How PSA-FCA merger plan prevailed despite COVID crisis, squabbles

Diess has asked VW's controlling Piech and Porsche families to back a contract extension in a bid to break a management deadlock at the automaker, Reuters reported.

Huawei Technologies, a major global supplier of communications equipment and smart phones, admonished managers this week who are pressing the Chinese company to expand beyond its core business and build connected vehicles. 

The van drought sprang from pandemic-induced shutdowns at factories that build the high-ceiling and box-like vehicles -- just as soaring e-commerce ratcheted up demand for home deliveries.

Nissan is looking to raise market share with new models in the U.S. as it rebounds from a demand slump triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tesla, which now sells the Model 3 in China and plans to deliver its Model Y crossovers in 2021, wants to invest 42 million yuan ($6.4 million) in a new factory to make the chargers near its car plant in Shanghai.

Automakers that have purchased the defective parts for possible use or installation in their vehicles include Honda, Ford, Subaru, Toyota and Mitsubishi.

Tesla said in NHTSA documents it learned of an event involving a 2016 Model X that prompted a company investigation into the root cause and frequency of the condition that could create a road hazard for motorists behind the vehicle.

VW CEO Diess faces opposition to his picks to fill two roles that are key to his efforts to boost efficiency at the automaker, which just approved a $178 billion investment plan to challenge Tesla's electric-car leadership.

British and EU negotiators are working to sign a new trade deal by Jan. 1, 2021. Failure to do so could leave automakers paying tariffs on parts and vehicles imported and exported into and out of Britain.

The World Economic Forum lays out ways in which regulators who lack technical expertise can move from a present-day murkiness toward practical frameworks for self-driving vehicles.