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May
25th

Audi CEO says diesel crisis not over and vows to stay on

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Audi CEO Rupert Stadler said the company's diesel emissions affair was not over and promised to stay at the helm of the German luxury automaker, a German newspaper reported.
May
25th

Canada’s Trudeau raises import probe concerns with Trump

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke with President Trump on Friday and raised "strong concerns" about a controversial U.S. probe into car and truck imports.
May
25th

Ex-FCA employee pleads guilty to charge in UAW training center scandal

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Michael Brown was charged with lying to a federal grand jury about the scope of the scandal.
May
25th

Tesla scrambles jets to boost Model 3 battery output

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Tesla has flown six planes full of robots and equipment from Europe to California in an unusual, high-stakes effort to speed up battery production for the Model 3 electric sedan.
May
25th

VW to reinstate lobbyist after suspension over diesel fume tests, report says

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Volkswagen plans to reinstate its chief lobbyist, Thomas Steg, who was suspended while the company investigated his role in tests that exposed monkeys and humans to toxic diesel fumes, a German newspaper reported.
May
25th

VW to reinstate lobbyist after suspension over diesel fume tests, report says

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Volkswagen plans to reinstate its chief lobbyist, Thomas Steg, who was suspended while the company investigated his role in tests that exposed monkeys and humans to toxic diesel fumes, a German newspaper reported.
May
25th

Texas dealership Mac Churchill Acura files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

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A dispute between majority and minority owners over the sale of Mac Churchill Acura of Fort Worth, Texas, has led to the store filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
May
25th

Tony Merpi, advertising and marketing executive for Automotive News, dies

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The energetic, good-humored native of Detroit was an endless source of marketing and promotional ideas #8212; a sales executive who loved the automotive industry and, above all, valued the editorial integrity of the publication.
May
25th

Toyota and Suzuki join forces to develop green car tech

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The two Japanese car makers will discuss vehicle production and technology development for the Indian market

May
25th

2019 Toyota Corolla hatchback to start at just over $20,000

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Toyota's redesigned Corolla hatchback, aimed at first-time buyers and manual-transmission fans, will go on sale in showrooms this summer for $20,910 for the entry-level model, including shipping.
May
25th

Siemens backs Northvolt’s Swedish battery plant

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German engineering company Siemens has become the latest company to contribute to the Northvolt project to build Europe's largest lithium ion factory in northern Sweden.
May
25th

FCA recalls 4.8 million U.S. cars, light trucks to fix software flaw

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Fiat Chrysler is recalling 4.8 million U.S. vehicles over a defect that could prevent drivers from deactivating cruise control and warned owners not to use the function until they receive software upgrades.
May
25th

FCA recalls 4.8 million U.S. cars, light trucks to fix software flaw

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Fiat Chrysler is recalling 4.8 million vehicles over a defect that could prevent drivers from deactivating cruise control and warned owners not to use the function until they receive software upgrades.
May
25th

Tesla settles class action lawsuit over ‘dangerous’ Autopilot

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Tesla reached an agreement to settle a class action lawsuit with buyers of its Model S and Model X cars who alleged that the company's assisted-driving Autopilot system was "essentially unusable and demonstrably dangerous."
May
25th

Continental Powertrain on electric mobility, challenges and solutions

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Continental generated sales of some ?44 billion last year, up 8 percent on 2016. One driver of growth is clean-air technology, which includes hybrid and electric drive systems, more efficient combustion engines, and systems for cleaner emissions. The supplier forecasts that 110 million vehicles will be manufactured in 2025 worldwide. About one in ten of those vehicles will be all electric and one in four will be a hybrid. And by that time, one in five will feature drive solutions from Continental. To learn more, we caught up with Nirad Pandya, Head of Strategy, Marketing and Communications Head of E-Mobility Programs, Engine Systems Business Unit, Powertrain Division, Continental Automotive.
May
25th

just-auto takes a Bank Holiday break

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It's the second May Bank Holiday here in the UK on Monday, 28th May so we're taking a long weekend off.
May
25th

Covestro on polycarbonate solutions for mobility concepts

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Covestro AG (which emerged from Bayer MaterialScience AG in 2015) brings new high-tech materials from the product areas of polycarbonates, polyurethanes, coatings and films into play. Continuing just-auto/QUBE's series of interviews, we spoke to Ciro Piermatteo, Global Technical Marketing Mobility and Christoph Klinkenberg, Global Technical Marketing Mobility Exterior, Covestro about the application of polycarbonates for future mobility concepts.
May
25th

BMW will boost capacity at i3 factory in Germany

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BMW will invest over 300 million euros to increase production at its plant in Leipzig, Germany, the automaker's fifth-largest, laying the foundation for production of future models. BMW builds the i3 and i8 models in Leipzig.
May
25th

Glover replaces Hicks as MD of JLR UK

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As part of what is described as 'a major restructure of Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) global Marketing, Sales, Service and Public Relations functions', Rawdon Glover is to be the new JLR UK Managing Director, replacing Jeremy Hicks.
May
25th

Daimler faces recall of over 600,000 Mercedes diesel models, report says

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Daimler faces a recall of more than 600,000 diesel-engine vehicles including Mercedes C-class and G-class models because of suspected emissions manipulation, a German magazine reported.
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