The age of the electric car is upon us, or so the numbers would suggest.   Read More...

Ford Motor Co. announced Wednesday that it is on pace to bring about 1,975 jobs in-house by 2012, including more than 200 jobs at Ford’s Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo, Mo.   Read More...

Audi AG on Friday reported its first-half net profit nearly doubled and said it is looking for strong growth in China and the U.S., with plans to boost sales to record levels in both countries this year.   Read More...

Honda said on July 20 that it would roll out an electric car and plug-in hybrids in Japan and the United States in 2012 as it tries to catch up in the race to make clean, battery-powered cars.   Read More...

Gov. Jay Nixon on Thursday afternoon signed the Missouri Manufacturing Jobs Act in the Kansas City area, which has a Ford Motor Co. assembly plant that could be a key beneficiary of the bill.   Read More...

General Electric Co. said Tuesday that it has developed an electric vehicle charger that will reduce the amount of time it takes to replenish depleted batteries.   Read More...

President Obama will use his visit to Smith Electric Vehicles U.S. Corp. in Kansas City on Thursday to highlight how the federal government is using stimulus grants to encourage more private investment and job creation, administration officials said.   Read More...

Toshiba said on June 23 it will build electric motors for a new Ford hybrid vehicles at its plant in the United States.   Read More...

Caterpillar Inc. and Navistar International Corp. are finalising a 4 billion yuan ($586 million) truck and engine manufacturing tie-up with China's Jianghuai Auto, a source with direct knowledge of the deal said on Friday, as they move to secure a foothold in the world's largest auto market.   Read More...

New-vehicle sales in the United States rose more than expected in May, as every major automaker except Toyota Motor reported increases of at least 17.5 percent on Wednesday.    Read More...

Magna International Inc., Canada’s biggest auto-parts maker, plans to invest as much as $600 million (U.S.) on new plants for making lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles.   Read More...

Drivers who buy electric cars will need a quick, convenient place to recharge their batteries. And the industry is ramping up to fill that need, says a report released Tuesday by Pike Research.   Read More...

Sales of vehicles produced at Ford Motor Co.’s Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo were a key reason Ford’s sales increased by more than 20 percent for the fifth straight month.   Read More...

Ford Motor Co. on Tuesday reported a $2.1 billion first-quarter profit, said it will deliver a "solid profit" for the year and boosted its second-quarter North America production by another 30,000 vehicles.   Read More...

For well-heeled early adopters of electric-car technology, Tesla has been the car of choice.   Read More...

A new partnership aimed at saving billions of dollars and accelerating sales of pollution-light electric cars was created by Renault, Nissan and Daimler, the companies announced on April 7.   Read More...

Federal-Mogul Corp. is looking to acquire companies developing emerging technologies for electric vehicles, its CEO said.   Read More...

Smith Electric Vehicles U.S. Corp. is getting $32 million in federal money to help develop future all-electric vehicles and to reimburse customers participating in a study of how the vehicles operate.   Read More...

Automakers Renault and Nissan signed a deal with Spanish energy and infrastructure group Acciona on March 20 to market electric cars in the country, the three companies announced.   Read More...

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. said Tuesday it aims to more than triple annual production of its electric car -- the i-MiEV -- over the next three years, anticipating robust global demand for the zero-emission vehicle.   Read More...