2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (187+ words) Sept 11 (Reuters) – Global demand for electric vehicles rose for a sixth consecutive month in August, with ​Europe leading the growth, data ‌from UK-based research firm Benchmark Mineral Intelligence showed on Friday. Sales of battery-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles show growing…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (165+ words) Sept 9 (Reuters) – Chrysler parent Stellantis is recalling 201,976 Jeep vehicles in the U.S. due ​to a software error that ‌may cause the tire pressure monitoring system to fail to detect low tire pressure or illuminate the warning ‌light, ​the U.S....

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (169+ words) WASHINGTON, Sept 8 (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Tuesday blasted Ford Motor’s business ​partnerships with Chinese companies, saying ‌they pose deep national security concerns. U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy in a letter to Ford CEO Jim Farley sent ‌on ​Tuesday…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (437+ words) By Christina Amann and Christoph Steitz OSNABRUECK, Germany, Sept 7 (Reuters) – Volkswagen on Monday struck a preliminary deal that will see one of its German sites switch to defence production, a first in the automaker’s efforts to restructure plants ​struggling to…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (619+ words) TOKYO, Sept 2 (Reuters) – Japan’s Honda aims to cut more than $9 billion in costs over the next four years and has instructed suppliers to drastically reduce their prices, according to internal documents and one person familiar with the matter. Honda, the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (143+ words) Sept 1 (Reuters) – Ford Motor is recalling 148,663 vehicles in the U.S. due ​to a loss of ‌driver power and loss of headlight function or windshield washing system function, which can reduce visibility, ‌the ​U.S. National Highway ⁠Traffic Safety Administration ⁠said…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (372+ words) By Rachel More and Christina Amann DRESDEN, Germany, Aug 31 (Reuters) – Volkswagen’s workers, management and political leaders must work together to minimise the impact of job and capacity cuts at Europe’s biggest automaker ​and boost its competitiveness, the state leader of…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (166+ words) HELSINKI, Aug 31 (Reuters) – Sweden’s Volvo Cars said on Monday it will close its Stockholm ​office, where 450 people ‌currently work, relocating responsibilities to its Gothenburg headquarters as part of an effort to cut costs and boost efficiency. The ‌carmaker, ​majority owned…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (224+ words) Aug 30 (Reuters) – General Motors workers in Canada on Sunday approved an agreement that would build a new heavy-duty truck in Ontario, part of a pledge by the automaker to ​invest in a country now facing a doubling of tariffs. Canada’s…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (635+ words) By Daniel Leussink and Maki Shiraki TOKYO, Aug 31 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump is targeting Ottawa with a proposed 50% tariff on Canadian car imports — but Japan’s Toyota and Honda may end up footing the bill. The two Japanese automakers account…...