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All employees with whom Diess had personal contact were tested, and all were negative. VW earlier this month expanded its in-house vaccination and testing program for employees and their relatives. Since June, VW has administered about…

May Mobility, a self-driving shuttle startup backed by the venture arms of Toyota and BMW, raised $83 million in its largest funding round to date. The U.S.-based company operates 25 vehicles in nine cities including Arlington, Texas, and…

Volkswagen Group CEO Herbert Diess tested positive for coronavirus late last week and is continuing to work in quarantine at his home. "He has been available for all phone calls and meetings," spokeswoman Nicole Mommsen said by phone.…

San Francisco: Elon Musk-owned electric vehicle company Tesla has officially entered Turkish market. According to GizmoChina, Emir Tuncyurek, a former consultant of InsideEVs Turkey and co-founder of E-Garaj, will…

WASHINGTON -- The White House plans to host the CEOs of major U.S. companies -- including GM's Mary Barra and Ford's Jim Farley -- on Wednesday to discuss his signature $1.75 trillion Build Back Better legislation, officials told Reuters.…

Orion Assembly, Lake Orion• January 2022 – $4 billion to transition to electric truck production, creating more than 2,350 jobs and retaining 1,000 current jobs.• March 2019 – $300 million to build the Chevrolet Bolt EUV.• Vehicles:…

The two projects have been in the works over the last few months. GM said it will spend $4 billion adding 3 million square feet of manufacturing space to its Orion Assembly plant over the next three to five years for the assembly of…

In a news release, Bosch said 1,000 employees worldwide from both companies will be involved in the partnership "at peak times," and both companies are looking to recruit new employees as part of the project. It is unclear how much both…

General Motors Co aims to launch an algorithm-based auto insurance plan by the end of the first quarter in some U.S. states that charge policyholders based on their driving performance, a company executive said in an interview. The…

“And with a new, diverse workforce that includes more women in production roles, the impact of an inclusive culture is immediately noticeable the moment you step inside the plant,” Bell said. GM Canada received more than 13,000 resumes for…

General Motors Co aims to launch an algorithm-based auto insurance plan by the end of the first quarter in some U.S. states that charge policyholders based on their driving performance, a company executive said in an interview. The…

TOKYO -- The Toyota Land Cruiser is big in Japan. In fact, demand for the do-all SUV is so big, Toyota Motor Corp. just notified customers that the wait for delivery has stretched to four years. That is up from an already jaw-dropping…

South Carolina's output also helped propel BMW to the top of the U.S. luxury sales leader board for a third straight year in 2021. Spartanburg supplied 53.4 percent of the brand's 336,644 retail deliveries in the U.S. last year. The…

"If we look at Honda now, can we do everything by ourselves? Unfortunately, the answer is no. So I will be considering the possibilities of an alliance or alliances." The first of the new partners is SES Holdings Pte., a Boston-based…

Last week in China, the industry ministry warned companies there to expect tight supplies of semiconductors over a relatively long period.According to a Reuters report, Luo Junjie, an official with the Ministry of Industry and Information…

"It is almost like the process itself has slowed down," Baycroft said. "Whether that is the U.S. patent office not being able to process these applications and grants, or it is the applicants themselves not having the bandwidth to…

"It is almost like the process itself has slowed down," Baycroft said. "Whether that is the U.S. patent office not being able to process these applications and grants, or it is the applicants themselves not having the bandwidth to…

Gelsinger, in an interview Friday on CNBC, said the project is critical to the auto industry. "When you think of the auto industry, you're going to see us have more to say with the auto industry leaders as they are looking to us and others…

BEIJING — Volkswagen's vehicle plant with FAW in Tianjin resumed production on Friday after shutting on Jan. 10 because of recent COVID-19 outbreaks in the eastern Chinese city, the German automaker said. "The FAW-Volkswagen vehicle plant…

Construction giant The Walbridge Group has been hired to build Ford Motor Co.'s Blue Oval City development in Tennessee. The project in Stanton, northeast of Memphis, is expected to cost $5.6 billion and produce electric F-Series trucks…

DETROIT -- General Motors is expected on Tuesday to outline plans to invest $6.5 billion for EV projects at two sites in Michigan. The investment would create 4,000 jobs in Orion Township and the Lansing suburb of Delta Township in Eaton…

If chips were the most acute challenge, the most peculiar complication Local Motors endured involved federal rules. A 2015 law, Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, contained provisions that limited the ability of companies that…

A lack of chips has caused production delays for consumer electronics and automobiles, and led to furloughs. The price for used cars, in large part due to a shortage of chips, continues to be a component of surging inflation. Biden’s…

General Motors said it will spend nearly $154 million to retool its components plant in Lockport, N.Y., to produce parts for electric vehicle motors.GM will use the investment to renovate the facility and purchase and install new machinery…

Technology giant Intel Corp. said it plans to spend $20 billion on a massive chipmaking hub on the outskirts of Columbus, Ohio, which the company expects to grow to be the world’s biggest silicon-manufacturing site. The chipmaker on Friday…

Technology giant Intel Corp. said it plans to spend $20 billion on a massive chipmaking hub on the outskirts of Columbus, Ohio, which the company expects to grow to be the world’s biggest silicon-manufacturing site. The chipmaker on Friday…

The largest unions in the U.S. and Canada are raising questions over the fairness of a vote that's set to take place at General Motors Co.'s truck plant in Mexico. Workers eligible to be unionized at the plant have been asked to vote Feb.…

Renault's CEO Luca de Meo is fed up with the automaker's moribund business in China and willing to rip up the script the company and its alliance partner Nissan forged years ago to turn things around. The French automaker and its Japanese…

Stellantis NV is preparing for a $900 million retooling of its Jefferson North Assembly plant in Detroit, where it plans to build the Dodge Durango and next generation Jeep Grand Cherokee this spring. The investment, announced by the…

BERLIN -- Tesla's Berlin factory will elect its first works council on Feb. 28, Germany's largest union IG Metall said on Thursday, expressing concern that it was too soon for the election to result in a truly representative body. Only one…