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Tesla CEO Elon Musk is trying to steer his electric car company's battery technology into homes and businesses as part of an elaborate plan to reshape the power grid with millions of small power plants made of solar panels on roofs and batteries in garages.

A Chinese regulator has fined Mercedes Benz 350 million yuan ($57 million) on price-fixing charges in a probe of the auto industry that has prompted complaints foreign automakers are being treated unfairly.

Mexico has become the most attractive place in North America to build new automobile factories, a shift that has siphoned jobs from the U.S. and Canada, yet helped keep car and truck prices in check for consumers.

Tesla Motors has built a new showroom in Salt Lake City to sell its sleek electric cars, but no one can buy, drive or discuss prices there after Utah officials ruled it violates state laws about car makers owning dealerships.

U.S. safety officials say tank cars carrying oil or ethanol by rail urgently need to be retrofitted to make them more fire-resistant after a spate of explosive accidents in recent months.

Nevada lawmakers are hoping to breathe new life into a film tax credits program that was gutted while the state worked to attract Tesla.

General Motors says it will build an electric car with a 200-mile range at a factory north of Detroit.

German automaker Daimler AG says net profit fell 29 percent in the fourth quarter as the company set aside 600 million euros ($684 million) for potential costs from a European Union anti-trust investigation of truck makers.

All times are Eastern MONDAY, Feb. 2 WASHINGTON — Commerce Department releases personal income and spending for December, 8:30 a.m.; Institute for Supply Management releases its manufacturing index for January, 10 a.m.; Commerce Department releases construction spending for December, 10 a.m.

German automakers are throwing their support behind a new trade deal being negotiated between the European Union and the United States.

Cheap oil doesn't only mean cheaper gas in the tank.

Connecticut is the latest state to consider allowing Tesla Motors to sell its electric cars directly to consumers, bypassing the traditional system of franchised dealerships that are often family-owned businesses.

The family-hauling minivan is not dead in the eyes of Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne, who says he hopes to roll out a new one at next year's North American International Auto Show in Detroit.

The government says it is fining Honda $70 million for not reporting to safety regulators more than 1,700 complaints that its vehicles caused deaths and injuries, and for not reporting warranty claims.

Mercedes-Benz says it's moving its U.S. headquarters from New Jersey to Atlanta, in part to be closer to its manufacturing facility in Alabama.

New Jersey officials are campaigning publicly and privately to keep German luxury automobile maker Mercedes-Benz from moving its U.S. headquarters out of the state even though it hasn't said it's considering a move.

Cargill aims to sell more corn and soybeans.

Carmaker Fiat Chrysler is denying rumors that Italian luxury sports carmaker Ferrari SpA is considering moving its tax home out of Italy as part of a spinoff.

Volkswagen has certified that the United Auto Workers union has qualified for the top tier of the German automaker's labor policy at its plant in Tennessee.

Tesla passed on Texas as the site of its new $5 billion battery factory.