Canada ‘very keen’ on wrapping up year-old NAFTA talks
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada is “very keen” on concluding negotiations to renew the North American Free Trade Agreement as soon…
GM seeks to exclude China-made Buick SUV from tariff
(Reuters) – General Motors Co (GM.N) is seeking an exemption to a 25 percent U.S. tariff on its Chinese-made Buick…
Tesla explores building Gigafactory in Europe: Wall Street Journal
(Reuters) – Tesla Inc is in talks with authorities in Germany and the Netherlands to build its first major European…
Exclusive: BMW to raise prices of two U.S.-made SUV models in China
BEIJING (Reuters) – German carmaker BMW (BMWG.DE) said it will raise the prices of two U.S.-made crossover sport-utility vehicles in…
Global auto powers plotting response to Trump auto tariff threats
MEXICO CITY/OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada, the European Union, Japan, Mexico and South Korea will meet in Geneva next week to…
Factbox: Tributes paid to former Fiat Chrysler CEO Marchionne
(Reuters) – Former Fiat Chrysler Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne, one of the auto industry’s most tenacious and respected auto chiefs,…
Trump eases car tariff threat as U.S., EU launch talks to quell trade tensions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In what the EU chief called a “major concession,” U.S. President Donald Trump agreed on Wednesday to…
Fiat Chrysler picks Jeep boss as CEO as Marchionne’s health worsens
MILAN/PARIS (Reuters) – Sergio Marchionne was replaced as chief executive of Fiat Chrysler (FCA) on Saturday by the head of…
Amazon, Toyota, Alcoa and others working to counter Trump’s tariff plans
SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Big companies in the United States from Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) to Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) and…
France says Europe united against U.S. tariffs as Germany eyes negotiation
AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France (Reuters) – The French government insisted on Sunday that Washington should expect united retaliation from Europe to further…
Dueling tariffs raise fears of long U.S.-China trade battle
BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S.-China trade fight resulting in duties on $34 billion worth of each other’s imports was seen…
Tesla hits Model 3 production target, backs profit view
(Reuters) – Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) crossed its long-elusive target of producing 5,000 Model 3 cars in a week after several…
Exclusive: Tesla hits Model 3 manufacturing milestone, hours after deadline – factory sources
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) nearly produced 5,000 Model 3 electric sedans in the last week of its…
VW CEO says arrest of Audi’s Stadler hard to comprehend: Bild am Sonntag
BERLIN (Reuters) – The CEO of Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE), Herbert Diess, told a German newspaper the arrest of Audi head Rupert…
Automakers warn U.S. tariffs will cost hundreds of thousands of jobs, hike prices
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two major auto trade groups on Wednesday warned the Trump administration that imposing up to 25 percent…
Uber battles to keep London license in court appeal
LONDON (Reuters) – Uber goes to court on Monday to overturn a decision stripping it of its license in London…
UK ministers take aim at business over Brexit warnings
LONDON (Reuters) – The British government and business leaders clashed in a deepening row over Brexit on Sunday after a…
EU to respond to any U.S. auto tariff move: report
PARIS (Reuters) – The European Union will respond to any U.S. move to raise tariffs on cars made in the…
German carmakers join American farmers on front line of U.S.-China trade war
WASHINGTON/FRANKFURT/BEIJING (Reuters) – An increasingly shrill exchange of words between the United States and China that is threatening to trigger…
Ford to redevelop symbol of Detroit decline to house tech workers
DETROIT (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co executives on Tuesday said the automaker will renovate and revamp Michigan Central Station, Detroit’s…
China’s BYD recalls cars with Takata airbag inflators: state media
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD Co Ltd (1121.HK) has announced a recall of over 10,000 cars equipped…
Trump sets tariffs on $50 billion in Chinese goods; Beijing strikes back
WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said he was pushing ahead with hefty tariffs on $50 billion of Chinese…
GM has no projects underway with Lyft, CEO Barra says
DETROIT (Reuters) – General Motors Co (GM.N) Chief Executive Officer Mary Barra said on Tuesday the No. 1 U.S. automaker…
Fiat Chrysler boss to tackle Europe, bet on Jeep in his last lap
BALOCCO, Italy (Reuters) – Fiat Chrysler (FCHA.MI) boss Sergio Marchionne is expected to show on Friday how the carmaker plans…
Uber, Waymo in talks about self-driving partnership: Uber CEO
RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. (Reuters) – Uber Technologies Inc is talking with Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) autonomous driving unit Waymo about…
Germany grills Daimler boss over extent of Vito van emissions fix
BERLIN/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany’s Transport Ministry quizzed Daimler (DAIGn.DE) Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche on Monday over how many Mercedes-Benz vans…
Australia orders recall of further 1.1 million cars fitted with Takata air bags
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia on Monday increased the size of its biggest compulsory product recall as it said an additional…
Daimler faces scrutiny of 120,000 Vito, C-Class diesels: BamS
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Daimler (DAIGn.DE) faces an investigation of 40,000 diesel Vito vans and 80,000 C-Class model cars for possible…
Exclusive: Tesla flies in new battery production line for Gigafactory
FRANKFURT/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Tesla Inc has flown six planes full of robots and equipment from Europe to California in…
Audi CEO says diesel crisis not over and vows to stay on: report
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Audi Chief Executive Rupert Stadler said the diesel emissions affair was not over and promised to stay…
Daimler threatened with recall of over 600,000 diesel models: Spiegel
BERLIN (Reuters) – Daimler faces a recall order for more than 600,000 diesel-engine vehicles including C-Class and G-Class models because…
Russia’s standards agency says informed about recall of 4,794 Mercedes cars
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s standards agency said on Friday it had been informed about the voluntary recall of 4,794 Mercedes-Benz…
UAW accuses Musk of threatening Tesla workers over unionization
(Reuters) – The United Auto Workers union (UAW) has filed a complaint accusing Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) Chief Executive Elon Musk…
Tesla trims up to $14,000 off Model X in China after tariff cuts
BEIJING (Reuters) – Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) has slashed up to $14,000 off its Model X in China after Beijing announced…
Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi VC invests first $50 million in startups
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – The Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance’s new venture capital fund has agreed five investments in four months totaling $50…
Uber pulls up in Japan with taxi-hailing service
TOKYO (Reuters) – Uber Technologies plans to launch its first taxi-hailing pilot service in Japan that will connect passengers to…
Model 3 price hype helps Tesla shares bounce
(Reuters) – Shares in Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) jumped more than 4 percent on Monday as investors were encouraged by the…
ISS sides against two Tesla directors, backs split of Musk’s roles
BOSTON (Reuters) – Proxy adviser Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) recommended on Friday that investors vote against Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) directors…
Proxy adviser ISS recommends votes against two Tesla directors
BOSTON (Reuters) – Proxy adviser Institutional Shareholder Services recommended on Friday that investors cast proxy votes against Tesla Inc (TSLA.O)…
U.S., China talks focus on cutting trade gap, $200 billion target disputed
WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) – China is “meeting many” Trump administration demands to cut its trade surplus with the United States, but…
U.S., China talks focus on cutting trade deficit, China denies $200 billion target
WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he was determined to stop China from “taking our jobs,…
Porsche to recall 60,000 SUVs for emissions problems: German regulator
HAMBURG (Reuters) – Volkswagen’s (VOWG_p.DE) sports-car brand Porsche has been asked by Germany’s KBA automotive regulator to recall around 60,000…
China denies it offered package to slash U.S. trade gap by $200 billion
BEIJING (Reuters) – China denied on Friday that it had offered a package to slash the U.S. trade deficit by…
China halts U.S. sorghum dumping probe amid signs of trade thaw
BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China said on Friday it was dropping an anti-dumping probe into imports of U.S. sorghum, a conciliatory…
China offering Trump package to slash U.S. trade deficit, officials say
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China is offering U.S. President Donald Trump a package of trade concessions and increased purchases of American…
China offers Trump package to slash U.S. trade deficit: officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China has offered U.S. President Donald Trump a package of proposed purchases of American goods and other…
Trump doubts success in rebalancing U.S.-China trade as talks get underway
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Thursday that China had become “very spoiled” on trade with the United…
U.S., China launch trade talks to avert tariff war, economic damage
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and China launch a second round of trade talks on Thursday to try to…
Diesel fallout is responsibility of carmakers: German minister
BERLIN (Reuters) – German carmakers will have to take responsibility for the fallout from their cheating in diesel cars’ emission…