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May
15th

PSA’s DS brand gets presidential boost

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PSA's upscale DS brand got a boost after its latest model, the DS 7 Crossback, was chosen as the official vehicle for ceremonial duties during the inauguration of new French President Emmanuel Macron.
May
15th

German industry welcomes self-driving vehicles law

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Germany's auto industry praised its government as the first worldwide to broadly legalize self-driving cars, while cautioning that this was just an initial, but crucial, step in rolling out the technology on roads across the country.
May
15th

ZYNP to produce commercial vehicle steel pistons for Kolbenschmidt in China

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Rheinmetall Automotive's KS Kolbenschmidt division has signed a licence agreement with supplier, ZYNP to produce and market commercial vehicle steel pistons for the Chinese market.
May
15th

Grammer Group Q1 revenue up 7.5% to EUR458m

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Grammer Group has posted first quarter net profit after tax up 89.2% to EUR14m (US$15.4m), with revenue rising 7.5% to EUR458.0m (US$500m) and an increase of 52% in EBIT to EUR22.5m (2016: EUR14.8m).
May
15th

South Korean imports rise 12% in April

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Sales of imported vehicles in South Korea rose by 12.4% to 20,051 units in April, from 17,845 units a year earlier, according to data released by the Korea Automobile Importers and Distributors Association (KAIDA).
May
15th

Japanese sales rise 9% in April

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Japan's new vehicle market continued to expand strongly in April, by 9.2% year on year to 354,750 units from 324,747 sales a year earlier, according to registration data released by the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association.
May
15th

AEB cautiously welcomes 7% rise in April sales

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Russia's Association of European Businesses (AEB) is cautiously welcoming figures showing new passenger cars and LCV sales rose 6.9% last month, but which were still slightly less than the increase in March.
May
15th

Lyft partners with Waymo for self-driving cars

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Ride services company Lyft and Waymo, an automotive business owned by Google parent Alphabet, have launched a self-driving vehicle partnership, bringing together two rivals to dominant ride-sharing service Uber.
May
15th

GM gets its groove back with suppliers

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General Motors ranks just behind Toyota and Honda in the opinion of suppliers. This according to a study that evaluates the purchasing policies of North America's six biggest automakers. Nissan dropped to last place.
May
15th

Rising inventories due mostly to GM

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With one exception, inventories of unsold vehicles have been essentially flat across the U.S. auto industry in the past year. That exception: General Motors.
May
15th

Dealership tweaks Yelp, online strategy

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Focusing too much effort on one website can backfire. Stevens Creek Subaru learned this the hard way.
May
15th

Now that’s what we call Land Cruisin’

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A 2,000-hp Toyota Land Cruiser, with former NASCAR champ Carl Edwards piloting, set a 230-mph speed record.
May
15th

BMW gets fired up over ABC report

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"Sensationalistic" is how BMW of North America is describing an ABC News report alleging a pattern of parked BMW vehicles spontaneously bursting into flames.
May
15th

Welburn tells how he really feels about GM’s design work

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In an interview with Car and Driver, retired General Motors design boss Ed Welburn reflected on what worked and what didn't.
May
15th

GM wind tunnel serves as classroom

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The duties of work-study students typically consist of writing safety operating procedure documents for equipment in the wind tunnel, such as welding machines and charging stations.
May
15th

Nvidia beats Intel in Toyota self-driving battle

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Toyota's self-driving vehicles will carry Nvidia's platform, making the chipmaker the dominant supplier of the brains of autonomous vehicles.
May
15th

To grow globally, Jeep turned to driveline maker GKN

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The redesigned 2017 Compass is the key to Jeep's strategy to grow its global sales. And the key to the Compass is an innovative driveline system developed by GKN.
May
15th

Marketers call for less car, more heart

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Automakers will need to do more if they want their brands to resonate with consumers on a personal level. That was the consistent theme from speakers at the Automotive News Marketing 360 event here last week.
May
15th

Ford rebuffs critics of its tech investments

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Ford's decision to spend billions on autonomy, electrification and new mobility services is being questioned by shareholders and some directors.
May
15th

In new automotive era, even Toyota struggles

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A lackluster test drive of an EV prototype underscores for Akio Toyoda the new challenges posed by an evolving auto industry. His reaction has Toyota in crisis mode as it grapples with next-generation technologies and plunging profits.
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