United States

US carmaker General Motors is on target to have its plug-in electric vehicle ready to unveil by June 2008. According to GM vice president of global product development Bob Lutz, GM... 2008-01-15

After ousting Chrysler to take third place in the US new vehicle market in 2006, Japan's Toyota reached another milestone in 2007, replacing Ford in second place. Toyota's sales growth... 2008-01-04

California and 16 other US states have been denied a waiver from the Clean Air Act by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which would have allowed them to set their own vehicle... 2007-12-20

The state of California is a step closer to retaining its authority over vehicle emissions, after a US District Court judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by carmakers. The suit claimed... 2007-12-13

US carmaker Chrysler has announced further job cuts in North America, just days after a labour agreement was ratified by the United Auto Workers union (UAW). The new plan envisages... 2007-11-02

Chrysler is the latest US carmaker to reach a deal with the United Auto Workers (UAW) union. A four-year labour contract has been agreed, but by the narrowest of margins, with only... 2007-10-29

US carmaker General Motors has reached an agreement with the United Auto Workers (UAW) union, which has ended a two-day strike by GM workers. Although the new labour contract is yet... 2007-09-27

DaimlerChrysler has completed a deal selling a majority stake in the Chrysler Group to a subsidiary of New York-based private equity group Cerberus Capital Management. The Cerberus... 2007-08-07

US carmaker General Motors is not giving up its global crown easily, making a comeback in the second quarter of 2007 to reclaim the lead from Japan's Toyota. GM slipped behind its... 2007-07-23

US parts maker Delphi has concluded two years of negotiations with the United Auto Workers union (UAW), reaching an agreement that will save a number of plants and thousands of jobs.... 2007-07-03