
Volkswagen Group opened a new factory today in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong as it seeks to overtake Toyota Motor Corp. to become the industry’s biggest company by deliveries.

Volkswagen Group opened a new factory today in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong as it seeks to overtake Toyota Motor Corp. to become the industry’s biggest company by deliveries.

China has renewed subsidies for private buyers of so-called new-energy vehicles — including electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids — for three more years, in part to fight air pollution.

Safe, solid and understated in a Swedish way, or an aspiring luxury brand eager to pander to a Chinese taste for excess and ‘bling’: that’s the debate causing ripples at the top of Volvo Cars., which has been under Chinese ownership since 2010.

Fiat Group’s Maserati brand received about 17,000 orders worldwide in the year to end-July, nearly triple the amount sold last year as new models started to attract buyers.

Volvo Cars received approval to begin manufacturing at a second car assembly plant and an engine plant in China.