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Renault's Thierry Bollore has a mandate to ensure the automaker remains competitive as it seeks to recoup heavy investment in EVs, connectivity, autonomous driving and tougher emissions regulations.

Renault's Thierry Bollore has a mandate to ensure the automaker remains competitive as it seeks to recoup heavy investment in EVs, connectivity, autonomous driving and tougher emissions regulations.

The pounds sharp decline following Britain's decision to leave the EU will hurt UK customers buying auto parts from abroad and likely force suppliers to cut prices, ZF boss Stefan Sommer said.

Renault's Thierry Bollore has a mandate to ensure the automaker remains competitive as it seeks to recoup heavy investment in EVs, connectivity, autonomous driving and tougher emissions regulations.

SandP Global Ratings cut its estimate for U.S. auto sales this year to 17.5 million vehicles from 17.8 million, citing slowing demand from individual buyers and the effect on the nation's economy from U.K. voters' decision to leave the European Union.

SandP Global Ratings cut its estimate for U.S. auto sales this year to 17.5 million vehicles from 17.8 million, citing slowing demand from individual buyers and the effect on the nation's economy from U.K. voters' decision to leave the European Union.

VW is recalling almost 6,000 gas-powered Touran medium minivans worldwide to replace the models' front gas bottles, it said.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating a July 1 crash in Pennsylvania of a Tesla Model X "to determine whether automated functions were in use at the time of the crash," the agency said Wednesday.

NHTSA is investigating a July 1 crash in Pennsylvania of a Tesla Model X "to determine whether automated functions were in use at the time of the crash," the agency said.

The average fuel economy of new cars and light trucks sold in the U.S. in June was 25.3 mpg -- down 0.

The average cost of a new vehicle is too high for the median-income households in each of the 50 largest U.S. cities, a study by Bankrate.com found.

Volkswagen AG is set to escape fines from the German Transport Ministry after cheating on emissions tests for years, despite growing public ire over the lack of compensation for European owners of tainted vehicles.

Self-driving cars will need multiple detection systems including expensive infrared "lidar" technology if they are to be safe at high speeds, the CEO of German auto supplier ZF Friedrichshafen said.

A top Tesla executive has been nabbed by Facebook to work at its new Building 8 research lab, the latest executive departure at the electric-car maker.

The yen's surge following the UK referendum's EU exit result is hitting the earnings outlook for Japanese automakers.

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Western European car registrations increased nearly 6 percent in June as demand rose last month in Germany, France, Italy and Spain, but contracted for the first time in the UK since last October.

Audi's updated A3, launched in Europe last April, has reached the UK with new driver assistance systems and engines plus the usual 'mid life facelift' updated headlights and tail lights and other minor styling tweaks. The Audi 'virtual cockpit' is also available in a range that encompasses three- and five-door hatchbacks (the latter dubbed Sportback), a sedan and cabriolet. There are also sport S3 versions, and (not for the UK) electrified e-tron plus g-tron gas-fuelled models.