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General Motors frequently holds up the Chevrolet Volt as a symbol of its future and a testimony to its ingenuity when it asks Washington officials for billions of dollars in federal aid.

US carmaker General Motors says it will not need the $2bn it had previously requested for March from the government.

Ford Motor Co said on Wednesday that it expects operating savings of $500 million per year from an agreement with the United Auto Workers that will push hourly wage rates into the "ballpark" of foreign-based rivals.

Ford Motor Company has filed a patent application for something called an Emotive Advisory System, which, according to Autoblog, "simulates emotions when interacting with occupants, and may also use an avatar to express itself." SWDELaw, a blog that follows intellectual property issues, found the patent application.

United Auto Workers union members at Ford Motor Co.’s U.S. plants have ratified concessions in the union’s labor contract with the company and changes to retiree health care funding.

General Motors Corp. is ending its 22-year support for Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Ken Burns.

Piaggio plans to sell a plug-in hybrid scooter to the United States in 2010.

General Motors Corp.'s auditors have raised "substantial doubt" about the troubled automaker's ability to continue operations, and the company said it may have to seek bankruptcy protection if it can't execute a huge restructuring plan.

One thing became clear from February's car sales. Hyundai is the only company that knows how to market autos in the U.S.

The president's chief of staff criticized U.S. car companies Sunday for relying too long and gas guzzlers and not investing enough in alternative energy vehicles.