UAW President Ron Gettelfinger says he's willing to talk more about automotive industry concessions to further the passage of emergency funding for the Detroit 3.
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Despite an increasingly tumultuous US automotive market, customer satisfaction with the new-vehicle sales process has steadily increased since 2005, according to the JD Power and Associates 2008 Sales Satisfaction Index (SSI) Study released today
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Scania has signed an agreement in principle with the government of Iraq on assembly of trucks and buses in that country. The contract includes an initial delivery of 500 vehicles, with production starting during the third quarter of 2009. Operations will take place under the aegis of Iraq's State Company for Automotive Industry.
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The crisis in the European automotive industry is being discussed in the European Parliament in Strasbourg today.
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The president of Lower Saxony, Christian Wulff, has attacked the European Commission for undermining European automotive companies and their competitiveness.
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The UK's auto industry trade association, the SMMT, has called for UK government action to support the automotive sector. The move follows sharp declines in the UK vehicle market in recent months as well as production cutbacks at UK car plants.
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Perhaps taking its cue from developments elsewhere, the Swedish government is talking about future business issues with automotive companies that have operations in Sweden.
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Kuwaiti investment company, The Investment Dar Company (TID), has acquired a 40% stake in Prodrive, a motorsport and automotive technology business. Prodrive is based in the UK with operations in Australia and the Asia Pacific region.
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Automotive design, development & certification consultancy MIRA says it is accelerating its drive into new business sectors and increasing international growth with the appointment of Dr George Gillespie as CEO.
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Auto supplier leaders will join the Detroit 3 chiefs in Washington, D.C., this week to push for emergency federal aid to the automotive industry.
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Auto supplier leaders will join the Detroit 3 chiefs in Washington, D.C., this week to push for emergency federal aid to the automotive industry.
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Draexlmaier Group Automotive, a family-owned supplier of door panels, central consoles, electronics and wiring harnesses, has shelved plans for a pilot plant in Prishtina, Kosovo.
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We're going on the grid sooner than you thought. Electric and plug-in hybrid cars will arrive in dealerships in just two years or so, several speakers at the Automotive News Green Car Conference and Exhibition said on Thursday, Nov. 13.
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Companies that supply parts to the 2009 Nissan Maxima include: "TRW, Cooper-Standard, CalsonicKansei, Dana, NOK, GKN Driveline, Vibracoustic, KSR International, PPG, Amtex, ZF, Siegel-Robert, Guardian Automotive, U.S.
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General Motors' Adam Opel unit has asked the German federal and state governments for guarantees to help it weather tough times for the automotive industry, an Opel spokesman said on Friday.
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German carmaker Porsche denied market talk on Friday it could be interested in buying a stake in German automotive supplier Continental.
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Innovations that significantly boost vehicle fuel economy and clean up auto factories won the first Automotive News PACE Environmental Awards.
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Innovations that significantly boost vehicle fuel economy and clean up auto factories won the first Automotive News PACE Environmental Awards.
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China will begin enforcing vehicle emissions regulations first along its coastline and later in its inland provinces, predicts Gregg Sherrill, CEO of Tenneco Automotive Inc. Tenneco has a vested interest in monitoring that enforcement.
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Fisker Automotive has signed its final assembly contract with Valmet Automotive to manufacture the Karma in Finland. Valmet Automotive will be the engineering and manufacturing supplier for Fisker Automotive.
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