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Sep
21st

Automotive News Europe salutes Helena Bergstroem Pilo

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Automotive News Europe salutes the 25 Leading Women in the European Automotive Industry. Every day through Sept. 29 one of the 25 winners will be featured. Today's winner is Helena Bergstroem Pilo of Volvo Car Group.
Sep
20th

Tesla fixes software bug that exposed hacking vulnerabilities

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Tesla Motors released a software update to fix bugs that allowed Chinese "white-hat hackers" to remotely break into the Model S' control system and disrupt actions including turn signals, seat positions, displays and the door lock system.
Sep
20th

What the auto world is saying about new U.S. policy on self-driving cars

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Here's how officials, executives and others are reacting to the Department of Transportation's new policy for safe testing and deployment of autonomous vehicles, announced today
Sep
20th

For VW, it’s not the crime, it’s the coverup

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I am not in the business of weighing sins, but I have noticed -- over the last year as the VW diesel emissions scandal has unfolded -- that all automotive sins are not created equal. Now I think I know why.
Sep
20th

BMW reprises its role as filmmaker

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BMW will produce a short film to mark the 15th anniversary of its original series. The 10-minute film is called 'The Escape,' and features Hollywood stars.
Sep
20th

Poland aims to have 1M EVs on its roads by 2025

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Poland aims to have 1 million electric cars on its roads by 2025 as it seeks to cut carbon emissions from transport and will offer tax and other incentives, the energy ministry said.
Sep
20th

VW has no plans for trucks unit IPO before 2019, report says

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VW Group has no plans for a public listing of its trucks business until 2019, a German magazine reported on Tuesday, citing senior managers at the carmaker.
Sep
20th

Audi CEO risks being drawn into VW scandal, report says

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Audi CEO Rupert Stadler risks being pulled into the emissions crisis that's engulfed parent VW Group for the last year amid a report by a German weekly magazine that witnesses inside the company alleged the executive had known about the engine...
Sep
20th

Toyota replaces Nissan as auto sponsor of ‘The Voice’

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Toyota has signed on to be the exclusive auto sponsor of NBC's "The Voice" for the next two seasons. The automaker replaces Nissan, who was the official auto partner for four seasons of the reality singing competition.
Sep
20th

Automakers head to Japan to decide Takata’s fate

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Global automakers are expected to descend on Tokyo at the end of the month to decide the fate of embattled supplier Takata Corp. Executives from customers, including GM and Ford, will review offers from several bidders for the company
Sep
20th

Unifor says GM investment deal puts Ford, FCA on notice

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A tentative labor deal with General Motors shows the onus Canada's autoworkers union will put on new investment in upcoming talks with Ford Motor Co. and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, the union's head said today.
Sep
20th

Subaru spied testing its new three-row utility vehicle ahead of 2018 or 2019 launch

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Subaru is gearing up for another run at the large utility-vehicle market with a new three-row vehicle. It could debut in 2018 as a 2019 model and would replace the failed Tribeca, which ended production in 2012.
Sep
20th

Why GM should remember the fate of the EV1

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Had GM nurtured the seeds it planted with the EV1 and continued to improve its technology, the company probably would have not been embarrassed two years later by the Toyota Prius.
Sep
20th

Hot new Jaguar F-Pace SVR spotted on test – pictures

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Sep
20th

Hot new Jaguar F-Pace SVR spotted on test

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News 20 Sep, 2016

The Jaguar F-Pace is about to get a whole lot quicker if these spy shots are to be believed. The SVR version is set to get a 5.0-litre V8!

Sep
20th

Online used-car retailer Vroom gets $50 million in new funding

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Online used-car retailer Vroom raised $50 million in a funding round from existing and new investors, bringing the total funding to $218 million.
Sep
20th

Hackers force Tesla Model S software update

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Tesla Model S P85 D - tracking
News 20 Sep, 2016

Tesla issues security update after Chinese hackers take remote control of the brakes and doors on a moving Model S

Sep
20th

Chinese web-video tycoon raises $1.08 billion for electric car

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China's Le Holdings Co. has raised $1.
Sep
20th

How much cleaner is an electric car? Depends on where you are

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How much cleaner are electric cars than the fossil-fuel powered alternative? The answer depends on exactly where you charge the batteries.
Sep
20th

Leoni buys Chinese harness maker

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Germany's Leoni acquired a 51 percent stake in Wuhan Hengtong Automotive Wiring Harness Co., a Chinese manufacturer of wire harnesses.
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