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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…

BEIJING -- China's industry ministry expects tight supplies of semiconductors over a relatively long period of time. China encourages key domestic enterprises to increase investment and promote better supply capacity of the entire chip…

Toyota India has officially launched the highly anticipated Hilux pickup truck today in India. The iconic Hilux truck is known for extreme toughness and boldness across terrains, continents and promises…

Avani Lekhara, the first Indian woman to win a gold medal at the Paralympics, was presented with Mahindra XUV700 Gold edition. Lekhara took to Twitter to thank Anand Mahindra after receiving the personalised XUV700.…

TOKYO -- Toyota says it has paused some production at a plant in central Japan after 14 workers there tested positive for coronavirus. The planned four-day halt to production at a Tsutsumi factory line, which makes Camry and Corolla…

TOKYO -- Toyota says it has paused some production at a plant in central Japan after 14 workers there tested positive for coronavirus. The planned four-day halt to production at a Tsutsumi factory line, which makes Camry and Corolla…

MS Dhoni is known for his love for cars and bikes. The former Indian captain's car and bike collection is quite impressive and probably. Now, MS Dhoni has added one more study vehicle to his line of cars. The CSK…

The Orion plant, which opened in 1983, has a workforce of 1,029 hourly and 152 salary employees. The Orion Township board's move comes as Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's administration and the Michigan Economic Development Corp. have been chasing…

TOKYO – After holding strong for months, Toyota Motor Corp. now expects to miss its global production target as the automaker capitulates to the double whammy of parts shortages and the pandemic. Toyota said it expects global production to…

BEIJING -- Volkswagen Group's China unit said its component factory in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin had resumed some shifts since Thursday last week. The component factory VW Automatic Transmission Tianjin had been closed since…

Frank Macher, a longtime automotive and plastics industry leader who presided over several Tier 1 suppliers, has died. He was 80. The former Continental Structural Plastics Inc. chairman and CEO retired in 2017, credited as one of two top…

TOKYO – After holding strong for months, Toyota Motor Corp. now expects to miss its global production target as the automaker capitulates to the double whammy of parts shortages and the pandemic. Toyota said it expects global production to…

Mumbai, January 18: Tata Motors said on Tuesday it will increase prices of passenger vehicles by an average 0.9 per cent effective from January 19, 2022 due to a steep rise in input costs. "Effective January 19,…

Depending on your perspective, it's also pretty discouraging that the outlook for the coming year is for very modest growth: to at best about 15.5 million from 15.1 million last year. With most plants back in operation, I have a hard time…

WASHINGTON — An escalating quarrel over how the U.S. is interpreting vehicle content rules under North America's trade pact could be resolved this year, erasing some uncertainty as automakers try to meet the deal's more stringent…

WASHINGTON — Large private companies, for now, will be able to set their own work force vaccination and testing requirements voluntarily, following a U.S. Supreme Court decision last week that blocked the Biden administration from…

"The plant, which will eventually employ more than 7,500 workers, represents a key next step as Rivian scales aggressively toward higher-capacity production for our future generation of products," the company said. But the tide quickly…

South Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution (LGES) plans to build a battery joint venture (JV) with Japan's Honda Motor Co Ltd in the United States, South Korea's Maeil Business Newspaper said on Friday, citing an unnamed industry…

A coronavirus outbreak at an Ohio plastics and metal auto supplier, including what authorities said was a work-related COVID-19 death, is prompting fines and citations from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. OSHA announced…

Bollinger Motors began accepting $1,000 deposits for its two EVs in fall 2019. Robert Bollinger told Automotive News that money — about $1 million — will be returned. The project is frozen with no date to resume work, he said. The B1 and…

South Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution (LGES) plans to build a battery joint venture (JV) with Japan's Honda Motor Co Ltd in the United States, South Korea's Maeil Business Newspaper said on Friday, citing an unnamed industry…

TOKYO -- Subaru will attempt a record run at the Nürburgring with a new 1,000-hp four-motor electric race car that presages the all-wheel drive specialist's dive into zero emissions. The automaker unveiled the STI E-RA Concept on Friday at…

Toyota builds four models in Tianjin, which are all sedans -- the Corolla, Izola, Vios and Allion.  Great Wall Motor Co., the largest domestic Chinese light-truck maker, also has a major plant in Tianjin. China, which has stuck to what is…

Self-driving shuttle manufacturer Local Motors will shutter operations on Friday, according to multiple executives. Though no formal announcement was made, several employees with the company, which produced the Olli shuttle — accessible…

OTTAWA -- Canada intends to sign onto Mexico's complaint against the U.S. over its interpretation of rules of origin in the automotive industry, Trade Minister Mary Ng said on Thursday. Mexico asked last week for a dispute settlement panel…

BEIJING -- The Chinese port city of Tianjin began a new round of testing of 14 million residents on Wednesday to contain the Omicron variant, as analysts warned of the growing economic costs to China of curbs to extinguish clusters of…

Washington, January 13: Elon Musk, an American entrepreneur and the founder of Tesla, said that the electric vehicle company continues to face "a lot of challenges" with the Indian government regarding the setting…