Ford Motor Co.'s top manufacturing executive says the company will save money with a new contract ratified last weekend by the Canadian Auto Workers, even though it doesn't include a lower-tier pay scale for new hires. ...more

May 6, 2008

Congress sent President Bush legislation Thursday to improve auto safety for children, including measures intended to reduce back-overs and accidents involving power windows. ...more

February 15, 2008

The World Trade Organization on Wednesday issued its first official condemnation of Chinese commercial practices, siding with the United States, the European Union and Canada in a dispute over car parts. ...more

February 14, 2008

General Motors Corp. CEO Rick Wagoner urged a group of auto dealers Saturday to lobby against individual states trying to set their own limits on greenhouse gas emissions. ...more

February 10, 2008

When thousands of U.S. auto dealers gather in San Francisco this weekend, much of the talk will be about just getting through 2008. ...more

February 9, 2008

Wal-Mart Chief Executive Officer H. Lee Scott says he has talked with automakers about the possibility of selling gasoline-electric hybrid cars and plug-in automobiles at the retailer's stores, though one analyst calls the idea "a bit far-fetched." ...more

January 25, 2008

From concept cars partially made of discarded soft drink bottles to plant-based material used in seats and upholstery, automakers are looking at ways to make their vehicles more environmentally friendly. ...more

January 22, 2008

Nothing clarifies an issue like $57 billion. And when an individual worth that kind of money gets up on a soapbox, as Warren Buffett did, and tells Congress that he and his fellow net worth individuals enjoy a lower tax rate than their company receptionists, a national debate ensues. The watercooler buzz has yet to die down. ...more

January 14, 2008

The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday slapped down California's bid for first-in-the-nation greenhouse gas limits on cars, trucks and SUVs, refusing the state a waiver that would have allowed those restrictions to take effect. ...more

December 20, 2007

The Senate passed a trimmed-back energy bill Thursday that would bring cars and sport utility vehicles with higher gas mileage into showrooms in the coming decade and fill their tanks with ethanol. ...more

December 14, 2007