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Special-Edition M4 Bimmer Breaks Cover
8/14/2015BMW AG took the wraps off its M4 GTS concept car last night at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance in California.
JCI Plans China Plant to Make Stop-Start Batteries
8/14/2015Johnson Controls Inc. says it will build a $200 million factory in Shenyang, China, with capacity to make 6 million batteries most of them to power fuel-saving automatic engine stop-start systems per year.
GM Hikes Production of Its Biggest SUVs
8/14/2015General Motors Co. has added a Saturday overtime shift at its factory in Arlington, Tex., that makes fullsize SUVs, Reuters reports.
China’s Communist Party Expels FAW Chairman
8/13/2015FAW Group Corp. Chairman Xu Jianyi has been stripped of his post and tossed out of the Communist Party on charges he accepted bribes, embezzled funds and improperly promoted his son's career.
Car Sales in Spain Likely to Top 1 Million This Year
8/13/2015Registrations of new passenger vehicles in Spain will grow 23% to 1.05 million this year, predicts industry group ANFAC.
UPDATE: Tesla Plans Stock Sale to Raise $643 Million
8/13/2015Tesla Motors Inc. tells federal regulators it intends to raise $643 million by selling 2.7 million shares at $242 per share.
Deadly China Blast Incinerates Thousands of Vehicles
8/13/2015Wednesday night's huge double explosion at a warehouse in the port city of Tianjin, China, killed at least 50 people, including a dozen firefighters, and injured at least 700 others, according to reports.
Souped-Up Hennessey Hellcat Tops 800 hp
8/13/2015Houston-based Hennessey Performance Engineering has upped the horsepower ante with an 805-hp variant of the Hellcat-powered Dodge Charger SRT.
Takata: Others Will Supply Two-Thirds of Recalled Airbag Inflators
8/13/2015Takata Corp. estimates three of its competitors will supply about two-thirds of the replacements for some 34 million Takata airbag inflators being recalled by 11 vehicle makers worldwide.
GM Tops in Telematics Patents
8/13/2015General Motors Co. received 228 worldwide patents for telematics-related technologies from 2009 to 2013, according to Thomson Reuters.