Mazda CEO Says Ford Partnership Will Continue

Addressing recent reports that Ford is looking to pull out of its partnership with Mazda, the head of the Japanese carmaker said Wednesday that the alliance remains intact. “We have an agreement with Ford,” Mazda CEO Takashi Ya…

Deadline Looms for Laid-Off GM Workers to Claim Ohio Jobs

Autoworkers laid off from a General Motors plant in Orion Township, Mich., have until the end of the day Tuesday to decide whether to take jobs at the automaker’s Lordstown assembly plant, some 250 miles away in neighboring Ohi…

China Spending $15 Billion on Electric Car Project

Mindful of the ecological toll that gasoline and diesel engines exact on the environment, the Chinese government is pressing forward with plans to build 1 million electric vehicles a year by 2020. China’s government plans to sp…

Will Toyota Build a Second Mexico Plant as Yen Surges?

Toyota may build another factory in Mexico to produce small cars as the world’s largest automaker shifts more capacity outside Japan to remain competitive. The yen’s strength on world markets is said to be prompting the move.
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