Auto industry in limbo after close German election result

The former VW manager, whom prosecutors said was in charge of the development of the automaker's illegal software, said he was pressured to keep quiet.

Direct negotiations to secure supply for EV motors from an Australian mining company are advancing, an executive says. China is expected to put much of its rare earths production to use domestically in the future.

Volvo is among the very few brands to say it will not offer any leather at all.

Software used by VW  to alter pollutant emissions based on the temperature and altitude is illegal unless it prevents potentially dangerous sudden damage to the engine, an adviser to the EU's top court said.

The Ami will remain a left-hand-drive vehicle in the UK. First-year orders have totaled 9,000, mostly in France and Italy, Citroen said.

The automaker will operate only one assembly line that builds the VW Golf due to the shortage of key electronic parts.

The plant is part of automaker's goal to produce more than 1 million battery systems annually in Europe, U.S. and China.

The supplier said that IHS Markit now estimated worldwide car production at 72 million vehicles this year compared with an earlier forecast of 76.8 million.

A shortage of semiconductors is just part of the industry's supply chain problems. High prices and tight supplies of commodities such as steel and plastic resin are driving up costs and forcing automakers to curtail production.

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