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BMW, Kia Cancel U.S. Shifts As Storms Batter South
Severe winter storms sweeping through the South today prompted BMW AG and Kia Motors Corp. to cancel production late in the day and overnight at their American assembly plants, Automotive News reports.
Opel to Expand Diesel Plant in Poland
General Motors Co.'s Opel unit says it will invest €250 million to increase diesel engine capacity at its factory in Tychy, Poland.
Fiat Adds New Engines for 500L Minicar
Fiat SpA is adding two 120-hp engines a gasoline and diesel unit for its 500L stretched minicar.
Brammo Introduces a New, Fast EV
One thing that is certain about electric vehicles (EVs) is that when you’re going zero miles per hour, you pretty quickly get to a much higher speed rather quickly thanks to the nature of an electric motor versus, say, an internal combustion engine.
Toyota to Export Revamped Highlander Crossover
Toyota Motor Corp. has begun exporting about 29,000 of the revamped 2014 model Highlander crossovers built at its assembly plant in Princeton, Ind.
Green Fuel, Not Lantern
Although the picture shown here might bring to mind the Emotional Electromagnetic Spectrum power source for the Green Lantern Corps (OK, we had to stretch to find that, but this really is a rather sci-fi looking imagine), it is actually a look through a quartz glass window in a test engine that Audi engineers in Ingolstadt are using in their development of “e-fuels,” both e-ethanol and e-diesel.
Nissan Shows Diesel Pickup Concept
Nissan Motor Co. is testing U.S. consumer interest in diesel-powered midsize pickup trucks with its proof-of-concept Frontier model at the Chicago auto show.
GM, Isuzu Update Diesel Venture in Ohio
General Motors Co. and Japan's Isuzu Motors Ltd. are spending a combined $60 million to upgrade their DMAX Ltd. diesel engine venture in Moraine, Ohio.
2014 Ford Fusion Energi SE
The thing about the 2014 Ford Fusion Energi SE is that you have to like not using a lot of gas more than you like having the sort of trunk space that you’ve come to expect in a midsize sedan.
Report: BMW Likely to Open Assembly Plant in Mexico
BMW AG is in advanced talks with officials in Mexico about opening a $1.5 billion factory there in 2016 that would supply 1 Series and 3 Series small cars throughout North America, according to The Wall Street Journal.