FIAT CHRYSLER IN TALKS OVER POTENTIAL DIESEL EMISSIONS SETTLEMENT

Regulators have said Fiat Chrysler diesel vehicles had undisclosed emissions controls that allowed vehicles to emit excess pollution during normal driving... READ MORE›

FAMED SHORT-SELLER JIM CHANOS SAYS TESLA HEADED FOR 'BRICK WALL'

Chanos has been public about his short position in Tesla Inc... READ MORE›

FAMED SHORT-SELLER JIM CHANOS SAYS TESLA HEADED FOR 'BRICK WALL'

Chanos has been public about his short position in Tesla Inc... READ MORE›

VOLKSWAGEN BOSS URGES END TO DIESEL TAX BREAKS

German carmakers like BMW, Mercedes Benz and Volkswagen... READ MORE›

VOLKSWAGEN BOSS URGES END TO DIESEL TAX BREAKS

German carmakers like BMW, Mercedes Benz and Volkswagen... READ MORE›

FORD NOW PLANS TO MOVE PRODUCTION OF ELECTRIC SUVS FROM MICHIGAN TO MEXICO

Sending the electric vehicle to Mexico, where labor costs are lower, will help the business case for the costly model... READ MORE›

GM VENTURE TO RECALL NEARLY A MILLION VEHICLES IN CHINA

China's quality watchdog said in September GM and its China ventures would recall over 2.5 million vehicles over airbag issues... READ MORE›

TAKE YOUR PICK FROM 150 MODELS IN AMERICA'S SATURATED SUV MARKET

Fifteen football fields of space is crawling with crossovers from Nissan Motor Co... READ MORE›

A DASHBOARD GADGET THAT WILL TOTALLY CHANGE HOW YOU DRIVE

Car manufacturers seem to think so too Groupe Renault just announced that it's making the Navdy an option with its cars throughout Europe in 2018... READ MORE›

GERMAN AUTOMAKERS SET FOR RECORD OUTPUT EXPECT FURTHER GROWTH IN 2018

German automakers, on course for record production this year, expect further output growth in 2018 powered by strong demand in Asia, the VDA carmakers' lobby said... READ MORE›

GM'S CADILLAC EXPECTS CHINA SALES TO JUMP 60 PERCENT IN 2017

The average age of Cadillac buyers in China is 33 years, compared to 50 years in Europe and the United States combined, Schaaf said... READ MORE›

GM'S ELECTRIC CAR SALES WILL MEET QUOTAS BY 2019, SAYS CHINA CHIEF

The car is one of the three electric battery car models GM already has available in China... READ MORE›

LUXURY AUTO BRANDS ARE SCRAMBLING TO AVOID A BLUE CHRISTMAS

Demand for that car, designed to compete with German luxury sedans, is down nearly 33 percent for the year... READ MORE›

AMID SCANDALS, JAPAN CARMAKERS LOOK TO FUTURE AT TOKYO AUTO SHOW

Nissan declined 0.4 percent to close at 1,093 yen in Tokyo trading Tuesday, while Toyota rose 0.7 percent to 7,028 yen... READ MORE›

GM JETTISONS DINOSAUR IMAGE AS INVESTORS BUY INTO ITS MOBILITY BETS

Investors are betting that GM's test fleet of self-driving electric cars can be converted into a lucrative robotaxi operation worth billions... READ MORE›

END OF AUSTRALIA AUTO-MAKING SECTOR AS HOLDEN CLOSES DOORS

Holden cars are now expected to be imported into Australia from countries such as Thailand and South Korea... READ MORE›

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›

FORD WILLING TO WORK WITH TRUMP IF POLICIES RIGHT

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

MERCEDES-BENZ STARTS LUXURY PICKUPS FOR ADVENTURERS, RICH DADS

The Mercedes-Benz pickup will bridge the gap between commercial and private use, the company said in the statement... 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›

JAGUAR LITERALLY FLIPS A NEW SUV INTO THE HOTTEST CAR MARKET

Source Jaguar The E-Pace is a vehicle that makes abundant sense, which is why it's the most contested slice of the auto industry at the moment... 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›

MERCEDES-BENZ POISED TO TOPPLE BMW AS WORLD'S LUXURY-CAR KING

That left Mercedes more than 69,100 cars ahead of BMW for the period, making it all but certain of regaining the sales crown this year... READ MORE›

MERCEDES-BENZ POISED TO TOPPLE BMW AS WORLD'S LUXURY-CAR KING

That left Mercedes more than 69,100 cars ahead of BMW for the period, making it all but certain of regaining the sales crown this year... 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›

HOW MERCEDES PLANS TO RECAPTURE ITS EARLY LEAD IN ROBO-CARS

Positioning Mercedes for the self-driving era could prove a crucial last act for the 64-year-old Zetsche, whose contract runs until 2019... 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›

DIESEL CARS' EMISSIONS FAR HIGHER ON ROAD THAN IN LAB, TESTS SHOW

The DfT exercise was ordered after it emerged that Volkswagen had allegedly used technology to cheat emissions tests... 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›

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›

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›

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›

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›

10-YEAR-OLD GIRL DIES AFTER THROWING HERSELF IN FRONT OF A RUNAWAY CAR TO SAVE TWO TODDLERS

Kiera Larsen was playing with two young girls, aged one and two, when a nearby Mercedes Benz started rolling downhill towards the children... 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›

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›