HUNTSVILLE, AL—Construction starts in a few weeks for a 300,000-square-foot expansion of Toyota’s engine assembly plant here. The expansion will create 125 new jobs, and production is expected to begin in March 2014.

FOND DU LAC, WI—Wells Vehicle Electronics, a manufacturer of vehicle electronics, will construct new headquarters here and expand its existing assembly plant, creating up to 73 jobs.

FORT WAYNE, IN—GM’s truck assembly plant here is taking the physical needs of aging workers into account when designing jobs on the assembly line.

TOKYO—Honda is planning to double its worldwide automobile sales to more than 6 million vehicles by March 31, 2017.

WASHINGTON—The policies implemented by the federal government to promote electric vehicles will cost $7.5 billion through 2019, according to a new report.

TORONTO—The Canadian Auto Workers union hammered out a tentative agreement with GM Thursday that will keep some 1,750 jobs in Ontario, making Chrysler the final of the Detroit Big Three still at the bargaining table.

DETROIT—A 43-year-old auto worker was stabbed to death by a co-worker Thursday at Chrysler’s Jefferson North Assembly Plant here. The co-worker committed suicide later that day.

FLORENCE, AL—TASUS Corp. is building a $19.1 million auto parts assembly plant here, creating 135 jobs.

LONDON—Automakers are using digital planning, smart manufacturing and other high-tech tools to improve flexibility and reduce time to market.

DETROIT—Big pickups carried U.S. auto sales to their highest level in three years. Demand for full-size pickups jumped 16 percent in August, helping to make it the strongest sales month since August 2009. Overall auto sales increased 20 percent from a year earlier to nearly 1.3 million units.