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Apr
21st

Honda to expand Clarity line to BEV, PHEV

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Honda has announced it will expand its next Clarity model line to three variants from a single fuel cell model. The Clarity Electric and Plug-in Hybrid will both launch in the US in 2017.
Apr
21st

‘Shameful’ Mitsubishi fraud risks pushing carmaker to brink

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Mitsubishi's disclosure that it manipulated fuel-economy tests risks putting the Japanese carmaker back in a familiar position: needing help from Mitsubishi group companies to stay in business.
Apr
21st

Honda introduces ‘flowing cell’ production system in Thailand

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Honda Motor has developed what it claims is the auto industry's first mass production vehicle assembly line with a main line that incorporates a flowing cell production system.
Apr
21st

Plastic Omnium Q1 sales up 6% to EUR1.5bn

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Plastic Omnium is reporting first quarter sales up 6% to EUR1.5bn (US$1.7bn), with consolidated sales rising 6.7% to EUR1.3bn.
Apr
21st

Thai sales drop 2.3% in March

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New vehicle sales in Thailand fell by 2.3% to 72,404 units in March, from 74,117 units a year earlier, according to a monthly report from the Federation of Thai Industries.
Apr
21st

Skoda unions approve wage agreement with management, labor boss says

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Skoda unions have approved an agreement with management on wage hikes that will see tariffs rise by 3.5 percent as of April and another 3 percent in January 2017.
Apr
21st

Honda to create green Clarity family with EV, plug-in hybrid variants

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Honda, seeking to reassert itself as a dominant player in the world of green cars, plans to broaden the Clarity nameplate to two more alternative-fuel vehicles.
Apr
21st

Facelifted VW Amarok to arrive in the UK before the end of the year

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Volkswagen Amarok sketch - front
News 21 Apr, 2016

Updated Volkswagen Amarok will target premium buyers with upmarket interior and is likely to go on sale in the UK by late 2016

Apr
21st

Facelifted Volkswagen Amarok – pictures

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Apr
21st

VW said to pay at least $10 billion in U.S. diesel-cheating deal

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VW has agreed to set aside at least $10 billion to resolve civil claims by the U.S. government and lawsuits by American car owners over diesel vehicles rigged to cheat pollution controls, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said.
Apr
21st

New Citroen C3 exclusive images – pictures

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Apr
21st

Volvo sets goal to sell 1 million electrified cars by 2025

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Following a global sales record in 2015, Volvo plans to sell 1 million electrified cars by 2025, the company said today. "It is a deliberately ambitious target," Volvo CEO Hakan Samuelsson said in a statement.
Apr
20th

IAC promotes two execs to head N.A., Europe operations

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International Automotive Components today named Maurice Sessel and Kelli Carney to run its North American and European operations, respectively.
Apr
20th

Former CEO of Larry H. Miller Group buys his own store

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The former CEO of Larry H. Miller Group of Cos., Greg Miller, has purchased his own dealership, the former Bob Baker Toyota in Lemon Grove, Calif., outside San Diego.
Apr
20th

VW expected to offer to buy back nearly 500,000 U.S. diesel vehicles

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Volkswagen AG and U.S. officials have reached a framework deal under which the automaker would offer to buy back almost 500,000 diesel cars that used sophisticated software to evade U.S. emissions rules, two people briefed on the matter said.
Apr
20th

Elio Motors sets up suburban Detroit center to assemble test vehicles

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Elio Motors, the Arizona startup planning to begin commercial production of its oft-delayed three-wheeled vehicles next year, said today it will assemble test vehicles in suburban Detroit.
Apr
20th

GM cites progress in ignition-switch case settlement talks

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A lawyer for General Motors said today the company has made "significant progress" toward resolving lawsuits involving injuries and deaths allegedly linked to a faulty ignition switch that prompted the recall of 2.6 million vehicles.
Apr
20th

Former supplier executive to serve 18 months in U.S. for price fixing

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A former high-ranking executive with Japanese supplier Nishikawa Rubber has pleaded guilty and will serve 18 months in a U.S. prison for his role in fixing the prices of automotive body sealing products, the U.S. Department of Justice said today.
Apr
20th

VW to hike diesel scandal provisions to double-digit billions of euros, report says

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Volkswagen will raise its provisions to pay for an emissions cheating scandal to a double-digit billion euros amount, from 6.7 billion euros ($7.6 billion) at present, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters today.
Apr
20th

P3 unveils randd center in suburban Detroit, plans to add 100 jobs

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Global consulting firm P3 unveiled a Mobility Innovation Center near Detroit today and said it plans to hire 100 employees in its automotive division by the end of this year.
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