AUBURN HILLS, MI-Chrysler Group is
reportedly planning to build the Fiat 500 at a plant in Mexico, as opposed to
building it in the United States. MORE
SEOUL, South Korea-South Korean automaker Ssangyong Motor Co. has resumed
production following a 77-day strike that required an armed intervention on the
part of the country’s security forces. MORE
CHATTANOOGA, TN-Volkswagen says
it expects to receive as many as 100,000 applications when it begins hiring
production workers for its new U.S. assembly plant later this year. MORE
DETROIT-After slashing production for months,
Detroit's automakers are racing to keep up with demand for the fuel-efficient
models that are hot sellers under the federal cash-for-clunkers program. MORE
CHARLESTON, SC-Production workers at Boeing's newly acquired assembly plant
in South Carolina plan to vote Sept. 10 on a petition to get rid of the plant’s
Machinists union. MORE
TOULOUSE, France-Airbus has finished building a second large
test fuselage section for the airplane destined to go head-to-head with the
Boeing 787 Dreamliner. MORE
PARIS-A French
judge has rejected a request from component maker Molex Inc. to close its site
in Villemur-sur-Tarn after two security guards were injured during a labor
dispute. MORE
STUTTGART, Germany-Aabar Investments PJSC, an
Abu Dhabi government-backed investor is working with Daimler AG and
three other German manufacturers to develop a number of vehicle and engine
factories in Algeria. MORE
SWINDON, UK-Honda’s UK assembly plant at Swindon is now
exporting three-door “hot hatch” Civic Type R vehicles back to the company’s
home market of Japan. MORE
KANSAS CITY, MO-Kansas City got a jolt of good economic news Wednesday when a top federal official distributed millions of dollars in grants to boost the area’s fledgling electric-vehicle industry. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke announced a $10 million grant to Smith Electric Vehicles, which is about to begin assembling battery-powered delivery vans locally, and a $30 million grant to Ford Motor Co. to develop and build plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles in Kansas City and Michigan. MORE
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