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Oct
24th

NXP bid would thrust Qualcomm into dogfight

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Qualcomm's bid to get NXP would make it an automotive chip colossus - but the competition won't be easy.
Oct
24th

Honda’s Hachigo: Betting on stable market

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Hachigo's mantra is to prioritize quality and innovation over volume. He says Honda will unleash an onslaught of electrified vehicles and is preparing for new mobility businesses.
Oct
24th

Ford signals limited support for cars

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CEO Mark Fields says Ford isn't giving up on cars -- even as the automaker abandons most U.S. production of them -- but it also won't keep piling on discounts to boost sales "unnaturally."
Oct
24th

Jeep owner gets surprise from the junkyard

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The redesigned 2018 Jeep Wrangler hasn't gone into production yet, but one man can already call himself an owner. Or at least could - partially.
Oct
24th

Minority software suppliers in short supply

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A senior Nissan executive fears that Silicon Valley's race to develop software for connected cars, collision avoidance and other high-tech functions is leaving minority suppliers behind.
Oct
24th

Morale booster: Letting workers call it a day

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When Mercedes-Benz of Des Moines reviewed its operating hours, it found it was missing business in the morning, when customers came in for service, and selling few cars in the evening. So it closed an hour earlier.
Oct
24th

Geely’s Lynk brand targets Germany as key European market

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Geely Automobile's new global brand, Lynk and CO, has picked Germany as its key target market in Europe.
Oct
24th

Ford’s Fields: ‘Getting ahead’ of industry changes

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Amid skepticism on Wall Street, CEO Mark Fields aims to prove that Ford is in much better shape to withstand a downturn in the market.
Oct
24th

Toyota leaps into transportation planning

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Toyota is working with the city of Plano, Texas, along with nearby municipalities, transit agencies and local employers on a broad study of how to reduce traffic congestion and improve the use of public transportation.
Oct
24th

How humans could ruin the autonomous era

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There are millions of ways that flawed, messy, sometimes inconsiderate humans can mess up a perfectly good utopian scenario.
Oct
24th

BMW’s Krueger: Automaker is innovator in mobility

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In a QandA, Harald Krueger, CEO of BMW AG, talks about waging a technology race to establish supremacy with electric and autonomous vehicles.
Oct
24th

BMW reviving 8 series, sources say

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BMW is reviving the 8 series, the big coupe built from 1989 to 1999, sources tell Automobilwoche, a German sibling publication of Automotive News.
Oct
24th

Report: Maserati delays Alfieri till ’20

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Maserati has delayed its Alfieri sports car until 2020, according to a new report.
Oct
24th

Chinese tech firm learns lesson in auto logistics

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LeEco unveiled an autonomous electric-vehicle concept called the LeSee Pro at a lavish event in San Francisco last week
Oct
23rd

Piech, Porsche families say they are united behind VW management

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The Piech and Porsche families, which control more than 52 percent of VW Group, have vowed to back the automaker's senior management, setting aside past disputes as the company struggles to overcome its emissions-rigging scandal.
Oct
23rd

Opel Meriva successor to be ‘soft’ crossover

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Opel/Vauxhall's Meriva replacement will ditch the minivan looks of the current model for crossover styling but it won't be a SUV.
Oct
23rd

Hachigo says Honda is just fine on its own

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Suddenly, Honda looks like the odd man in Japan. Toyota just added Suzuki to its growing stable of partners, and Nissan is poised to take control of Mitsubishi. Meanwhile, Honda is left by its lonesome in the face of industry consolidation.
Oct
23rd

Why we’re investing in Mitsubishi

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When Mitsubishi Motors Corp.
Oct
23rd

Losing the car key

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The latest evolution in car keys is on its way -- no car key at all. The future of vehicle entry and engine start is in your smartphone.
Oct
23rd

Political donations point to pivotal election

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Elections swing back and forth, but the race for campaign cash from the auto industry is typically no contest. Republican nominees for president have raked in seven-figure sums from auto industry donors in each election cycle since 2000.
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