SMYRNA, TN—Beginning this fall, Nissan’s automotive assembly plant here will be running three shifts for the first time in its history.

TIJUANA, Mexico—Hyundai will invest $130 million in a new assembly plant here to produce aluminum auto parts. The plant is expected to create 300 jobs.

KANSAS CITY, KS—GM plans to spend at least $120 million on a 400,000-square-foot expansion of its Fairfax assembly plant.

DETROIT—GM will halt production at its Detroit Hamtramck assembly plant, where it builds the Chevrolet Volt, for four weeks for retooling starting in mid-September.

DETROIT—North American Automakers are expected to triple their consumption of aluminum sheet by 2015, a surge that could lead to spot shortages.

WINDSOR, ON—CAW members at Chrysler’s assembly plant here have voted almost unanimously in support of a strike as a way to back workers’ contact demands. The union’s expires in mid-September.

DETROIT—For automakers, one of the biggest headaches posed by infotainment systems is instant obsolescence. With its three- to five-year product cycles, the auto industry simply can’t keep up with the short product cycles of smart phone makers. New applications produced for smart phones often aren’t compatible with the dated software and hardware found in autos.

SMYRNA, TN—Nissan is looking to fill 50 job openings for maintenance technicians at its automotive and battery assembly plants here.

DETROIT—A supplier for Ford opened a new assembly plant here that will employ more than 500.

OXNARD, CA—Volkswagen has opened a new $27 million product development and emissions test laboratory here.