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VW, Skoda ending output at Russian plant, union says

MOSCOW – Volkswagen Group will stop output in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, where VW and Skoda cars were being assembled under contract with GAZ Group, a trade union said, citing the company's message to the plant's staff. VW announced in March…

Volvo adding Slovakian plant to underpin EV shift

Volvo Cars will invest 1.2 billion euros ($1.25 billion) to build a new manufacturing plant in Kosice, Slovakia, capable of making 250,000 electric vehicles a year, the automaker said on Friday. Volvo aims to be an electric-only brand by…

2023 Electric Vehicle Race

Automakers are overturning their product plans to move ahead on electric vehicles. But some wonder — will it be enough to satisfy environmental regulators?

VW CEO Diess: German economy needs China

BERLIN -- Inflation would spiral even further in Germany if it were not for business with China, Volkswagen Group CEO Herbert Diess said in an interview with the weekly Spiegel. "Germany would look completely different" if it turned away…

Junked Tesla Model S turns into a trick candle

A Tesla Model S that had been totaled in a crash suddenly ignited after sitting in a California junkyard for three weeks, and firefighters struggled to put out the 3,000-degree flames for more than an hour. Firefighters thought they had…

Toyota global production down 400,000

"Although the situation continues to be uncertain, we will carefully monitor our suppliers' personnel structure and equipment capacity and place the highest priority on quality and safety in our production," spokeswoman Shino Yamada said.…