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Ford Motor Co briefly closed its Chicago assembly plant twice on Tuesday, after reopening following a two-month shutdown amid the coronavirus pandemic, as two employees tested positive for COVID-19.

The two Americans are wanted by Japan officials on charges that they helped Ghosn escape the country in December.

Harley-Davidson Inc. is reopening its factories this week at lower production rates and sending dealers a narrower range of motorcycles, steering away from more expansive plans to stop a yearslong sales slide.

A Delaware judge has denied a request by attorneys for Tesla shareholders to pursue a lawsuit seeking to prevent CEO Elon Musk from using his personal Twitter account to disseminate information regarding the electric vehicle and solar panel manufacturer.

Hertz said it planned to “adjust fleet levels” as one of several measures to mitigate the impact of pandemic-related shutdowns on its business.

When Toyota introduced two new vehicles Monday, its executives didn't brag about them from an elaborate stage inside a convention center.

Ford, General Motors and Fiat Chrysler partially resumed U.S. production on Monday.

Gov. Greg Abbott said this week that he had talked to Tesla CEO Elon Musk about moving some of the company’s facilities to the state.

As states ease coronavirus restrictions, drive-in movies are opening up across the country.

Defying a wave of layoffs that has sent the U.S. job market into its worst catastrophe on record, at least one major industry is making a comeback: Tens of thousands of auto workers are returning to factories that have been shuttered since mid-March due to fears of spreading the coronavirus.

The second of two underground tunnels beneath the Las Vegas Convention Center was completed Thursday.

GasBuddy found that 31 percent of survey respondents said they planned to go on a road trip this summer.

General Motors is ready to start building its new generation of large sport utility vehicles at a plant in Arlington, Texas, when it reopens North American assembly plants on May 18, Philip Kienle, the automaker's North American manufacturing chief, told Reuters on Thursday.

The former chief was released on a $10,000 unsecured bond.

Electric car maker Tesla Inc plans to introduce a new low-cost, long-life battery in its Model 3 sedan in China later this year or early next that it expects will bring the cost of electric vehicles in line with gasoline models.