Microsoft Corp. is taking its software deeper into the automobile, the company said today.
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Daimler has opened a new manufacturing plant of Daimler Trucks North America LLC (DTNA) in Saltillo, Coahuila, in northern Mexico. The plant will produce Freightliner trucks.
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Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) and PSA Peugeot Citroen announced today that both companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) regarding collaboration on electric vehicles based on a vehicle currently under development by MMC in Japan.
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Ford's iosis Max concept, unveiled at the Geneva motor show, previews a multi-purpose vehicle that could find its way to North America. The concept also offered a foretaste of the company's new global design language.
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Aston Martin's bid for global supercar supremacy has started at the Geneva motor show with the public premiere of the extremely-limited-edition One-77. Only 77 copies of Aston's $1.
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BMW's desire to compete in every conceivable luxury-market niche has moved up a gear with the unveiling of the 5-series GT, a car known until now by its working title, the Progressive Activity Sedan (PAS).
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General Motors has put aside 1.3 billion crowns ($144 million) to pay suppliers to its Saab unit, the Swedish daily Dagens Industri said on Sunday.
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PSA/Peugeot-Citroen has announced plans to sell an electric car in Europe starting next year.
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General Motors vows that its tightly knit product development partnership with Adam Opel AG will continue, despite GM's plans to sell a minority stake in the German automaker.
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About 2.6 million cars and trucks are projected to come off lease and enter the used-vehicle market this year and#x2014; 8.3 percent more than in 2008.
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Takanobu Ito, the next president of Honda Motor Co., exudes the quirky gearhead persona of his predecessors in the automaker's executive suite. He loves the research lab and the racetrack. He harbors a secret passion for aerospace engineering.
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For decades, the two dealerships operated by Bob Smith Automotive Group were vital parts of Maryland's Eastern Shore.
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The Schaeffler family is being pressured to surrender control of their company to the banks that financed the ill-fated takeover of Continental, said sources with knowledge of the matter.
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Continental plans to close a French plant and cut some 1,500 jobs, the Europe 1 radio station reported on Saturday quoting labor union sources.
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The European Commission said on Saturday it was satisfied with guarantees set out by France that a state loan plan to its carmakers did not amount to protectionism.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday a decision on state aid for Opel depended on the firm's long-term outlook and on the readiness of banks to help.
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German Economy Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg said today he will not be pressured into making a quick decision on granting state aid to struggling Opel.
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The federal government is turning up the juice on tax breaks for plug-in vehicles. The new economic stimulus law will make hundreds of thousands of additional buyers of plug-ins eligible for tax credits of as much as $7,500.
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Several times a year I come across high-mileage used cars that need minor repairs. They are too good to pass up, so I buy them, make them roadworthy and send them to new homes.
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