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Ford Motor, Toyota and American Honda posted a drop in U.S. sales last month on sharply lower car deliveries.The tally for U.S. light-vehicle sales in November is expected to be down about 2 percent after other automakers release results later today.

New-car registrations in France declined by 4.7 percent in November, as the market continued a slowdown following summer sales increases driven by incentives to sell cars that were not yet homologated under the new WLTP type-certification tests.

Renault, Fiat and Nissan face diesel recalls in Europe because of concerns over diesel emissions, a German paper said.

BMW shares rallied the most in more than three years after U.S. President Donald Trump said China had agreed to remove painful tariffs on imported U.S.-built cars shipped to the world’s biggest automotive market.

The attorney for the Nissan director, Greg Kelly, called the ‘mastermind’ of former Chairman Carlos Ghosn’s alleged financial misconduct, says his client did nothing wrong.

Nissan has called Greg Kelly, the only American to serve on its board, the mastermind of a criminal plot to under-report former chairman Carlos Ghosn’s income.

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Developing technologies could mean many more years of life for the internal combustion engine.

Toyota, which introduced the world to gasoline-electric hybrids some 15 years ago, is exploring some new branding language for its alternative powertrains to better convey the nuances of the technologies and the vehicles’ evolving driving dynamics.

Kia is expanding its Niro lineup with an electric crossover capable of driving 239 miles on a single charge.