Barra reflects on tumultuous first year as GM CEOAuto News

Mary Barra said she was surprised by the wave of media attention that followed her appointment as the first female chief executive of a major global automaker about a year ago, saying that it reflects a backward view of the automotive industry.



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Bosch outlines 10-year path to door-to-door driverless carAuto News

Germany's Robert Bosch GmbH -- the world's largest automotive supplier -- is preparing to roll out the technology needed to allow cars to pilot themselves and change lanes at high speeds on the autobahn.



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FCA's Bigland says loan terms will grow, making price increases more affordableAuto News

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles' head of US and Canadian sales says loose credit terms will continue to drive new vehicle sales, even as pent-up demand dwindles in a recovered economy.



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Analyst forecasts 17 million U.S. sales in 2015, 20 million in 2018Auto News

The US auto industry will sell over 17 million vehicles in 2015 and could reach 20 million in 2018, but expect a sharp downturn after that. So predicted John Murphy, lead US auto analyst for Bank of America Merrill Lynch.



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In-store experience lacks online efficiency, panelists sayAuto News

Car shoppers want a buying experience as efficient in the showroom as it is online -- and dealers are getting that message, a panel of marketing executives said today.



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Nissan close to eliminating EV range anxiety with longer range, exec saysAuto News

Nissan is very close to eliminating range anxiety with its next-generation electric vehicle battery.



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Seinfeld upends Acura's Super Bowl ad for NSX Auto News

No supercar for you! At least, not until Jerry Seinfeld takes a test drive. Acura will forgo advertising in this year's Super Bowl on Feb. 1 even though it has a production-version NSX for enthusiasts to order for the second half of the year.



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GM delivers record 9.9 million vehicles globally in 2014Auto News

GM said today it expects its operating profit to grow in 2015, even as the company funnels more money toward developing new vehicles and strengthening its brands through increased marketing.



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Google in talks with OEMs, suppliers to build self-driving carsAuto News

Internet giant Google has started talks with most of the world's top automakers and assembled a team of global suppliers to speed its push to bring self-driving cars to market, Chris Urmson, the head of the project, said today at the Automotive News...



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Suppliers learn to innovate quicklyAuto News

From Tesla to the Google driverless car to the aluminum 2015 Ford F-150 pickup to active safety systems that promise zero fatalities, the auto industry is changing at an unprecedented pace.



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Google partners with auto suppliers on self-driving carAuto News

Internet company Google has begun discussions with most of the world's top automakers and has assembled a team of traditional and nontraditional suppliers to speed up efforts to bring self-driving cars to market by 2020, a top Google executive said...



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Mercedes-Benz seeks new communication ties to customersAuto News

Mercedes-Benz is on a mission to expand its footprint in the digital world, improve its customer service and maintain its ionic status, Ola Kaellenius, the executive charged with the brand's marketing and sales, said today at the 2015 Automotive...



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JLR follows peers into 4-cyl. enginesAuto News

Jaguar Land Rover is about to become the latest luxury auto maker to take the plunge into four-cylinder engines.



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Bentley Bentayga may receive a smaller SUV siblingAuto News

The first Bentley Bentayga SUV isn't even out yet, but the company is already mulling more SUVs for its lineup, according to Auto Express.



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Save up -- the future is a hungry beastAuto News

Anywhere on the Detroit auto show floor you can see healthy automakers branching out. Call it the vigor of health. These initiatives don't happen in hard times.



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Ford will limit aluminum mostly to trucks, Hinrichs saysAuto News

Ford isn't planning to use much aluminum beyond trucks because the benefits for other vehicles aren't as compelling, a top executive said today.



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Magna forecasts surprise fall in 2015 revenueAuto News

Canadian supplier Magna International forecast a surprise fall in fiscal 2015 revenue, hurt by falling sales in its production and contract manufacturing businesses.



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TI Automotive, Bain near deal a year after failed effort, report saysAuto News

TI Automotive, the auto fuel-systems maker that came close to a deal with Bain Capital Partners LLC last year, is again near an agreement to sell itself to the private equity firm, people with knowledge of the matter told Bloomberg.



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Honda invests $340 million in Ohio for fuel-efficient carsAuto News

Honda will invest $340 million to build fuel-efficient, gasoline engines in Ohio, as it plans a slate of new electric cars in a push for more vehicles with lower emissions.



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Toyota to build more SUVs as U.S. demand provides edge over VWAuto News

Toyota will build more SUVs this year at factories in Japan and Canada to meet rising US demand, the carmaker's top North American executive said.



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GM forecasts higher operating profits, 3% global growth in 2015Auto News

GM said today it expects its operating profit to grow in 2015, even as the company funnels more money toward developing new vehicles and strengthening its brands through increased marketing.



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