The German luxury carmaker has said it expects 2018 electric-vehicle (EV) sales to grow by medium two-digit percentages.
The joint announcement builds on an existing agreement under which Panasonic makes batteries for Toyota's petrol-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles.
Ford said it would invest more than 750 million euros ($887 million) in Valencia to produce a new generation of its Kuga sport utility vehicle.
The financial arm of German carmaker Volkswagen said on Wednesday that it expects a rise in operating profit in 2017, despite a diesel scandal that has rocked the industry. Volkswagen Financial Services said 2017 profit would exceed a record 2.1 billion euros ($2.47 billion) in 2016.
The plans had already stalled in the summer when VW's powerful labour unions, backed by the controlling Porsche-Piech families, opposed the logic and need for asset sales given the group's financial resilience.
Ford would test self-driving prototypes in various pilot programs with partners such as Lyft, the ride Services Company in which rival General Motors Co owns a minority stake, and Domino's Pizza Inc.
The report had added that the fund, led by founder Andrea Bonomi, was to buy shares from other stakeholders, including a consortium of Kuwaiti investors, which currently holds 54.5 percent, Daimler and the group's management.
A US-based Volkswagen AG executive who oversaw emissions issues was sentenced to seven years in prison and fined $400,000 by a judge on Wednesday for his role in a diesel emissions scandal that has cost the German automaker as much as $30 billion.
China is pushing automakers toward electric and hybrid petrol-electric vehicles, setting tough quotas for NEVs that come into play in 2019, and has signalled a longer-term shift away from traditional internal combustion engine cars.
BMW earlier this year teamed up with U.S. chipmaker Intel and Israel-based camera specialist Mobileye to develop autonomous driving technologies.
According to the notice, Nissan said repeated requests to state officials for the payment, due in 2015, were overlooked and even a plea by the company's chairman, Carlos Ghosn, to Modi in March of last year seeking federal assistance did not yield any results.
The Semi, scheduled for rollout in 2019, is Tesla's next step to move the economy away from fossil fuels through electric cars, solar roofs and power storage.
Chinese automaker Great Wall Motor Co said last month it was discussing a possible venture to build Mini vehicles in China.
The South Korean automaker has halted plans for now to produce the Kona at their plant in Ulsan, 380 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on a second assembly line at one of its domestic factories.
VW is looking along with its commercial vehicles division at deepening the cooperation with JAC to include the design, technology, product quality and development of multi-function vehicles.
Automakers on Monday will begin previewing new models for the media at an event called AutoMobility LA, reflecting an emphasis on digital technology and new ways to get around, such as self-driving cars.
Scientists from Apple Inc have finally disclosed the research on self-driving cars, using fewer sensors. This is is possibly the first time that boffins at Apple have revealed its research on a public domain.
The non-binding framework deal could offer San Francisco-based Uber a way to overcome setbacks at its autonomous driving division in Silicon Valley's race to perfect self-driving systems.
The ministry said a new 400 million pound ($530 million) Charging Infrastructure Investment Fund would also be created, improving access to finance for businesses to develop charge points across the UK. Also 100 million pounds would be provided in grants to help people buy battery-electric vehicles.
The investigation covers eight models from the 2010-2014 time-frames, including the Jetta, Tiguan, Golf and Passat.
