NEW DEHLI, India-Hero Honda Motors Ltd., India’s biggest
motorcycle maker, expects sales this year to climb 7.5 percent to a record as
it boosts output to meet demand from the country’s growing middle class. MORE
CHICAGO-Boeing continues to set records with
its successful 737 jetliner, recently delivering No. 6,000, with more than
2,000 more orders on the books. MORE
AUBURN HILLS, MI-The
Canadian Auto Workers union says it won't accept more concessions under
Chrysler than those agreed upon with General Motors, despite reports its
position could kill a merger with Fiat. MORE
SAN CARLOS, CA-Tesla Motors has confirmed that a powertrain manufacturing facility for its Model S sedan will be built in the Bay Area, although the exact location is not yet being revealed. The luxury electric-car maker will open a site in Northern California, where it will manufacture the “guts in the car” such as the battery packs. MORE
LONGMONT, CO-A company that makes cadmium-telluride solar panels will start commercial production here soon. Abound Solar claims its new facility can produce the panels at under $1 per watt. MORE
LANSING, MI-There are now four companies planning to invest nearly $1.7 billion in facilities to
manufacture batteries for automobiles in the state of Michigan. MORE
MOLINE,
IL-Deere & Co. plans to combine the operations that make its green
and yellow tractors with another unit that manufactures products like riding
lawn mowers. MORE
LAWTON, OK-Federal investigators have issued a citation against a Goodyear tire manufacturing facility here in the death of a worker. The worker was critically injured Sept. 20, 2008, after being caught in a tire-building machine. MORE