Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said: "I wasn’t here when we brought Anthony on board but what I do know is that we went to incredible depths to make sure that any information that Anthony might have acquired from Google -- and it sure looked like he did -- didn’t make it over to our company."
Sao Paulo state said in a statement that Volkswagen would create 1,000 jobs and invest in its Sao Bernardo do Campo plant.
Amid suggestions that India is late to capitalize on the trade battle between the world's two biggest economies, Indian officials this week met local officials from automakers including Volkswagen, Hyundai and Honda to see if they would consider moving some supply chain operations from China to India, according to a source and an industry official who attended the meeting.
The recall involves airbags installed in certain Corolla and Matrix cars that replaced faulty Takata airbags linked to at least 24 fatalities and about 290 injuries worldwide.
Lawsuits about solar panel fires threaten to deepen the woes at the Tesla solar unit, which in turn would only add to the recent struggles for the automaker.
Entrance controls will be tightened at this year's Frankfurt show because there may be "spontaneous rioting" by anti-car protesters, said the organizers.
