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DETROIT -- Ever since Volkswagen admitted in September to cheating on diesel emissions tests in the United States, its sales and grand plans for growth in the American market have [...]

LAS VEGAS -- Although sales of electric and hybrid vehicles have struggled, automakers are charging ahead to bring new battery-powered vehicles to market. Several car companies have focused on electric [...]

Byline: BILL VLASIC DETROIT -- In a move that consolidates power at the top of the nation's largest automaker, General Motors said on Monday that its chief executive, Mary Barra, [...]

Byline: BILL VLASIC DETROIT -- When Mark Fields attended his first consumer electronics trade show in 2007 as head of Ford Motor's Americas division, the auto industry was hardly noticed [...]

Six years after plunging sales during the recession forced automakers into bankruptcies and painful restructuring, the industry has roared back to achieve new heights. Automakers said on Tuesday that strong [...]

DETROIT -- In a move that consolidates power at the top of the nation's largest automaker, General Motors said on Monday that its chief executive, Mary Barra, had also been [...]

DETROIT -- When Mark Fields attended his first consumer electronics trade show in 2007 as head of Ford Motor's Americas division, the auto industry was hardly noticed among the thousands [...]

DETROIT -- Automakers have enjoyed an unequaled run of success in the United States because of pent-up consumer demand, cheap gas prices and low interest rates. But despite record sales, [...]

Byline: DANIELLE IVORY and BILL VLASIC Fiat Chrysler is expected to pay the United States government as much as $70 million in penalties for significantly underreporting the number of death [...]

Byline: BILL VLASIC WASHINGTON -- As General Motors publicly expressed remorse over its decade-long failure to disclose defective ignition switches, it successfully fought to retain its protection from any lawsuits [...]

WASHINGTON -- As General Motors publicly expressed remorse over its decade-long failure to disclose defective ignition switches, it successfully fought to retain its protection from any lawsuits for crashes that [...]

Fiat Chrysler is expected to pay the federal government as much as $70 million in penalties for significantly underreporting the number of death and injury claims tied to potential defects [...]

Byline: BILL VLASIC DETROIT -- General Motors said on Friday that it would sell its first Chinese-made vehicle in the United States next year in an effort to expand the [...]

DETROIT -- General Motors said on Friday that it would sell its first Chinese-made vehicle in the United States next year in an effort to expand the product lineup of [...]

DETROIT -- While other automakers were reporting gains in a strong market for new vehicles in November, Volkswagen said on Tuesday that the impact of a widening emissions scandal caused [...]

Byline: BILL VLASIC and MARY M. CHAPMAN DETROIT -- When union contracts were finally ratified at Ford Motor and General Motors last week, a new era began in the American [...]

DETROIT -- When union contracts were finally ratified at Ford Motor and General Motors last week, a new era began in the American auto industry. The deals, which culminated labor [...]

Byline: BILL VLASIC and MARY M. CHAPMAN DETROIT -- After five months of bargaining and divisive ratification votes, the United Automobile Workers has completed new labor contracts covering more than [...]

DETROIT -- After five months of bargaining and divisive ratification votes, the United Automobile Workers on Friday completed new labor contracts covering more than 140,000 workers at the three largest [...]

DEARBORN, Mich. -- Leaders of the United Automobile Workers union said on Wednesday that a slight majority of workers at Ford Motor Company have so far voted against a proposed [...]

DETROIT -- Local leaders of the United Automobile Workers on Monday endorsed a proposed new labor agreement with Ford Motor Company that is slightly richer than contracts agreed to by [...]

DETROIT -- The United Automobile Workers union reached a tentative agreement on Friday on a new contract for more than 52,000 workers at Ford Motor Company. Workers at General Motors [...]

DETROIT -- The American auto industry reported its best October sales in a decade on Tuesday, led by double-digit growth at all three Detroit carmakers. But one automaker that did [...]

DETROIT -- The president of the United Automobile Workers union, Dennis Williams, expressed confidence Friday that workers at Fiat Chrysler would accept a more lucrative contract proposal after rejecting an [...]

Byline: BILL VLASIC DETROIT -- The United Automobile Workers and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles announced early Thursday that they had reached a tentative agreement on a new contract shortly after a [...]

DETROIT -- Just days after Fiat Chrysler autoworkers soundly rejected a contract proposal, union negotiators reached a new deal with the company that would give entry-level workers larger raises, effectively [...]

DETROIT -- The United Automobile Workers and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles announced early Thursday that they had reached a tentative agreement on a new contract shortly after a midnight strike deadline [...]

DETROIT -- The United Automobile Workers union has set a Wednesday-night deadline for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles to agree to a new contract or risk a nationwide strike by the company's [...]

Byline: BILL VLASIC and MARY M. CHAPMAN DETROIT -- The United Automobile Workers union plans to resume discussions with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles after nearly two-thirds of the company's hourly workers [...]

Byline: BILL VLASIC and MARY M. CHAPMAN DETROIT -- Hourly workers at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles appear to have soundly rejected a proposed new union contract that set no limit on [...]

DETROIT -- The United Automobile Workers union plans to resume discussions with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles after nearly two-thirds of the company's hourly workers rejected a proposed new contract. The union [...]

DETROIT -- Hourly workers at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles appear to have soundly rejected a proposed new union contract that set no limit on the number of lower-paid workers and that [...]

DETROIT -- Federal regulators said on Tuesday that Fiat Chrysler Automobiles had significantly underreported to regulators the number of death and injury claims linked to possible defects in its cars. [...]

Byline: JACK EWING and BILL VLASIC FRANKFURT -- The potential damage to Volkswagen from an emissions cheating scandal continued to grow on Monday, as prosecutors said they were investigating the [...]

FRANKFURT -- The potential damage to Volkswagen from an emissions cheating scandal grew again on Monday, as prosecutors said they were investigating the former chief executive, and the company disclosed [...]

FRANKFURT -- Volkswagen on Friday tried to move beyond the emissions cheating scandal that has threatened to cripple it, naming Matthias Mller, the head of the company's Porsche unit, as [...]

Byline: BILL VLASIC and AARON M. KESSLER Volkswagen executives told environmental regulators for more than a year that discrepancies between pollution tests on its diesel cars and the starkly higher [...]

Volkswagen executives told environmental regulators for more than a year that discrepancies between pollution tests on its diesel cars and the starkly higher levels out on the road were a [...]

DETROIT -- The proposed contract between Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and the United Automobile Workers union includes wage increases that significantly close the gap in pay between veteran workers and entry-level [...]

As the number of deaths linked to defective cars made by General Motors has steadily risen to 124, victims' families have waited for the answer to a burning question: How [...]

Byline: BILL VLASIC DETROIT -- Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and the United Automobile Workers union have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract that could establish a pattern for labor [...]

DETROIT -- Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and the United Automobile Workers union reached a tentative agreement on Tuesday on a new contract that could establish a pattern for labor deals at [...]

Contract talks intensified on Monday between the United Automobile Workers union and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, which was selected by the union to be the first among Detroit's three carmakers to [...]

DETROIT -- Federal regulators said on Friday that 10 automakers had agreed to install automatic braking systems, which use sensors to detect potential collisions, as standard equipment in new vehicles. [...]

Byline: BILL VLASIC DETROIT -- The Toyota Prius gas-electric hybrid did not need cutting-edge styling to become the best-selling alternative-fuel car in the world. If anything, its sensible design struck [...]

DETROIT -- The Toyota Prius gas-electric hybrid did not need cutting-edge styling to become the best-selling alternative-fuel car in the world. If anything, its sensible design struck a chord with [...]

Byline: NEIL GOUGH, MICHAEL CORKERY, BILL VLASIC, JOHN KOBLIN, CHAD BRAY, NELSON D. SCHWARTZ and DAVID JOLLY Reports expected to provide picture of China's economy China reports a basket of [...]

Byline: BILL VLASIC DETROIT -- When Tata Motors of India acquired the Jaguar and Land Rover brands in 2008, the deal added a new twist to the rapid globalization of [...]

DETROIT -- When Tata Motors of India acquired the Jaguar and Land Rover brands in 2008, the deal added a new twist to the rapid globalization of the auto industry. [...]