Thousands protest at Frankfurt show on emissions concern

While short on specifics, the German chancellor backed efforts to encourage consumers to buy more environmentally friendly products such as EVs fueled by renewable power.

The supplier is mulling selling its 20 percent stake in the brake maker after failing to take over the Swedish company in a battle with rival Knorr-Bremse.

Makoto Uchida and Jun Seki have emerged as leading candidates to take the top job, but it is also possible that Yasuhiro Yamauchi, the temporary CEO, could keep the role.

The industry says a bigger charging infrastructure and subsidies to help boost EV sales are needed to help companies meet stringent new emissions rules.

Toyota engineers fitted ultra-thin solar panels in a Prius to see whether they could generate enough electricity to power the car for long distances.

Profits from the new-generation 911 will help Porsche to counterbalance expected losses from the just-released Taycan, its first full-electric series production car.

An EV marketing blitz by automakers at this year's Frankfurt auto show will not wash away the deep uncertainties facing battery-powered cars -- customers do not like paying for new technology they are unsure about.

Politicians in the UK and the EU need to compromise to avoid a damaging no-deal Brexit, said PSA CEO Carlos Tavares, who also heads the European auto industy association.

The automaker previously assembled vehicles in Bulgaria before closing its plant in 2017. It says it could restart production in the region if annual sales hit 50,000.

Italian executive Daniele Schillaci, who left Nissan earlier this year, is a potential candidate to return to the automaker after CEO Hiroto Saikawa departs.