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Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche is handing off to his successor after 13 years at the helm as the company faces challenges from the transition to electric cars and digital transportation technologies.

Over 115 years the auto industry in the east German town of Zwickau has lived through wrenching upheavals.

One in six Uber and Lyft drivers in the New York City and Seattle areas are driving vehicles with outstanding recalls, according to Consumer Reports.

Short-sellers have gained roughly $3.88 billion in paper profits in 2019 alone.

Fiat Chrysler can move forward with plans to build a new, $1.6 million assembly plant on Detroit's eastside and invest $900 million to retool and modernize another.

___ US delay to Huawei ban gives tech sector time to adjust WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is delaying some restrictions on technology sales to Chinese powerhouse Huawei.

Faced with a slumping stock price and questions about demand for its vehicles, Tesla has lowered the U.S. base prices of its two most expensive models.

The Latest on plans by Fiat Chrysler to build a new vehicle assembly plant in Detroit (all times local): 3:10 p.m. Fiat Chrysler says construction is set to begin immediately on a new, $1.6 million assembly plant on Detroit's east side.

The carmakers are trimming thousands of jobs as production lines shift and sales slow in key markets.

Maven, General Motors' car-sharing service, is being shut down in about half of the 17 North American markets it operates.

Ford is cutting about 7,000 white-collar jobs, which would make up 10% of its global workforce.

The dashboard display is Tesla vehicles is already capable of running several classic Atari video games, including Asteroids and Centipede.

The first wave of layoffs will begin Tuesday and include 500 salaried workers in the U.S. this week.

For four decades, Beijing has cajoled or pressured foreign companies to hand over technology.

President Donald Trump is delaying any decision to impose auto tariffs on car and auto part imports, deciding against ratcheting up trade disputes or impacting talks with European nations and Japan.

Fiat Chrysler is recalling over 208,000 minivans in North America because they could lose power-assisted steering or engines can stall.

Former Shell Oil president John Hofmeister anticipates a summer spike in gas prices from a domestic market standpoint.

Trump is giving European, Japanese automakers a break...for now.

The National Transportation Safety Board says Tesla's Autopilot semi-autonomous driving system was in use when one of its cars drove beneath a semitrailer in Florida in March, killing the driver.