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Oct
30th

BMW’s Spartanburg plant finds its calling

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BMW's Spartanburg, S.C., plant, which opened in 1994, has transformed from a small operation making only about 60,000 vehicles annually to a major exporting hub. The plant cranks out more than 400,000 vehicles a year to meet global crossover demand.
Oct
30th

Delphi eyes self-driving edge with NuTonomy

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Working with its new acqusition, software startup NuTonomy, Delphi gets a leg up in the race to deploy self-driving vehicles.
Oct
30th

Where will all these EVs recharge?

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A reliable public charging infrastructure will be key to fostering the growth of electric vehicles #8212; even if those chargers don't get used much.
Oct
30th

Renault-Nissan Alliance tech program is a big win for Conti

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The sourcing arrangement with Continental shows just how lucrative the industry's sometimes enigmatic emerging technologies can be to suppliers.
Oct
29th

Munoz: Nissan’s ProPilot will be a U.S. hit

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Nissan's semiautonomous ProPilot highway-driving technology arrives in the 2018 model year. North American Chairman Jose Munoz believes it will be a hit.
Oct
29th

Toyota denies playing ‘political game’ with Mexico plant

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Toyota is pushing back on any suggestion that its decision to cut investment and capacity at a plant under construction in Mexico has anything to do with U.S. political pressure.
Oct
29th

Tokyo Motor Show’s big sights, oversights and eyesores

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It's not every year that our man David Undercoffler gets to attend the Tokyo Motor Show. That'd be weird since it's a biennial show. Here's what caught his eye.
Oct
29th

The truck that built Ford

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The success or failure of Ford Mrests in the bed of its F-series pickups, Ford's most profitable vehicle and one of the most popular vehicle in the world.
Oct
28th

‘Iron Man’ vests aid BMW assembly workers

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In Spartanburg, wearable robotics help workers install heat shields and more. It's part of a culture of innovation at the plant.
Oct
28th

GM looks to build on minority dealer gains

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In terms of adding minority dealers, GM paced the U.S. industry last year with 17 net additions. It wants to top that this year.
Oct
28th

BMW takes slow road to high-speed autonomy

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The automaker wants to make sure its cars can drive without human intervention at highway speeds.
Oct
28th

Used-car fraud ring targets automated payoff systems

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Dealers and lenders are getting stung by a new type of used-vehicle sales fraud that takes advantage of banks' automated payoff systems.
Oct
27th

Jesse Jackson ready to go to Germany to discuss BMW boycott

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Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, who called for a boycott of BMW over a lack of diversity in its dealer body, said he is willing to go to Germany to meet BMW executives.
Oct
27th

NHTSA moves to overhaul rules for self-driving cars

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NHTSA is considering eliminating regulations that currently block self-driving vehicles designed without steering wheels, brake pedals or other driver controls from hitting the road.
Oct
27th

Tenneco Q3 adjusted net income rose 3.5% to $88 million

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Ride-control and emissions control systems supplier Tenneco said its adjusted net income for the third quarter rose 3.5 percent to $88 million.
Oct
27th

Cars you may have missed at the 2017 Tokyo Motor Show

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Toyoda Gosei Flesby II
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A look at some of the more unusual cars you may have missed at the Tokyo Motor Show

Oct
27th

Tesla opens free-standing gallery in suburban Detroit mall

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Tesla opened a standalone gallery in at the Somerset Collection in suburban Detroit -- right next to an Apple store.
Oct
27th

NHTSA launches pilot program to alert owners of uncompleted auto recalls

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NHTSA said it is funding a pilot program that will notify drivers in Maryland if they have open uncompleted recalls at the time they register their vehicles.
Oct
27th

VW brand will exceed 2017 margin target, finance chief says

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Volkswagen brand expects its operating profit margin to moderately exceed a 2.5 percent to 3.5 percent target range this year, finance chief Frank Witter said.
Oct
27th

Ford-backed Argo AI acquires lidar company

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Argo AI, an artificial-intelligence firm majority owned by Ford, has acquired a lidar supplier whose technology can help autonomous vehicles operate in bad weather and at high speeds.
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