NASHVILLE -- A research study commissioned by UAW labor organizers claims that Nissan Motor Co. could receive four times the previously reported level of state and local incentives and tax breaks to operate its assembly plant in Canton, Miss. According to the study by the Washington-based Good Jobs

You know that study that just came out declaring "the end of the driving boom," because Gen Y supposedly doesn't care about cars? Ignore it. The 69-page study by the Frontier Group and the Public Interest Research Group is just another case of inside-the-beltway thinking attempting to drive public

KANSAS CITY, Kansas (Reuters) -- A federal judge in Kansas City, Kansas, ordered Dow Chemical Co. to pay $1.2 billion in a price-fixing case involving chemicals used to make foam products in cars, furniture and packaging, according to court documents. Dow was one of several chemical company ...

BEIJING (Bloomberg) -- A surprise policy shift in China is expected to give a boost to Volkswagen Group, General Motors Co. and other foreign automakers planning to expand in the world's largest car market. China said it will encourage foreign investment in vehicle manufacturing in its western ...

PARIS (Reuters) -- Workers at a PSA/Peugeot-Citroen factory near Paris have agreed to end a four-month strike in protest at its planned closure. The staff on strike will return to work next week, said Jean-Pierre Mercier, who represents the CGT union at the Aulnay plant. He said PSA had agreed to

SHANGHAI (Bloomberg) -- Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche was leaning back in the rear seat of a prototype Mercedes-Benz S-class sedan in 2010 when he realized it didn't recline far enough. With wealthy consumers accustomed to sumptuous airline seats, he figured Mercedes needed to approach that level of

Based on documents submitted to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Jaguar may name the all-wheel-drive compact crossover it has in the works the XQ, and call a new compact sedan the Q-Type, according to news reports. Dealer sources say the small crossover likely would compete with the Audi A5 ...

The steady growth in sales of electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid vehicles, along with public and private investment, is expected to drive a sharp rise in the number of charging stations worldwide by 2020, a new study says . The study, released today by IHS Automotive, estimates that the gradual

PRAGUE (Reuters) -- Skoda's global sales fell by 4.6 percent to 77,600 in April due to a switch to a new Octavia compact model and continued weak demand in some European markets, the carmaker said today. Skoda, the Czech Republic's largest exporter and a unit of Germany's Volkswagen Group, is seen

DETROIT (Bloomberg) -- Shares in General Motors topped its $33 initial public offering price for the first time in more than two years as the automaker prepares to introduce redesigned full-sized pickups. GM shares closed up $1.03, or 3.2 percent, at $33.42 in New York Stock Exchange trading today

(Bloomberg) -- Tesla Motors Inc. increased the size of its equity and debt offerings by 30 percent to as much as $1.08 billion to repay its U.S. loan and build up cash reserves. The company said in an SEC filing that it plans to sell as many as 3.9 million shares for $92.24 apiece. Tesla CEO Elon

MILAN, Italy (Bloomberg) -- European car sales rose for the first time in 19 months as a gain in consumer sentiment in countries using the euro led to rebounds in Germany and Spain. Registrations in April increased 2 percent to 1.08 million vehicles from 1.06 million cars a year earlier, the ...

INGOLSTADT, Germany -- The redesigned Audi Q7 that debuts next summer in Europe will weigh about 363kg less than the current model, company insiders told Automotive News Europe sister publication Automobilwoche . The company sources said Audi is also planning a hybrid version of the next-generation

SHANGHAI (Bloomberg) -- Daimler AG CEO Dieter Zetsche was leaning back in the rear seat of a prototype Mercedes-Benz S-class sedan in 2010 when he realized it didn't recline far enough. With wealthy consumers accustomed to sumptuous airline seats, he figured Mercedes needed to approach that level

(Reuters) -- Fiat S.p.A. said the idea of moving the group's legal headquarters to the United States following a planned merger with Chrysler Group is not on the company's agenda. "This issue, treated several times in the last year by the world's media, is not the order of the day as the Chief ...

Jaguar is rolling out a plan to refurbish its U.S. dealerships in preparation for a wave of new products. Regional Jaguar teams are going "door-to-door" to discuss the new corporate identity standards, starting with about 50 older stores, said Andy Goss, CEO of Jaguar Land Rover North America. He

FRANKFURT (Reuters) -- Volkswagen Group's global monthly sales picked up pace again in April after growing at their slowest rate in more than three years a month earlier. VW Group said on Friday that deliveries to customers rose 7 percent to 784,600 vehicles last month. In March, sales had edged up