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Nov
6th

CDK demands commitment from dealers

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In October, stores using CDK Global's dealership management systems on month-to-month arrangements found out they had little time to make a big decision: Sign multiyear contracts with CDK or quickly find a new provider.
Nov
6th

Video calls help forge customer ties

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Jeff Wyler Automotive dealerships use FaceTime and Facebook Live to reach out to consumers, instead of waiting for them to visit the showroom.
Nov
6th

Auto industry mobilizes to save EV tax credit

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Lobbyists quickly huddled after the unveiling of House Republicans' tax plan to figure out how to save the tax credit, which the industry views as critical to promoting commercial adoption of EV technology.
Nov
6th

Primm: Many women already have the skills dealerships look for

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Dealer Michelle Primm said more women need to be made aware of the numerous career opportunities in automotive retailing.
Nov
6th

Continental AG is committed to its women’s network

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Continental's women's network succeeds because of strong follow-up, CEO support and staying with the committed founders, rather than being shifted to the human resources department.
Nov
6th

Facebook’s Stephanie Latham on how the online giant diversifies talent

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The social media giant is forming partnerships to broaden access to tech skills, while ensuring that recruiters present hiring managers with diverse candidate pools, says Stephanie Latham, Facebook's director of U.S. automotive.
Nov
6th

Check out the ANE monthly magazine for November

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The latest issue of the Automotive News Europe monthly magazine is ready to view. The new edition looks why the European pickup market is set to take off.
Nov
5th

277mph Koenigsegg Agera RS is the new fastest car in the world

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Koenigsegg Agera RS
News 5 Nov, 2017

Koenigsegg has claimed a new 277.9mph world production car speed record with its Agera RS hypercar. Watch the video.

Nov
5th

Toyota seeks more investments in Israeli auto tech, robotics

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Toyota AI Ventures has made five investments and expects to invest in at least 20 companies worldwide, with a focus on technologies dealing with perception and prediction.
Nov
5th

Akio Toyoda steers corporate giant toward new era

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For a man with his family's name on every car, Akio Toyoda ironically sees himself as a sort of Jedi knight fighting the corporate Empire. Toyoda channels that Jedi spirit to reinvent Toyota, taking on challenges buffeting the industry in a new era.
Nov
5th

Dealers, get ready for absorption rates that drop to as low as 25%

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Looking back at the future (or at least one possible future) of the new-vehicle dealership's service department
Nov
5th

Renault, Mercedes, Fiat give new life to pickup segment

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Renault, Fiat, Mercedes and soon PSA, are all launching pickup trucks to take on market leader Ford in a sector that has been, until recently, virtually ignored by European automakers.
Nov
5th

Everything we know about the next-gen Jeep Wrangler

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Jeep and FCA US have released only the skimpiest information about the new Wrangler. But spy photos and leaks paint a clear picture of what Jeep chief designer Mark Allen and his team have come up with.
Nov
5th

Year-end sales to test automaker restraint

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Several sales titles and records are on the line for the U.S. automotive industry heading into the final two months of the year.
Nov
5th

Bob Lutz: Kiss the good times goodbye

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It saddens me to say it, but the auto industry is on an accelerating change curve. We are approaching the end of the automotive era.
Nov
5th

The internal combustion engine’s last stand: Big trucks and SUVs

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The internal combustion engine is rapidly disappearing from the new-car options list in 2030.
Nov
4th

Key Safety Systems files deal to buy embattled airbag supplier Takata

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Key Safety Systems reached a final deal worth nearly $1.6 billion to acquire supplier Takata out of bankruptcy resulting from exploding airbag system parts linked to at least 17 deaths.
Nov
4th

Half UK speed cameras are switched off

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Speed camera
News 4 Nov, 2017

Police forces reveal almost 50 per cent of speed cameras in the UK are inactive, with four forces not having any at all

Nov
4th

Toyota hopes safety-first approach will pay off in self-driving race

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Toyota sounded a cautionary note on self-driving cars amid the hype that fully autonomous cars could soon become a regular sight on public roads.
Nov
4th

GM’s Alicia Boler Davis tells women: ‘Promote your wins’

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GM's global manufacturing head cited several company programs designed to encourage and promote women in the auto industry.
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