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May
30th

More carmakers race into ride-sharing

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Automakers are staking their claims in the ride-sharing world -- and fast. Last week, Toyota invested in ride-share giant Uber, Volkswagen Group in Gett, a ride-hailing company popular in Europe, and BMW in the company behind a carpooling app.
May
30th

Automotive News Europe salutes Michael-Robert Buechsner

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Automotive News Europe honors the winners of the 2016 Rising Stars awards. Every day through June 6 one of the 15 winners will be featured. The Rising Star for Manufacturing is ZF TRW Automotive's Michael-Robert Buechsner.
May
30th

Bentley close to compact decision

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Bentley may decide soon on a compact model line previewed by EXP 10 Speed 6 concept. A production model would come as a two-door coupe and a roadster is possible, CEO Wolfgang Duerheimer said.
May
30th

You thought cars were big polluters?

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Volkswagen's diesel emissions scandal may be bad, but the pollution from diesel automobiles is a breath of fresh mountain air compared with what spews out of the smokestacks of some huge cruise ships.
May
30th

Inside Toyota’s new digs

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Check out photos of Toyota's new North American HQ and temporary offices.
May
30th

CarGurus validates used-car prices on dealership sites

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CarGurus has become the latest third-party shopping site to allow dealers to place its rating of used-vehicle prices - such as 'good deal' or 'great deal' - directly on a dealership website's inventory pages.
May
30th

App helps dealers make fast bids for consumers’ vehicles

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Cars.com and Pearl Technology have partnered to help dealers buy consumer-owned used vehicles. But dealers have to be quick to win the deal.
May
29th

Can Volvo play small ball?

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Volvo's first entry into the compact crossover segment, the XC40 arriving late next year, is meant to the Swedish brand to capitalize on the market's seeming unquenchable thirst for these vehicles.
May
29th

Race cars are laps ahead on connectivity

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Although some might think the fuss about connected cars is a relatively recent phenomenon, it's not. Race cars have been transmitting fuel and performance data to pit crews for decades.
May
29th

FCA’s sales streak rides on minivans

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If Fiat Chrysler ekes out its 74th consecutive year-over-year sales increase in May, as expected, it will likely do so with a big assist from a segment often dismissed as a has-been - minivans.
May
29th

VW goal: 1 million electrified vehicles by 2025

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Volkswagen Group expects it will have to sell about 1 million battery electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles a year worldwide by 2025 to fulfill increasingly strict carbon dioxide emission limits in major markets.
May
29th

The Belgian Socialist investigating the auto industry

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Kathleen Van Brempt, the head of an EU investigation panel set up after the VW scandal, says emissions loopholes need to be closed and enforcement established at a European level.
May
29th

FCA’s sales streak rides on minivans

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If Fiat Chrysler ekes out its 74th consecutive year-over-year sales increase in May, as expected, it will likely do so with a big assist from a segment often dismissed as a has-been -- minivans.
May
29th

EU emissions inquiry chief seeks rules revamp

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Kathleen Van Brempt, the head of an EU investigation panel set up after the VW scandal, says emissions loopholes need to be closed and enforcement established at a European level.
May
29th

Peugeot expects China boost from new 3008

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Peugeot expects to get a sales boost in China from the new 3008, which has been redesigned to look more like an SUV to capitalize on booming demand in the market for crossovers.
May
28th

Renault-Nissan’s savior Ghosn turns his attention to Mitsubishi

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Carlos Ghosn turned around Renault and Nissan in the late 1990s. Now he must work his magic on scandal-hit Mitsubishi after Nissan took a controlling stake in the smaller company.
May
28th

Mazda ventures back into premium tier

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For more than a decade, Mazda has talked about occupying a quasi-premium space in the U.S. The redesigned CX-9 is a step in that direction.
May
28th

VW weighs second EV platform

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Volkswagen is examining whether its modular architecture for electric cars under development, dubbed MEB, is flexible enough for a top-of-the-line Phaeton, or whether a second groupwide platform is needed.
May
28th

Toyota patent activity soaring

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EV-related technologies have triggered a boom in automotive patents, and they are streaming out of Toyota. And the gap between the number of new Toyota patents and those at the industry's second-place company, Robert Bosch, is enormous.
May
27th

GM may shift some pickup production from Mexico to Michigan, report says

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Some General Motors light-duty pickup production is going to shift to Flint, Mich., from Mexico, according to a report.
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