A number of amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) and the 1988 Load Lines Protocol entered into force or took effect from 1 January 2014.
To understand why automakers are gung-ho about free trade talks between the United States and Europe, consider this number: $550 million.
To avoid tax, all Transit Connects arrived as passenger vehicles. Even without a free-trade pact, Ford Motor Co. has leaned on European models such as the Ford Fiesta and C-Max to extend its U.S. product line. But that strategy can backfire.
Volkswagen plans to start selling electric cars in the United States in 2015, the New York Times reported, citing a Volkswagen official.
Toyota Motor Corp. said it is recalling around 200,000 hybrid SUVs globally including the Lexus RX400h, due to a glitch in the hybrid system’s inverter.
