- Investors recoil over VW plans for Scania – FT
- Scania appoints committee to mull Volkswagen US$9.2bn bid – Just-auto
- VW books record operating profit in 2013 – Just-auto
- Could the United Auto Workers get a do-over in Chattanooga? – Washington Post: “After employees at a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn. narrowly voted against joining the United Auto Workers a couple weeks ago, union officials vowed the fight wasn’t over: Outside groups had muddled the results with “threats and intimidation,” they said, and the election shouldn’t stand. On Friday, they lodged a formal objection with the National Labor Relations Board, asking it to hold the whole thing over again.”
- Tracing the UAW’s struggle with foreign automakers – Automotive News
- VW labor leaders try to save works council – Automotive News
- With On-Going Smog-a-thon, Shi Jia Zhuang City Introduces Car Limits – Chinacartimes
- Fisker, new Chinese owner plan to restart Karma production this year – Automotive News
- Lamborghini China Sees Slowing Market Growth – WSJ
- Honda to appoint first woman board member – FT
- Honda taps first female board member in diversity push – Automotive News
- Honda names first foreigner, female to top management – Reuters
- Hyundai Motor reinstates former R&D president – Reuters
- Chrysler turned away by bankruptcy court in tax-refund quest – Automotive News
- Tesla cuts losses but sees costly year ahead – Automotive News: “Tesla Motors finished its first year as a full-fledged automaker with 22,477 cars sold, $2 billion in revenue and a net loss of $74 million.”
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