The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced $150 million in clean energy tax credits to 12 businesses to build US capabilities in clean energy manufacturing; $98 million of that goes to five automakers and suppliers towards investments in domestic manufacturing equipment.
Chrysler is recalling certain model year 2013 Dodge Avenger and Chrysler 200, and model year 2014 Jeep Compass and Patriot vehicles equipped with 2.4L engines, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
France’s Air Liquide is expanding its business building filling stations for hydrogen-powered cars as it predicts growing demand for the vehicles that use fuel cells to generate electricity.
General Motors and its joint ventures today sold their 3 millionth vehicle in China in 2013. This is the first time in GM’s history in its largest market that it has reached the milestone in a calendar year.
Fisker might not be making its plug-in Karma sports cars anymore, but it still knows speed. The company’s lawyers convinced a bankruptcy judge on Tuesday that its Chapter 11 should proceed at an unusually rapid pace.
