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Sep
17th

New six-point penalty for mobile phone use when driving

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News 17 Sep, 2016

Motorists caught using a handheld mobile phone when driving to face six penalty points and a £200 fine from 2017

Sep
17th

Mobileye says it warned Tesla against enabling ‘hands-free’ driving

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Mobileye said its top executives were assured by Tesla CEO Elon Musk that drivers of the company's EVs would not be allowed to take their hands off the wheel when using the "Autopilot" driving assistance system, but Tesla later allowed hands-free...
Sep
17th

Automotive News Europe honors Monica Perez Lobo

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Automotive News Europe salutes the 25 Leading Women in the European Automotive Industry. Every day through Sept. 29 one of the 25 winners will be featured. Today's winner is Monica Perez Lobo of Toyota Europe.
Sep
17th

2016 Eurostar winner Peter Mertens

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The executives chosen as 2016 Automotive News Europe Eurostars achieved success by exceeding expectations. Peter Mertens, who is senior vice president for randd at Volvo Car Group, is this year's Eurostar winner for Product Development.
Sep
17th

What to expect after disaster strikes

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After a major natural disaster, dealerships in the affected area can expect to see vehicle sales stall for 30 days.
Sep
17th

Genesis: The birth of a brand

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The last time a major automaker launched a luxury brand in the U.S. was more than 25 years ago. Now, it's Genesis' turn.
Sep
17th

LINCOLN: Breathing new life into the brand

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With the 2017 Continental slated to launch this fall, there's an opportunity for Lincoln's ad agency, Hudson Rouge, to take a bigger leap in transforming the brand's image.
Sep
16th

iPod creator Fadell joins the auto industry

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iPod creator Tony Fadell, who is also the founder and former CEO of Nest Labs, is now in the car business. Granted, his vehicle is a $999 go-kart that will go into production in China next week.
Sep
16th

What Mr. Fields meant to say, and why

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On Thursday, Ford CEO Mark Fields grappled live on CNN with Donald Trump's latest round of attacks on Ford's investment plans for Mexico. I wish he answered some of the questions differently.
Sep
16th

Japan industry head says U.S. market was ‘overheated’

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Japan's auto industry is unfazed by the plateauing of the U.S. market, despite nearly across-the-board sales declines in what is for many makers their most important market.
Sep
16th

VW diesel-cheat probe widens in U.S. to include Bosch, report says

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U.S. prosecutors are investigating whether German supplier Robert Bosch, which provided software to Volkswagen, conspired with the automaker to engineer diesel cars that would cheat U.S.
Sep
16th

EU plans take action against states over car emissions

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The EU will take legal action against some member states for failing to police car emission rules, its industry commissioner, Elzbieta Bienkowska, said.
Sep
16th

EU plans action against states over car emissions

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The EU will take legal action against some member states for failing to police car emission rules, its industry commissioner, Elzbieta Bienkowska, said.
Sep
16th

Phony Elon Musk e-mail prompts investigation by oil services firm

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Quest Integrity Group said it's looking into a claim that its finance chief impersonated Elon Musk in an e-mail to get inside information on Tesla, while calling 'absurd' the electric car maker's allegation of an oil industry...
Sep
16th

GM seeks delay in recall of 1 million vehicles with Takata airbags

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General Motors has asked U.S. auto safety regulators for a one-year delay of a planned recall of about 1 million full-size pickups and SUVs equipped with passenger-side airbag inflators made by troubled Japanese supplier Takata Corp.
Sep
16th

Adient CEO enjoys startup status, but still No. 1 in auto seating

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It's not often that a startup enters the market as the global leader in a $60 billion industry. But Adient will be the world's No. 1 automotive seating company when it officially spins off from parent company Johnson Controls on Oct. 31.
Sep
16th

Cost-cutting deal with unions key to VW’s recovery

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Volkswagen Group's ability to agree a big cost-cutting plan with its powerful labor unions in the coming weeks could determine whether the automaker makes a full recovery from its emissions scandal.
Sep
16th

“The dashboard camera is moving in as a sort of modern-day squatter”

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Opinion - dash cams
Opinion 18 Sep, 2016

Mike Rutherford laments the loss of non-essential tech as standard and looks at the growing demand for dash cams

Sep
16th

Jaguar Land Rover drops Ford engine as it expands Ingenium family

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Jaguar Land Rover has a taken a big step in reducing its dependence on engines from Ford, its former owner, by launching its own new four-cylinder gasoline unit. The 2.
Sep
16th

VW teases EV concept that it says heralds ‘new era’ for brand

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Volkswagen today released teaser pictures of an electric car that it hopes will lead the automaker out of its diesel scandal and into an electrified future.
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