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May
9th

3-D printing gets real

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Auto suppliers are beginning to use 3-D printing for real-world parts as the technology gets faster and more reliable.
May
8th

Honda to recall 20 million Takata airbag parts, report says

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Honda plans to recall more than 20 million airbag parts made by Takata as a preemptive measure globally, Nikkei reported Sunday, without saying where it obtained the information.
May
8th

Borgward counts on German engineering to woo Chinese buyers

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Borgward is the latest automaker to try and crack the China market with its BX7 SUV.
May
8th

Hyundai boosts incentives for sagging Elantra

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Fresh styling has failed to keep the Hyundai Elantra in its plum spot in the compact-car segment.
May
8th

Ford finds mixed blessing in end of tiered wages

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Ford executive Joe Hinrichs says the end of two-tier wages eliminated a major source of distraction on the factory floor but changes the company's calculations on shifting work from overseas.
May
8th

BMW confronts oversupply on dealer lots

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BMW will likely spend the rest of the first half of this year liquidating inventories in the U.S. as it attempts to reduce a heavy stock overhang stemming from the end of last year, when it edged out Mercedes-Benz and Lexus for the U.S.
May
8th

Longevity and love: Makings of a dog’s ‘Dream Weekend’

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The story behind the birth of an iconic Subaru ad that won over country star Willie Nelson.
May
7th

Tesla races to hire factory whizzes to build Model 3

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Elon Musk gave a public shout-out to the sharpest minds in manufacturing this week, calling on them to come help Tesla Motors build a million all-electric cars a year by 2020.
May
7th

Dodge commandeers Bondurant track

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FCA made a sponsorship offer that the Bondurant Racing School couldn't ignore, and now the Camaros and Corvettes that sped through Bondurant for 13 years have given way to SRTs, Hellcats and Vipers.
May
7th

Dealer wins court battle against GM

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New York's top court ruled that GM held a Chevrolet dealer to an unfair sales-performance standard, a decision that could have implications nationally for how automakers measure dealer performance.
May
7th

Monster month for truck sales

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Roomy and fuel-efficient crossovers, pickups, vans and SUVs ran car sales off U.S. roads in April. Trucks accounted for 59.3 percent of light vehicles sold in April - the highest level ever for the month. Last April, trucks represented 55.
May
6th

FCA details plans to hike Jeep, Ram output

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Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne shed some sunlight on the automaker's aggressive plans to revamp its North American production footprint over the next 18 months to make more Jeep SUVs and Ram pickups and fewer cars.
May
6th

Activist investor TCI presses VW to cut management pay

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Activist investor TCI Fund Management slammed VW for excessive executive pay in light of poor stock performance and bloated costs that hurt earnings even before the diesel-emissions scandal in 2015 that caused the company's biggest-ever loss.
May
6th

Volvo plans to raise 500 million euros in first bond issue

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Volvo aims to raise 500 million euros ($571 million) by issuing the first corporate bond in its 89-year history, the carmaker said on Friday.
May
6th

Why autonomous driving cars and minivans are just shiny pennies

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In light of the announcement this week that Google and Fiat Chrysler are teaming up to build 100 autonomous Chrysler Pacifica hybrid minivans, can we take a moment to reconsider the whole rush to autonomous driving in general?
May
6th

Team Detroit, Ford’s ad agency, rebranded as GTB

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Team Detroit, the Dearborn, Mich., firm that handles Ford Motor Co.'s advertising, has a new name: GTB.
May
6th

Marchionne says FCA-Google deal on Pacifica is ‘first phase’ of relationship

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Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne said his company's agreement with Google to put the technology giant's autonomous driving system in 100 Chrysler Pacifica minivans is a 'first phase' of their relationship.
May
6th

American Axle Q1 profits rise 15% on lower costs

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Drivetrain supplier American Axle and Manufacturing Holdings posted $61.1 million in net income in the first quarter, a 15 percent gain year-over-year.
May
6th

Charging apps tackle China’s EV infrastructure challenge

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Electric vehicle face especially acute infrastructure challenges in China because few EV drivers can plug in at home. Instead, what is springing up is a marketplace for app-driven charging stations run by ambitious startup companies.
May
6th

AutoCanada’s Q1 net jumps 46%, but dealership group cuts dividend

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AutoCanada's first-quarter net surged 46 percent to $7.3 million Canadian ($5.6 million U.S.) as revenue rose 5.3 percent to C$666.9 million, due largely to dealership acquisitions over the past year.
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