Toyota Motor Corp., the world's biggest seller of autos powered by a combination of gasoline and electricity, said it will display its first hybrid car that can be recharged at a household outlet in Frankfurt next week. The 2010 Prius plug-in hybrid vehicle, or PHV, will be shown at the Frankfurt...
Daimler sales in mainland China rose 49 percent in the first seven months of the year. Visitors look at at Mercedes-Benz cars during an April auto show in Shanghai. [AP photo] Daimler AG hopes its sales in China in the second half of 2009 can keep strong, a senior executive with the German compan...
Car and truck stocks are finally going down. Will the manufacturers show the discipline to keep it that way?
* Government auto rebate program ends at 8 p.m. EDT * Deadline extended for dealers to file applications * Tallies show 625,000 transactions worth $2.58 bln * Car dealers say program an unmitigated success (Adds...
* "Cash for clunkers" $1 billion in funding exhausted * House passes additional funding but Senate yet to act * Some potential buyers left in limbo * Estimates show 250,000 cars sold under popular program...
Guangzhou Automobile Industry Group Co, Ltd (GAIG) will bring its self-produced passenger vehicle to the Guangzhou Auto Show in November, a staff member told auto.163.com. This person also said that a hybrid-powered vehicle will be launched soon after the Guangzhou Auto Show. The academy of GAIG ...
The Shanghai auto show is the only bright spot for struggling global auto companies.
Shanghai, April 21 (Gasgoo.com) General Motors has unveiled its new Buick "Business" MPV concept at Shanghai auto show, sina.com said today. This car is specially designed for China's Buick-loving buyers.
* Honda-GS Yuasa JV to spend $254.6 mln on battery plant * Battery plant to start production in 2010 * JV capable of supplying up to 300,000 hybrid cars/year * Honda shares end down 4.9...
A recent study shows no amount of airbags, electronic stability control or roll cages can defeat the laws of physics.