CALIFORNIA UNVEILS REVISED RULES ON SELF-DRIVING TESTING

California agreed to allow companies to get permits for up to two years... READ MORE›

BMW EYES CHINA JOINT VENTURE WITH GREAT WALL

BMW eyes China joint venture with Great Wall source... READ MORE›

TOYOTA'S U.S. SALES BEAT FORD EVERY MONTH IN THIRD QUARTER

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CARMAKERS RUSH TO PUT SAUDI WOMEN BEHIND WHEELS OF THEIR MODELS

Car companies haven't wasted any time courting the 9 million potential customers unlocked when Saudi Arabia lifted its ban on women drivers... READ MORE›

CHINA SETS 2019 DEADLINE FOR AUTOMAKERS TO MEET GREEN-CAR SALES TARGETS

Under the rules, car makers will receive credits for new-energy vehicles including plug-in hybrids and fully electric cars that can be transferred or traded... READ MORE›

BMW REVIVES ELECTRIC-CAR PUSH WITH PLANS FOR LOW-SLUNG 'I' SEDAN

'Any Powertrain' We're preparing all of our plants at BMW Group for electric mobility, Krueger said... READ MORE›

FORD'S LINCOLN BRAND PLANS ELECTRIFIED VERSIONS OF ALL MODELS BY 2022 -SOURCES

Company officials are also considering whether to introduce one or more all-electric Lincoln models, one source said... READ MORE›

HONDA'S SOLO ACT TURNS RISKY IN THE ALLIANCE-HAPPY AUTO INDUSTRY

Aside from its new alliance with Mazda, Toyota also owns Daihatsu Motor Co... READ MORE›

FACTBOX: U.S. STATES WOO AUTOMAKERS WITH $17 BILLION IN SUBSIDIES SINCE 1976

Pennsylvania gave German automaker Volkswagen VOWG p.DE 100 million in incentives in 1976 to locate its first U.S. factory in Westmoreland County... READ MORE›

TOYOTA, MAZDA PLAN TO INVEST $1.6 BILLION TO BUILD U.S. PLANT

Mazda rose 2.8 percent, while Toyota declined 0.1 percent at the close of trading in Tokyo... READ MORE›

CARMAKERS ACCUSED OF 'CLUTCHING AT STRAWS' OVER RETROFITTING POLLUTING DIESELS

Air pollution now kills 3.3 million people prematurely worldwide every year with emissions from diesel engines among the worst culprits... READ MORE›

TOYOTA NISSAN HONDA BEAT US FORECASTS AS LOCAL CARS WANE

Hyundai-Kia sales tumbled 18 percent, the largest decline among the major automakers and a worse performance than analysts projected... READ MORE›

CARMAKERS SAY TRUMP SHOULD WANT A DEAL TO BOOST U.S. FUEL ECONOMY

Annette Hebert, chief of emissions compliance at the California Air Resources Board, said the Trump administration hasn't contacted the state regulator... READ MORE›

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FORD WILLING TO WORK WITH TRUMP IF POLICIES RIGHT

Fields said Ford would now continue its dialog with Trump... READ MORE›

FORD CANCELS PLANS FOR NEW $1.6 BILLION MEXICO PLANT

The second-largest U.S. automaker will build two products at a factory in Wayne, Michigan, where it assembles the Focus now, protecting about 3,500 jobs... READ MORE›

FORD CANCELS PLANS FOR NEW $1.6 BILLION MEXICO PLANT

The second-largest U.S. automaker will build two products at a factory in Wayne, Michigan, where it assembles the Focus now, protecting about 3,500 jobs... READ MORE›

SILICON VALLEY DECIDES IT'S JUST TOO HARD TO BUILD A CAR

Though Google began its autonomous-driving efforts well before other tech companies, its project has been plagued by uncertainty around its business model and executive departures... READ MORE›

VOLKSWAGEN COULD POSE BIGGER THREAT TO GERMAN ECONOMY THAN GREEK CRISIS

The German economy has been hit at its core, said Michael Huether, head of Germany's IW economic institute... READ MORE›

GENERAL MOTORS CEO WON'T CHANGE PRODUCTION PLANS DESPITE TRUMP TWEET

DETROIT--General Motors has no plans to change where it produces small cars because of criticism from President-elect Donald Trump, the company's top executive said Sunday night... READ MORE›

QUARTER OF MILES TRAVELED IN THE U.S. BY 2030 SEEN AS DRIVERLESS

A typical Chicago consumer could cut his commuting cost by 7,000 a year by ditching a personal car in favor a shared autonomous electric vehicle, BCG said... READ MORE›

INVESTORS WARN CAR INDUSTRY OVER CLIMATE CHANGE

The demands come in a new report, Investor Expectations of Automotive Companies, published this week by the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change IIGCC ... READ MORE›

CHECK OUT THE LEXUS THAT APPLE'S USING TO TEST SELF-DRIVING CAR TECHNOLOGY

Secured permission to test its autonomous-car technology in California, the first images of the vehicle have been captured on Silicon Valley roads... READ MORE›

U.S. CAR DEMAND COLLAPSES IN THREAT TO TRUMP'S FACTORY PUSH

The incentives needed to sell them amount to an 8.8 percent discount, compared with 11 percent for cars, according to Edmunds.com, an industry research firm... READ MORE›

PORSCHE AND AUDI SUV RECALL MAY SPREAD TO MORE CAR MANUFACTURERS

Mary Arraf, a U.S. spokeswoman for Continental, said the parts were made from the same type of industry-standard plastic called polyoxymethylen-copolymer... READ MORE›

INTEL TO TAKE STAKE IN GERMAN MAPPING FIRM HERE IN AUTOMATED DRIVING PUSH

Intel did not disclose how much it would pay for the stake but said the transaction is expected to close in the first quarter... READ MORE›

CHINA TO PENALIZE U.S. AUTOMAKER FOR MONOPOLISTIC BEHAVIOR

Beijing maintains that self-ruled Taiwan is a wayward province of China and has never renounced the use of force to take it back... READ MORE›

A $50,000 CHRYSLER VAN EXPLAINS WHY U.S. AUTO SALES ARE SLOWING

To understand why the U.S. auto market isn't growing, consider a top-of-the-line minivan from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV now costs about 50,000... READ MORE›

TRUMP'S TARIFF PLAN COULD PUT A SERIOUS DENT IN THE AUTO INDUSTRY

U.S. President Donald Trump's meeting with Detroit's automakers on Tuesday contained a promise to turn the ignition switch and fire up American jobs... READ MORE›

GENERAL MOTORS TO LAY OFF 2,000 WORKERS IN OHIO AND MICHIGAN

General Motors to lay off 2,000 workers in Ohio and Michigan -- RT America... READ MORE›

GERMAN AUTOMAKERS PUSH BACK TRUMP'S WARNING OVER MEXICAN PLANTS

BMW's annual capacity of 150,000 deliveries out of Mexico is a small share of BMW's 2 million car sales last year... READ MORE›

CARMAKERS POST SURPRISE DECLINES AS DISCOUNTS FAIL TO STEM SLIDE

Some of our competitors got really crazy in March, Judy Wheeler, vice president of U.S. sales for Nissan, said in an interview... READ MORE›

IT'S A BAD TIME FOR TRUMP TO PUSH FOR NEW U.S. AUTO FACTORIES

President Donald Trump is asking U.S. automakers to invest in domestic manufacturing at a bad time... READ MORE›

FORD CEO WARNS OF HUGE IMPACT FROM TRUMP'S PROPOSED TARIFF

The tussle between President-elect Donald Trump and Ford Motor Co. is alive and kicking... READ MORE›

NVIDIA SAYS TOYOTA WILL USE ITS AI TECHNOLOGY FOR SELF-DRIVING CARS

Nvidia, which also has partnerships with Audi and Mercedes, is among the more popular technology partners in the self-driving car race... READ MORE›

General Motors announced six new recalls on Monday affecting 7.6 million vehicles in North America and 800,000 more overseas... READ MORE›

U.S. CONSUMERS BUCK INVESTORS' RUSH TO SELF-DRIVING CARS

Consumers, meanwhile, remain concerned about aspects of self-driving technology and overwhelmingly still want the ability to manually control a self-driving vehicle, the study said... READ MORE›

TRUMP IS A 'GAME CHANGER' FOR AUTO INDUSTRY, FIAT CEO SAYS

Trump frequently slammed Nafta during his campaign, describing it as the worst deal ever and blaming it for U.S. job losses... READ MORE›

HONDA, ALPHABET'S WAYMO IN TALKS OVER SELF-DRIVING TECH

With Waymo, Honda said it may provide vehicles modified to accommodate the startup's software... READ MORE›

WHAT HAPPENED IN SWEDEN? TRUMP'S WORLD VIEW AND THE VOLVO SUV

It's a view shared by Sweden's minister for enterprise and innovation, Mikael Damberg... READ MORE›

CHINA'S GETTING UNDER THE HOODS OF MORE AMERICAN CARS

Chinese companies started talking a decade ago about cracking the U.S. auto market with an array of low-cost passenger vehicles... READ MORE›

MORGAN STANLEY WARNS THERE'S A 'BUYER'S STRIKE' COMING FOR CARS

Morgan Stanley's call comes at a time when the U.S. automakers are grappling with challenges on several fronts... READ MORE›

TRUMP RECOMMITS TO 'MAJOR BORDER TAX' ON FOREIGN-PRODUCED U.S. PRODUCTS

Trump, who will be sworn into office on Jan. 20, warned of a very large border tax on companies that shift production to foreign countries... READ MORE›

TRUMP THREATENS TO UNDO NAFTA'S AUTO ALLEY

GM gets more than 70 percent of its parts from the U.S. for its Mexican factories, says Alan Batey, the company's North America president... READ MORE›