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Apr
20th

Mitsubishi admits manipulating fuel-economy test data

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Mitsubishi Motors admitted to manipulating test data involving 625,000 vehicles in order to improve fuel-economy claims. The affected models include those supplied to Nissan Motor Co., which discovered the manipulation.
Apr
20th

New Citroen C6 to star at Beijing Motor Show, but UK won’t get it

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News 20 Apr, 2016

Citroen is revisiting its C6 executive car with an all-new model set to debut at the 2016 Beijing Motor Show

Apr
20th

German gov’t seeks tax break for EV buyers

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Germany's government plan to boost demand for electric cars by exempting them from vehicle tax, according to a draft document seen by Reuters.
Apr
20th

Peugeot shows next generation cockpit module

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Peugeot has shown the next generation of its 'i-Cockpit' which it says incorporates a number of technological and design advances for next generation Peugeot models.
Apr
20th

Toyota will restart production at most Japan plants next week

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Toyota today said it plans to resume most vehicle production in Japan staring April 25 after deadly earthquakes forced it to suspend operations at nearly every domestic plant.
Apr
20th

Apple sets up lab in Germany to help develop iCar, paper says

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Apple has established a team of "young, progressive" automotive experts in Berlin to work on its electric iCar and may build the vehicle with Magna Steyr in Austria, a German paper said.
Apr
20th

Fragmentation in global automotive transmission market forecast to increase

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The automotive transmission market is set to become more fragmented according to analysts at just-auto's QUBE service, reflecting growing variation in the adoption of different technologies by region.
Apr
20th

Mitsubishi admits cheating fuel economy tests

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News 20 Apr, 2016

Share price down 15% as Mitsubishi says it mishandled mpg tests. Over 625,000 cars implicated in the scandal

Apr
20th

Electric cars dominate Driver Power 2016, the UK’s biggest car satisfaction survey

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Driver Power 2016
News 20 Apr, 2016

Tesla Model S tops Driver Power 2016 with highest-ever satisfaction rating, with Renault ZOE in second and four hybrids in the top ten

Apr
20th

VW begins recall of rigged Audi, Seat diesel cars

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Volkswagen Group has begun recalling Audi and Seat models in Germany to fix rigged diesel engines and may now accelerate plans to bring VW Golfs into workshops.
Apr
19th

VW says diesel emissions fix progress makes court trial unneeded

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Volkswagen said there will be no need for a trial this summer over damages related to its rigging of 600,000 diesel vehicles to cheat pollution control laws.
Apr
19th

More than a year’s work, employee feedback went into Ford’s Dearborn project

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When you're overhauling 7.5 million square feet of space, not everyone can be 100 percent satisfied.
Apr
19th

Mobility exposition planned at Detroit show as CES gains momentum

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The 2017 Detroit auto show will feature a mobility exposition, a move that comes as the show has faced competition from the increasingly popular CES electronics show in Las Vegas.
Apr
19th

Ford supplier in Ohio agrees to UAW representation

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Detroit Chassis, a company that supplies axles to Ford, agreed to let temporary workers at an Ohio plant join the UAW after they threatened a strike that could have hit production of large Ford pickup trucks at a nearby plant, the UAW said today.
Apr
19th

VW’s ‘defeat device’ software developed at Audi in 1999, report says

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German carmaker Audi created so-called defeat devices which cut emissions in 1999, years before parent company Volkswagen used them to cheat diesel emissions tests, a German newspaper reported today.
Apr
19th

SNL unveils faux Mercedes AA-class EV; Mercedes plays along

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'Saturday Night Live' last week unveiled a (faux) commercial for the Mercedes-Benz AA class, an electric luxury sedan entirely powered by AA batteries. Mercedes played along with the gag on Monday.
Apr
19th

In race to 54.5 mpg, powertrains gain complexity #8212; at a cost

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As we get closer to the government's fleetwide 54.5-mpg fuel economy standard in 2025, engines and transmissions will become a whole lot more complex. You can take that to mean new cars are going to get a whole lot more expensive, too.
Apr
19th

Apple hires Tesla engineer to head car project, report says

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Apple hired former Tesla Motors vice president of vehicle engineering Chris Porritt to work on "special projects" related to the tech giant's electric car initiative, website Electrek reported today.
Apr
19th

Incentives growing on green cars, TrueCar says

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Car buyers can save significant money on fuel-efficient vehicles this month thanks to incentives and government rebates, TrueCar said Monday in a report.
Apr
19th

GM says 2016 Buick Envision will start in low $40,000s

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Buick plans to launch its new 2016 Envision compact crossover in June with only two high-end trim levels, starting in the low $40,000s-range, while waiting until the '17 model year to introduce lower-priced versions.
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