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Hyundai is developing its first dedicated architecture for electric cars, a top executive said.

Audi labor leaders have asked the company to assign production of an all-electric model to the carmaker's main plant in Germany. Unions are concerned that Audi's German workers might lose out as EVs gain in importance.

Toyota is recalling 2.9 million vehicles in Japan, China, Europe and other regions due to potentially faulty airbags made by Takata. North America, Toyota's biggest market, is not part of the recall.

VW Group has named Daimler executive Kurt Michels as its chief compliance officer. Michels previously worked in the same position at Daimler's trucks, vans and buses division.

Alphabet's Waymo self-driving unit sought to arbitrate claims last year against a former employee at the center of a lawsuit against Uber, court records show, in what Uber said strengthened its bid to get the case out of court and into arbitration.

Volkswagen said it received approval from the EPA for dealers to sell 2015 model year diesels after updating the vehicles' emissions software.

Mahindra-owned SUV specialist SsangYong is shooting for annual capacity of 250,000 units a year by 2022, some 60% higher than its 2016 level of global sales.

President Donald Trump's pick to head the Labor Department once had the UAW's back in a dispute with DaimlerChrysler.

Toyota, perhaps with an eye on Jeep's Wrangler, will introduce an off-road concept with urban chops called the FT-4X Concept at the New York auto show.

Santander Consumer USA agreed to a settlement to resolve probes by the attorneys general in Massachusetts and Delaware into its financing and securitization of subprime auto loans.

Daimler's annual meeting threatened to veer off course for a second year after a shareholder pontificated on his right to be naked.

Daimler's annual meeting threatened to veer off course for a second year after a shareholder pontificated on his right to be naked.

The mayors of Paris and London announced a scoring system for monitoring emissions from vehicles to help improve air quality in the two capitals.

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Rolls-Royce has recruited music greats including Roger Daltrey and Ray Davies to help create Wraith collectors’ editions

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The tests form part of a new scheme which aims to publish real world emissions on most new cars and vans for potential buyers

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New figures suggest it would cost nearly £10bn to restore roads in England and Wales to a “reasonable, steady state”

News 29 Mar, 2017

A new study warns that councils have little time before a fifth of local roads deteriorate beyond repair

Ford said it will take a $295 million hit to its first-quarter earnings from two recalls announced Wednesday, one involving engines that could catch fire and the other involving a persistent door latch problem.

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