PEORIA, IL-The first green bulldozer assembled by Caterpillar rolled off the assembly line last month. The D7E is a midsize dozer that burns six gallons of diesel gas per hour instead of the normal 8.5 gallons. MORE
MENLO PARK, CA-Activist group the Raging Grannies staged a protest at Tesla Motors’ showroom here. The group objects to Tesla’s decision to build its assembly plant on a brownfield site in Downey, CA, rather than take over the former NUMMI plant in Fremont, CA. MORE
MARYVILLE, MO-Employees at the Kawasaki Motors manufacturing plant here were sent home last week because a roof was buckling from the weight of snow. MORE
ST. LOUIS-A disgruntled worker embroiled in a pension dispute with his company showed up at the plant and opened fire Thursday, killing three people and wounding five before killing himself. MORE
HUNTSVILLE, AL-Some 50 workers at Navistar’s assembly plant here will assist area nonprofit agencies for the next three months in lieu of being laid off. MORE
BEIJING-Trade disputes between Beijing and Washington over exports of tires, chickens, steel, nylon, autos, paper and salt are multiplying and further damaging the already tense relationship between the two economic powers. MORE
MOGADISHU, Somalia-A cargo ship carrying nearly 2,400 new Hyundai and Kia automobiles was hijacked by Somali pirates last week, en route to Saudi Arabia. MORE
WASHINGTON-Factory orders rose by a reasonably healthy 1.1 percent in November, which marked the seventh increase in eight months, according to the Commerce Department. Among the sectors reporting the strongest growth were computer and electronic products. MORE
ELKHART, IN-Electric car maker Think has chosen a site here for its first North American manufacturing facility. The Norwegian company plans to invest $43.5 million in a former glass factory in Indiana and start building the Think City electric car there in 2011. MORE
WASHINGTON-The U.S. Department of Labor is providing a $3.2 million grant to assist the retraining of autoworkers displaced by cutbacks in the industry, including the closing of the Chrysler assembly plant in Fenton. MORE
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