Amid pressure from customers to get the plane airborne, Airbus hit a milestone in its long-delayed A400M military airlifter program, testing all four turboprop engines together.

Head of the Nissan-Renault alliance said customers' adoption of electric vehicles will be slow, with traditional gasoline-powered cars continuing to dominate for many years.

Shares of Westport Innovations Inc., whose equipment enables cars to run on natural gas, rose after it announced a long-term contract with Swedish car and truck maker Volvo.

Aviation manufacturer has run into delays testing its product and asked that a Saturday deadline be moved to Dec. 31.

Plane maker's CEO said Monday Airbus run all four engines on long-delayed prototype of its first military transport plane and expects first flight 'before Christmas.'

Chicago-based plane maker says the first of the delay-plagued new version of its 747 freighter jet has emerged from the factory to be set up for test flights.

Japanese newspaper reported that Toyota is planning a larger version of its popular Prius hybrid, which will be powered by a new kind of battery.

Long-delayed prototype of Airbus' A400M military transport plane has been moved from the factory for final ground tests before its maiden flight next month, a spokeswoman said.

French carmaker raised 2009 performance forecasts and unveiled a host of new cars, part of $4.95 billion three-year plan to boost earnings through cost cuts and higher sales.

General Motors wouldn't lose all its designs and technology if it sold Opel, but it would have been hard to separate automaker's research on safety and electric vehicles.