EV startup negotiating over NUMMI plant in California
After General Motors abruptly pulled out of its joint-ownership of Northern California & #8217;s NUMMI assembly plant, Toyota was left unsure what to do with its only unionized plant in North America. Now, a small California-based electric vehicle manufacturer, Aurica Motors LLC, says it is interested in the plant.
Toyota previously announced that, rather than be left with [...]
March 11th, 2010
Patent office leaks first images of 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Convertible
Our spy photographers have spotted the forthcoming Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Convertible on two separate occasions, but the upcoming roadster has been fully outed by a European patent office. The leaked drawings give us our best look at the SLS AMG Convertible yet.
Envisioned as a more cruising-oriented variant of the high-performance [...]
March 11th, 2010
Chrysler appoints new Fiat North America chief
Three words we haven & #8217;t seen together in 25 years & #8211; Fiat North America & #8211; now have a leader: Chrysler has appointed former Volkswagen and Ford marketing executive Laura Soave to lead the inexpensive Italian brand & #8217;s renaissance in the United States and Canada.
Soave will report directly to Fiat chief Sergio Marchionne, who said in a statement [...]
March 11th, 2010
Audi aims for No1 in Indian luxury car segment
March 11th, 2010
Geely may need $1.4 bln to revive Volvo after Ford deal