kal Mos to lead the alliance's connected car activities. Mos succeeds Ogi Redzic, a former Nokia executive who was head of connected vehicles and mobility services at alliance since 2016.

Renault-Nissan has picked former Daimler executive Kal Mos to lead the alliance's connected car activities. Mos succeeds Ogi Redzic, a former Nokia executive who was head of connected vehicles and mobility services at alliance since 2016.

Ford's China slump intensified, with vehicle sales tumbling 38 percent in June and the automaker recording its worst ever first-half results as buyers shunned aging models that are awaiting updates and flocked to rivals.