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Dec
29th

Infiniti QX50 Concept – pictures

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Dec
29th

Tesla makes Reno a critical stop on way to Las Vegas and CES

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Tesla is is seizing on next week's CES to host investors and analysts at Gigafactory 1, the sprawling Nevada plant where it makes batteries and energy storage packs. The company's invitation-only 'investor event' will take place Jan. 4.
Dec
29th

Busiest day for online auto shopping comes as surprise

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In a bit of Sunday surprise, the busiest day of the year for U.S. shoppers on auto dealership websites was Sunday, July 24. The slowest day was Sunday, May 8, or Mother's Day, Dealer.com reported.
Dec
29th

Japan’s once-dominant carmakers face big pay hikes to lure tech talent

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Attracting the best information technologists is becoming increasingly important in Japan for Toyota, Honda Motor and Nissan as they seek a bigger share of revenue from IT-driven services such as ride-sharing and cloud-based monitoring of vehicles.
Dec
29th

Flex-N-Gate offers to buy seven Plastic Omnium plants

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Automotive supplier Flex-N-Gate announced plans to acquire seven Plastic Omnium plants in Europe as part of a planned divestiture of certain Plastic Omnium operations.
Dec
29th

Ohio Supreme Court rules in Ford’s favor in police cruiser crash

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The Ohio Supreme Court today ruled against a former highway patrolman who sued Ford Motor Co. after he was badly burned in 2007 when his cruiser was hit from behind by a drunken driver and burst into a fuel-fed fire.
Dec
29th

Mobileye, Here agree to partner on autonomous technolgy

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Mobileye, which supplies advanced driver assistance systems sensors, has entered into a strategic partnership with intelligent mapping company Here.
Dec
29th

Nissan dealers feel the force of Rogue campaign

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Some dealers say Nissan's marketing strategy aimed at Star Wars fans is building brand awareness and enthusiasm around Nissan and the Rogue, though they suspect it may be the popularity of the Rogue crossover alone driving actual sales.
Dec
29th

Honda recalls 641,302 Odysseys, issues stop-sale order

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American Honda has issued a stop-sale order and recalled a total of 641,302 Odyssey minivans in the U.S. for two separate issues.
Dec
29th

Toyota’s hybrid bet in Europe finally pays off

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Toyota's hybrids push in Europe is finally paying off.
Dec
28th

Takata could pay up to $1 billion to settle U.S. criminal probe, report says

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Takata is nearing a criminal settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice and is expected to pay up to $1 billion to resolve allegations of wrongdoing related to its faulty airbag inflators, The Wall Street Journal reported today.
Dec
28th

Honda CR-V is Edmunds’ most-researched vehicle in 2016

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For the second year in a row, the Honda CR-V was the most-researched vehicle on Edmunds.com in the U.S., followed by two Honda car models in second and third place.
Dec
28th

VW buys mobile-payment provider PayByPhone for parking services

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Volkswagen AG bought North American parking-payment operator PayByPhone in the latest move by Europe's biggest carmaker to expand from manufacturing into mobility services.
Dec
28th

Why Beijing won’t punish U.S. automakers for Trump’s sins

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Will Beijing vent its anger on U.S. companies whenever President-elect Donald Trump annoys it? Such fears are not totally groundless, but there are three reasons why U.S. automakers aren't likely to be singled out.
Dec
28th

Ford expands fleet of self-driving test cars

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Ford has added 20 vehicles to its existing fleet of 10 autonomous Fusion Hybrids, retrofitted with more advanced driverless technology and reduced hardware.
Dec
27th

A farewell and a look back at my years at Automotive News

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Thirty-two years ago today, I walked in the door at Crain Communications as a newly hired reporter for a startup publication called Crain's Detroit Business.
Dec
27th

Ford Fusions, Mercury Milans under U.S. investigation for potential brake problem

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U.S. safety regulators are investigating Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan sedans from the 2007 to 2009 model years for brakes that may fail in certain conditions.
Dec
27th

Panasonic to invest more than $256 million in Tesla’s U.S. plant for solar cells

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Panasonic plans to invest more than $256 million in a New York production facility of Elon Musk's Tesla Motors to make photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules, deepening a partnership of the two companies.
Dec
27th

Researchers map rough road to reducing vehicle weight

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Plastics have seen increased opportunities to get onto North American-made cars and trucks as automakers work to improve their fleets' fuel economy.
Dec
27th

Nine vehicles Americans loved or hated in 2016

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Bloomberg crunched sales data through November to see which models posted the biggest demand spikes and swoons . These are the vehicles that show us the future -- and soon-to-be past -- of the car business.
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