BUFFALO, NY—The Toyota assembly plant here will increase production of transmissions and add some 80 new jobs.

CHATTANOOGA, TN—Volkswagen is putting up a fabric “hail net” to protect newly assembled vehicles its assembly plant here.

DETROIT—GM is in talks to buy out 5 percent of France’s biggest carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroen.

SAN FRANCISCO—Motiv Power Systems has received a $1.16 million grant to build a pilot assembly line to produce power trains for electric trucks.

BALTIMORE—GM will move assembly of electric vehicle motors from Mexico to a new, $244 million assembly plant here, creating 189 jobs.

DETROIT—GM has restarted production of the low-emission Chevrolet Volt electric car. The company had briefly stopped production to add an emissions system fan and make some software changes.

MERRITT ISLAND, FL—Arnott Inc., a manufacturer of pneumatic suspension components, has opened a new, larger assembly plant here.

CANTON, OH—A United Steelworkers union has approved a five-year contract that will allow a $225 million expansion of Timken’s manufacturing plant here.