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 ...

The Subaru Forester and Mitsubishi Outlander Sport have won top honors from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, becoming the only small SUVs to ace the group's new "s mall overlap" crash test . The Forester, which Subaru redesigned for the 2014 model year, earned Top Safety Pick+ accolades

Tesla Motors Inc. plans to sell as much as $830 million in shares and debt, aiming to be first company to repay its federal loan awarded under a program that fueled political controversy. Tesla said in a U.S. regulatory filing and statement that proceeds from selling 2.7 million shares, valued at

Toyota Motor Europe has started making the Yaris for North American export at its plant in Valenciennes, France, marking the first time the automaker's European-built models will be exported to the United States and Canada. The production switch maximizes Toyota's utilization of the French plant ...

ISTANBUL, Turkey (Bloomberg) -- Renault expects the European car market to shrink 5 percent this year over last year, Chief Operating Officer Carlos Tavares said. The French carmaker, whose worldwide deliveries last year fell 6.3 percent to 2.55 million cars and light vehicles, expects the European

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

Porsche's forthcoming hybrid supercar will have a big influence on future products. "The 918 Spyder will act as the gene pool for the Porsche sports cars of the future," the company said in a statement today. The car's plug-in hybrid drivetrain combines two electric motors with a V-8 gasoline ...

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

HAMBURG -- The new Mercedes-Benz S class is 100kg lighter than the model it will replace and its greenest variant will emit less CO2 than a Smart ForTwo. The brand's flagship sedan also has six eyes (cameras) and six ears (radar sensors) that allow it to see and hear enough to drive itself at

(Reuters) -- U.S. supplier BorgWarner Inc. said it would build a new production line and engineering center in the United Kingdom to supply turbocharging systems to customer Jaguar Land Rover. The turbochargers would be used in Jaguar Land Rover's family of four-cylinder gasoline and diesel ...

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