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With a strategy of loading up its revamped Ram 1500 full-size trucks with new features, the automaker is banking on a sustained surge in demand.

Jimmie Johnson has landed just the second primary sponsor of his career as Ally Financial will partner with Hendrick Motorsports to back the seven-time NASCAR champion in 2019-2020.

The U.S. government is investigating German automaker Mercedes-Benz, alleging that is has been slow to mail safety recall notices and file required reports involving recalls of over 1.4 million vehicles.

General Motors says it will ask the federal government for one national gas mileage standard, including a requirement that a percentage of auto companies' sales be zero-emissions vehicles.

Automakers and others have until Friday to file comments on the proposed emissions revisions.

Ford is recalling nearly 1.3 million Focus compact cars in the U.S. because a fuel system problem can cause the engines to stall without warning.

Musk’s vision depends on the widespread introduction of vehicles with full autonomous capabilities.

A fuel system problem could cause engines to stall.

Jaguar Land Rover is opening a new, $1.6 billion plant in Slovakia, the luxury car maker's first in continental Europe.

German automaker Daimler AG says net profit fell 21 percent in the third quarter as the company faced backlogs registering vehicles under new emissions rules.

Tesla is showing some promising signs that it will make money as advertised in the third quarter, but Wall Street isn't buying it.

When Ford Motor Co. reports third-quarter earnings Wednesday afternoon, investors will be looking for details on how the company plans to remake itself.

The company’s bottom line took a hit from tariff-related costs.

___ Tech companies lead another steep sell-off in US stocks NEW YORK (AP) —Another torrent of selling gripped Wall Street Wednesday, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeting more than 600 points and extending a losing streak for the be nchmark S&P 500 index to a sixth day.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on the country's auto industry to stop penny-pinching when it comes to fixing diesel cars with excessive emissions.