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Fiat S.p.A. has disbanded a team of Chrysler Group engineers dedicated to rushing a range of electric vehicles to showrooms and dropped ambitious sales targets for battery-powered cars. Nov. 7 06:01 CET

New-car sales in China rose 79.6 percent to 923,154 cars last month, state media reported on Saturday. That would suggest a month-on-month drop of about 9.8 percent from September, when sales rise 83.6 percent from a year earlier to 1. Nov. 7 06:01 CET

Bob Lutz, General Motors Co.' Nov. 6 11:46 CET | UPDATED: Nov. 6 20:35 CET

Ford production suffers even as strike at Indian supplier ends

Workers at an India auto-parts maker have ended a six-week strike, which had hit transmission parts supplies to General Motors and Ford Motor Co. and caused the shutdown of at least two North American crossover plants. 4:31 am U.S. ET | Nov. 6 | UPDATED: 11/6/09 4:28 p.m. ET

Merkel wants GM's plan for Opel ready fast

General Motors Co. said it is readying a plan to restructure Opel and could pay off debt due this month. German Chancellor Angela Merkel raised concern over GM's decision to keep Opel with U.S. President Barack Obama. Nov. 6 06:01 CET

Magna focuses on core business after Opel defeat

Magna International Inc. is not looking at taking over any other automakers following the collapse of its deal to buy a stake in General Motors Co.'s European operations, the auto parts supplier's co-CEO, Don Walker, said. Nov. 6 06:01 CET

Porsche rushes to close 8.5B loan, bankers say

Porsche Automobil Holding SE is pushing to agree an 8.5 billion euro ($12.62 billion) loan by Nov. 10, two bankers close to the deal said on Friday. The loan has been reduced to 8.5 billion euros from an earlier figure of 10. Nov. 6 12:31 CET | UPDATED: Nov. 6 14:25 CET

Audi raises 2009 unit sales outlook, exec tells paper

Volkswagen AG's premium brand Audi expects its vehicle sales to fall less than previously thought to more than 920,000 vehicles this year instead of about 900,000, Audi sales chief Peter Schwarzenbauer told a German newspaper. Nov. 6 12:01 CET

Bosch sees 11 million US auto sales in 2010

The head of the American unit of German autos parts supplier Robert Bosch GmbH said he expects U.S. light vehicle sales to improve to 11 million units in 2010, indicative of a steady but slow recovery from a bottom reached earlier this year. Nov. 6 06:01 CET

PSA says supplier base needs to consolidate more

PSA/Peugeot-Citroen's supplier network in France is burdened with 40 percent too much industrial capacity, its head of purchasing said on Friday. Nov. 6 11:46 CET

Renault has no plans to raise AvtoVAZ stake

Renault SA has no plans to change it stake in AvtoVAZ even though Russia wants it to play a bigger role to help rescue the country's largest automaker. "We have no plan to raise our reduce our stake," Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn said. Nov. 6 06:01 CET

Opel's German workers against protest GM move

Opel auto workers in Germany downed tools to show their anger at GM's decision to abandon a a sale of the German-based unit to Magna. They blame GM for mismanaging Opel into losses. Nov. 5 18:50 CET

Henderson wants to mend fences with German labor

In the wake of General Motors Co.’s decision not to sell Opel/Vauxhall, GM CEO Fritz Henderson said today GM will need to repair relations with the German trade unions. 2:40 pm U.S. ET | Nov. 5

GM aims to double Chevy sales in Europe

General Motors Co. aims to more than double sales for its flagship Chevrolet brand in Europe as part of a business plan that was presented to the company's board this week, the brand's chief said today. 1:46 pm U.S. ET | Nov. 5

Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda is rewriting his U.S. playbook to revive battered sales and a tattered image. Toyota executives who described the plan to Automotive News say the goal is to make a bigger splash with model launches and tailor cars to American demand. 12:01 am U.S. ET | Nov. 2

Toyota Motor Corp. senior executives say the automaker is moving aggressively to improve quality after a recent rash of problems saddled the company with lawsuits, its largest-ever U.S. recall and allegations of deadly defects. 12:01 am U.S. ET | Nov. 2

Acura reverses product plans

Acura is reversing course in North America as the brand suffers through the shift from high-performance luxury vehicles and the cancellation of its V-8 and rear-wheel-drive programs. There is "a certain level of confusion" about Acura in the marketplace, Honda Motor Co. 12:01 am U.S. ET | Nov. 2

Mazda, Ford go separate ways on product development

Less than a year after Ford Motor Co. halved its stake in Mazda Motor Corp., Mazda is embarking on a more independent product development path. 12:01 am U.S. ET | Nov. 2

Ford favors Geely in bidding for Volvo

Geely Holding Group Co., a small but ambitious Chinese automaker with overseas ambitions, is Ford Motor Co.'s preferred bidder to purchase Volvo Car Corp. Ford announced last week that it will start more detailed negotiations with Geely, adding that no final decisions have been made. 12:01 am U.S. ET | Nov. 2