United States

News: According to tennessean.com, the tyre operations unit of Japanese rubber company Bridgestone's US subsidiary Bridgestone Americas has entered into a tentative agreement with... 2009-11-23

News: South Korean carmaker Kia Motor has created new job opportunities in Alabama through its new assembly plant in western Georgia. The carmaker started production at its West Point... 2009-11-18

News: US automaker General Motors Company(GM) plans to begin repayments worth US$6.7bn out of a total US treasury loan of US$49.4bn by the end of 2009, five years sooner than planned.... 2009-11-17

Major US automotive parts supplier Visteon has been granted approval by a Delaware bankruptcy for deals that will help the company restructure under Chapter 11 protection. The deals... 2009-11-13

News: US automotive parts supplier ArvinMeritor has registered a loss of US$49mn (US$0.68 per share) from continuing operations in the quarter ending September 30 2009, compared with... 2009-11-11

US luxury car producer Fisker Automotive has acquired a former General Motors plant in Wilmington, Delware, which will produce its high-volume plug-in hybrid sedan. The plant itself,... 2009-10-28

A division of South Korean components supplier Hyundai Mobis has taken out a six-year lease on a plant belonging to ArvinMeritor, as the US supplier looks to continue divesting its... 2009-10-16

US automotive component supplier Delphi Corp has emerged from bankruptcy protection after four years, with its businesses divided between former parent General Motors Company (GM)... 2009-10-09

General Motors Company (GM) has hit a roadblock in its restructuring efforts, as its deal to sell the Saturn brand to the US's second largest dealer, Penske Automotive, has fallen... 2009-10-02

News: US automaker General Motors Company (GM) is terminating its partnership with online auction website eBay. The automaker is ending a trial programme for selling cars on eBay... 2009-10-01