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- UAW Facing Tight Vote on Proposed GM Pact – Detroit Bureau: Voting on the tentative pact between the UAW and GM is coming to a close and it’s tighter than expected. Find out why at TheDetroitBureau.com.
- Apple hires ‘secret agent’ to create digital number plates for car project – Ibtimes: One of Apple’s newest employees describes himself as a ‘secret agent’ and could have been hired to produce digital number plates for the company’s…
- Big investors seek tougher rules on car emission testing – Reuters: Rules on the testing of car emissions should be toughened up to prevent a repeat of the Volkswagen scandal and the…
- A Relic Is Disappearing, Finally, From Car Dashboards in America – Bloomberg: Who knew? Automakers still bother sticking CD players into the dashboards of the majority of their cars. That seems strange 14 years after the iPod…
- Mercedes-Benz October sales buoyed by Chinese demand – Reuters: Daimler’s Mercedes-Benz luxury division increased deliveries by 10.1 percent in October to 155,189 cars, boosted by…
- Tata Motors Posts Surprise Loss on China Slump, Blast Costs – Bloomberg: Jaguar, long synonymous with sleek race cars and sedans, is joining the fastest-growing passenger car segment with its first crossover F-Pace next…
- China Auto Giant’s Tesla Dreams Are Hard to Fathom – WSJ: Yet the Shanghai local government that runs SAIC Motor remains in control, meaning in practice cues from the state may outweigh those from…
- Toyota plans US artificial intelligence research with focus on self-driving cars – Reuters: Toyota enters race to build self-driving cars. * New Silicon Vally research plant to hire about 200 staff. TOKYO Nov 6 (Reuters) – Toyota Motor Corp…
- There’s One Thing Volkswagen Can Do to Stop the Bleeding – Bloomberg: First we learned Volkswagen sold 11 million diesel cars specifically designed to conceal deadly NOx emissions. Now we’re told another 800,000 have…
- VW’s Porsche Unit Rejects Media Report on Manipulation Software – Bloomberg: “All vehicles from Porsche were and are standardized within the legal … Focus said the software recognized when a car was being tested and reduced…
- Range topping 350bhp Zenos E10 planned – Autocar: Zenos is planning a Ford Focus RS engined version of its E10 sports car, with as much as 350bhp Zenos is planning a more powerful version of its E10 sports car that could share its engine with the Ford Focus RS, Autocar understands.
- Toyota to Invest $1 Billion in Artificial Intelligence Firm – WSJ: The company, called Toyota Research Institute, will be based in Silicon … Toyota’s investment is the latest sign of the merging paths of Silicon Valley…
- Toyota won’t use Takata inflators made with ammonium nitrate: CEO – Reuters: Toyota, the world’s top-selling automaker, joins Honda Motor Co (7267.T) and Mazda Motor Corp (7261.T) in ditching the inflators, have led to the…
- U.S. House slashes proposed spending increases for auto safety – Automotive News: Despite public outrage over deadly auto defects including faulty ignition switches and airbags inflators, the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday voted to slash proposed spending increases for vehicle safety including defect investigations.
- Toyota drops Takata’s problematic airbag inflators – FT: The boycott of Takata airbags has now spread to Toyota, the world’s biggest car group. The woes of the Japanese car component manufacturer…