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Continental began construction of a factory in Chongqing in southwest China to supply brakes to automakers operating in the area.

Jaguar Land Rover will never make a driverless car, randd boss Wolfgang Epple said. 'We don't consider customers cargo. We don't want to build a robot that delivers the cargo from A to B,' he added.

Porsche may take legal action against Zotye Automobile over the Chinese automaker's T700 SUV that closely resembles the Macan, a report said. The T700 is due to launch next year at a price much lower than the Macan's.

Jaguar Land Rover will never make a driverless car, randd boss Wolfgang Epple said. 'We don't consider customers cargo. We don't want to build a robot that delivers the cargo from A to B,' he added.

Two self-driving prototype cars, one operated by Google and the other by Delphi Automotive, had a close call on a Silicon Valley street earlier this week, a Delphi executive said.

Delphi Automotive and Google denied a report by Reuters that their self-driving prototype cars had a close call on a Silicon Valley street earlier this week.

The Supreme Court's decision Thursday to endorse a broad interpretation of a legal theory used to fight housing discrimination provides ammunition for groups at odds over the CFPB's power to pursue discrimination in auto lending.

New York City's $1 billion plan for a new line of yellow cabs made by Nissan was upheld by the state's highest court today. The court rejected a challenge from fleet operators to the 'Taxi of Tomorrow' plan.

Nissan North America has won naming rights for its hometown NFL stadium in Nashville where the Tennessee Titans play.

Google said it had started testing the latest prototypes of its self-driving cars on Mountain View, Calif., roads, with safety drivers aboard.

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles is launching a voluntary recall of about 164,000 Jeep Cherokee SUVs globally to install shields that protect the power liftgate control components from moisture.

General Motors said it will incur a $600 million charge on its second-quarter net profits because of a change in the way it values Venezuelan currency.

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Lectra, a fabric and soft materials integrated solutions and software specialist, says that Bertrandt SAS has chosen its 'DesignConcept' solution to optimise its design, development and prototyping processes for car seat covers designed for French automobile manufacturers.

Driver assistance systems use a combination of warnings and some degree of active intervention to help steer the driver away from trouble. Although the accent is on giving assistance to the driver rather than take control away, motorists are still wary about cars that supposedly drive themselves. While active intervention clearly holds many possibilities, it is also fraught with difficulty. Matthew Beecham considers the stage we have reached with three advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), rearview cameras, autonomous emergency braking (AEB) systems and head-up displays (HUDs) in cars. This second instalment considers AEB and HUDs.

Subaru is recalling 72,000 newer-model vehicles in the U.S. because the automatic pre-collision braking part of the driver-assist system could fail, increasing the risk of a crash, according to documents posted online by federal safety regulators.