VW has set a hefty goal for itself: to displace Toyota as the world’s No. 1 car company. The German automaker is actually within reach, thanks mainly to its huge lead in China. To overtake Toyota, however, VW will need to reall…
If you’re still waiting for a merger between the parent companies of VW and sports car maker Porsche to close, don’t hold your breath. VW’s CEO is warning that it may not happen at all. “The chances are 70 to 30 that it comes to that,” Volkswagen CEO M…
Profit tumbled 99% at BYD, a Chinese auto company that makes electric cars. Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway holds a 10% stake in the company.
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Demand for new cars and trucks should be better than it was a year ago. But expectations now are for lower sales than in August, itself unimpressive. That would leave autos stuck in a four-month-long rut.
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General Motors’ share of the U.S. automobile market is expected to slip to 18% in September, the third lowest ever recorded by the Detroit automaker.
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