Reuters (Brussels) - EU regulators are to investigate whether public support for German automaker BMW's 368 million euro ($526.4 million) project to make electric cars violates state aid rules.

Gasgoo.com (Shanghai July 14) - Volvo's Chinese sales exceeded 21,000 vehicles in the first half of the year, a rise of 36 percent, auto.sina.com.cn reported today. Volvo's Chinese sales have helped the manufacturer reach global growth of 20 percent. The country is now the manufacturer's third largest market, following the US and Volvo's home country of Sweden.