DETROIT — General Motors is taking an 11 percent stake in startup electric truck maker Nikola Corp. under a partnership that calls for GM to engineer and assemble Nikola’s first vehicle, the companies said Tuesday. Under the agreement, which is expected to close this month, GM will build the Nikola Badger, an electric and fuel-cell […]

DETROIT — Federal prosecutors on Thursday charged ex-UAW President Dennis Williams, who led one of the nation’s most powerful labor unions from 2014 to 2018, with conspiring to embezzle funds from rank-and-file workers for nearly a decade. Court documents say Williams and others spent hundreds of thousands of member dollars on trips to Palm Springs, […]

SEOUL — Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said the automaker may be able to mass produce longer-life batteries with 50 percent more energy density in three to four years. “400 Wh/kg *with* high cycle life, produced in volume (not just a lab) is not far. Probably 3 to 4 years,” Musk tweeted on Monday ahead […]

LOS ANGELES — Hyundai Motor Co. is the latest major automaker to plan a distinct brand to contain its coming onslaught of electric vehicles. It will be a mission of brand identity and awareness as Hyundai brings the venture to life. Hyundai pulled the name Ioniq from its existing eco-friendly compact hatchback, which comes in […]

Bailout talks between Jaguar Land Rover and Tata Steel with the U.K. government have ended, leaving both companies to rely on private financing to overcome the impact of coronavirus on business, the Financial Times reported. Talks for an emergency funding fell through as Jaguar Land Rover did not qualify for taxpayer support, the paper said. […]

German logistics company DHL plans to cut as many as 2,200 jobs at Jaguar Land Rover’s UK factories, the Unite trade union said. The job cuts comprise just under 40 percent of the entire DHL workforce on the company’s contract with JLR, the union said on Tuesday.   More information at Europe Auto News

BARCELONA –Nissan has decided to close its factory in Barcelona, resulting in the loss of about 2,800 jobs. The closure was announced on Thursday by the automaker’s CEO, Makoto Uchida, during a webcast detailing the automaker’s new three-year global business plan Read more Auto News Europe

LOS ANGELES — California distributor HAAH Automotive Holdings is suspending plans to import vehicles from China’s Zotye Automobile Co. until financial conditions improve in its home market. HAAH will now focus on a second Chinese partner, Chery Automobile Co., CEO Duke Hale told Automotive News. In February, HAAH announced plans to sell Chery-engineered crossovers assembled […]

Hyundai Motor America’s hard-charging marketing chief, Dean Evans, is leaving the Korean automaker after “four highly successful years” to pursue a new business opportunity, the company said Friday. Brian Smith, the COO of Hyundai’s U.S. arm, will take over Evans’ duties on an interim basis. “Hyundai is greatly appreciative to Dean for his contributions,” the […]

China’s new-vehicle market has contracted for the 15th straight month, with sales declining 5.2 percent from a year earlier to 2.27 million in September, as the nation’s weakening economy continues to weigh on light vehicle demand. Last month, new light-vehicle deliveries slipped 6.3 percent to around 1.93 million, according to the China Association of Automobile […]