Volkswagen AG will reserve a bigger slice of its 150 billion euro ($177 billion) budget for investment in electric cars and software in the next five years, stepping up technology spending to navigate a tectonic industry shift even as the COVID-19 pand…

Volkswagen AG and Toyota Motor Corp.’s truck subsidiaries are joining forces on battery-electric and fuel cell vehicles, enabling the companies to split the costs of developing technology needed to comply with stricter emission rules.

Volkswagen AG’s heavy-truck division set a deadline for Navistar International Corp. to accept its takeover bid, ratcheting up pressure on the U.S. manufacturer to decide on a $3.6 billion deal.

Daimler AG has entered discussions with its powerful German labor unions to convert key engine and transmission factories for the electric-car era.

Before Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk returned to the U.S. after a three-day visit to Germany, he made a final stopover to meet with one of his biggest competitors — Volkswagen AG CEO Herbert Diess.

Volkswagen AG’s CEO encouraged Bill Gates to advise governments on how to lower carbon emissions from transportation and renewed his criticism of Germany’s slow abandonment of coal power.

Daimler AG reached an agreement with U.S. regulators to settle claims regarding the emissions of some of its diesel vehicles that will cost the German automaker roughly 1.27 billion euros ($1.5 billion).

Volkswagen AG’s CEO again praised Tesla Inc.’s Elon Musk, this time for showing it’s possible to profit off electric cars even in the midst of a global pandemic.

Volkswagen AG’s series of executive shakeups is reaching its commercial-vehicle operations, with the surprise departure of Traton SE’s chief and other managers highlighting friction over restructuring plans that were jolted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Daimler AG CEO Ola Kallenius will widen cost cuts to shore up returns, even as the German manufacturer signaled demand for cars and trucks has started to recover from the most dramatic slump in decades.