Auto supplier Visteon Corp. has placed three plants in the United Kingdom in insolvency, with court-ordered administrators already closing the plants and cutting more than 500 jobs.
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A meeting chaired by prime minister Vladimir Putin in Togliatti has resulted in some generous and specific decisions concerning state aid for the Russian auto industry.
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France's Renault and Japan's Nissan will supply electric cars to the Irish market within two years as part of a government plan to have 10 percent of vehicles run on electricity rather than fossil fuels by 2020, Ireland's Energy Minister said on...
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The Canadian government is determined to come up with an auto industry bailout that avoids the risk of protectionism, prime minister Stephen Harper said in London on Thursday.
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Toyota officials in the US have said they saw "optimism" in that country's auto sales trends and welcomed the Obama administration's intervention in the industry.
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Chrysler LLC stopped production at its Windsor, Ontario, minivan plant on Wednesday due to a shortage of metal castings, including engine and transmission mounts and brackets, the company said.
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HERNDON, Va. -- The Volkswagen Tiguan was rated one of the top small SUVs in the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's (IIHS) new Roof Strength safety-test. Roof strength is a key factor in protecting vehicle occupants in a vehicle rollover -- vehicles rated "Good" must have roofs that are more than twice as strong as minimum federal safety standards require.
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Chrysler LLC stopped production at its Windsor, Ontario minivan plant today due to a shortage of metal castings, including engine and transmission mounts and brackets, the company said.
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Lord Mandelson, the UK's business minister, has come up with a single scheme that will save four of the suffering elements of the British economy - banks, the Post Office, Woolies' stores and the motor industry.
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President Barack Obama's thinking on the crisis facing General Motors has not changed since Monday, a senior administration official told Reuters on Tuesday.
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Inspired by the photo radar experiments conducted across the country and worried about the consequences of speeding in less urban settings, the Canadian Minister of Transport has announced the launch of a pilot project, this time targeting drivers in remote areas.
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General Motors CEO Fritz Henderson said today that he is ready to meet the Obama administration's mandate to restructure the company -- even if it means going into bankruptcy.
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General Motors CEO Fritz Henderson said today that he is ready to meet the Obama administration's mandate to restructure the company -- even if it means going into bankruptcy.
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General Motors CEO Fritz Henderson said today that he is ready to meet the Obama administration's mandate to restructure the company -- even if it means going into bankruptcy.
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The forced removal of General Motors' CEO Rick Wagoner by the Obama administration will have no impact on the company's business in China, GM China has said.
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Visteon Corp. has placed auto-parts plants in the United Kingdom in insolvency, and the court-ordered administrators already have cut 565 jobs.
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Visteon on Tuesday said Visteon UK, consisting of three manufacturing plants, had filed for administration with the UK High Court under the Insolvency Act 1986.
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Tata Motors has met Burmese Minister of Energy Vice-Admiral Soe Thein and discussed setting up a truck manufacturing unit in Burma, according to the state-run media.
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An economic stimulus plan for 2009 will be submitted to the Russian government on Friday (April 4) and considered on April 9, according to Oleg Fomichev, head of the Economic Development Ministry's strategic management and budgeting department.
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