Nissan shareholders set to back CEO Saikawa amid fraying ties with Renault

Workers at a U.S. plant owned by French supplier Faurecia complained of leaky roofs, clogged toilets and brown drinking water before a settlement ended a brief strike. They will vote on a new contract this week.

Autonomous vehicle technology company Velodyne Lidar has hired bankers for an initial public offering, which it hopes to have before the end of 2019, a business publication reported.

An investment company in Lebanon controlled by former Renault Chairman Carlos Ghosn received about 350 million yen ($3.3 million) from the French automaker via a car distributor in Oman, a Japanese newspaper reported, citing Tokyo prosecutors.

Daimler must recall 60,000 Mercedes diesel cars in Germany after regulators found that they were equipped with software aimed at distorting emissions tests, the Transportation Ministry said.

Daimler cut its profit forecast for the third time in a year, this time blaming the burden of handling long-standing proceedings around diesel emissions.

A company is converting Zastava 750 cars, based on the Fiat 600, into electric vehicles in North Macedonia, which must reduce vehicle emissions if it is to succeed in its bid to join the European Union.

Russian company Yandex intends to remove human safety drivers from five of its autonomous vehicles operating in the city of Innopolis and conduct completely driverless commercial operations.

Magna founder Frank Stronach initiated fraud charges in court that now include eight litigants — most of them blood relatives of the auto parts magnate — and at least 50 lawyers with no end to the legal wrangling in sight, according to a Toronto magazine.

Chinese electric vehicle startup Byton has tapped veteran engineers from Ford and Renault in advance of mass production of its first vehicle.

The Japanese government played a role in the breakdown of merger talks between Renault and Fiat Chrysler, weighing in with concerns the combination could harm Nissan, Bloomberg reported.