NEWS

Mercedes Unveils CLA Shooting Brake

11/25/2014

Daimler AG will expand its CLA line of A-segment Mercedes-Benz cars in March with its smallest wagon yet, the sporty CLA Shooting Brake.

IBM, Aselsan Partner on Metal-Air Batteries, Imaging Chips

11/25/2014

IBM Corp. and Turkish defense company Aselsan AS have agreed to collaborate in developing metal-air battery technology and next-generation millimeter wave integrated circuits.

China May Scrap Driving Lessons for New Motorists

11/25/2014

China's central government may drop current requirements that would-be drivers must first complete driving lessons that can cost about 9,000 yuan ($1,500), Bloomberg News reports.

Japan Forms Task Force to Monitor Takata Recalls

11/25/2014

Japan's transport ministry is forming a special group to track multiple recalls in the country to replace more than 2.5 million faulty Takata Corp. airbag inflators that could explode when triggered.

U.S. Economy Expanded 3.9% in Third Quarter

11/25/2014

America's economy, which grew 4.6% in the second quarter, expanded by an upwardly revised 3.9% in July-September, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Visteon in Talks to Shed Stake in Climate Control Venture

11/25/2014

Visteon Corp. confirms it is in discussions to sell its 70% stake in South Korea-based Halla Visteon Climate Control Corp. to Korean private equity firm Hahn & Co.

Judge Overturns Homicide Conviction Linked to Faulty GM Ignition Switch

11/25/2014

Anderson's Saturn A judge in Texas has overturned a 7-year-old negligent homicide conviction of a woman whose General Motors Co. car crashed three years earlier because of a defective ignition switch.

Honda Admits Failing to Report More Than 1,700 Crashes

11/25/2014

Honda Motor Co.'s U.S. unit says it violated U.S. regulatory requirements by failing to report more than 1,700 possible safety-related crashes over the past 11 years.

GM Ignition Switch Now Linked to 35 Deaths

11/25/2014

General Motors Co. has now identified 35 fatalities in the U.S. linked to the 2.6 million defective ignition switches it began recalling in February.

Honda Seeks Other Airbag Suppliers for Takata Recalls

11/25/2014

Honda Motor Co. has approached multiple airbag suppliers for help in replacing some 6 million defective airbag inflators in the U.S. that were supplied by Takata Corp., unnamed sources tell The Wall Street Journal.