Ford is counting on new models and stabilizing markets to boost its European sales this year, after the automaker’s deliveries in the region rose 7 percent in April on growing demand in the UK, France and Spain.
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Russian car sales fall 8% in April on weak ruble
Russian car sales fell 8 percent in April as the weak ruble hit consumer demand, according to the Association of European Businesses (AEB) lobby group.
GM recall reveals gaps in air bag knowledge
Here’s an unsettling fact about cars equipped with air bags: they don’t always deploy when drivers — or regulators — expect them to.
GM crash victim’s family files new lawsuit, claims company lied
A Georgia couple who settled with General Motors last year over their daughter’s fatal car crash linked to a faulty ignition switch has filed a new lawsuit against the automaker.
First oil from new Petrobras well in ultra-deep Lula field
Petrobras reports beginning production from well 7-LL-22D-RJS in the Santos Basin’s Presalt Lula field (Lula NE Pilot area). This ultra-deep well—the wellhead is located at a water depth of 2,130 meters (6,988 feet)—with a production potential of 26 thousand barrels per day (bpd), is connected to FPSO Cidade de Paraty via a new platform-connection system deployed for the first time in the Lula field.
