Ford enters car-sharing, electric bike markets in mobility pushAuto News

Ford is getting into the car-sharing and electric bike businesses as part of CEO Mark Fields' effort to transform the automaker into a more holistic provider of transportation options.

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Denso sees 15-year wait for self-driving carAuto News

The technology to make cars fully autonomous probably won't be established until at least 2030, according to Toyota's largest supplier.

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Return lost Jeeps to FCA AustraliaAuto News

Fiat Chrysler Australia is trying to track down some $10 million worth of vehicles its former CEOs loaned to celebrities there.

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Consolidation is key? How to explain Nissan?Auto News

If synergies deriving from automotive partnerships are so great - as Fiat Chrysler boss Sergio Marchionne posits - why is Nissan's return on capital so poor? That's the question asked by Deutsche Securities analyst Kurt Sanger.

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Senator calls for compensation fund for Takata airbag injury victimsAuto News

An influential U.S. senator today called for troubled supplier Takata to establish a fund to compensate victims injured or killed by its ruptured airbags.

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Ford moves to advanced stage of autonomous car developmentAuto News

Ford said its work on autonomous vehicles has moved into the second of three phases, shifting "from a research effort to an advanced engineering program" that brings the technology closer to production.

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Toyota HQ raided by police over executive's arrest, report saysAuto News

Toyota's headquarters was raided by police over the arrest of the company's new communications chief, Julie Hamp, for the alleged illegal import of painkillers, a Japanese newspaper reported today.

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Buick, GMC start adding Apple CarPlay, Android AutoAuto News

General Motors is adding Apple CarPlay and Android Auto to some Buick and GMC models, another step in the rollout of the smartphone-like interfaces across GM's portfolio.

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Toyota HQ raided by police over arrest of managing officer, report saysAuto News

Toyota's headquarters in Japan was raided by police over the arrest of the company's managing officer for alleged drug offences, a Japanese newspaper reported today.

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VW supplier Gestamp to expand stamping line in Tenn. for new SUVAuto News

Gestamp Automocion, a Spanish supplier to Volkswagen AG, said it plans to expand its stamping plant in Chattanooga to produce body panels for VW's new midsize SUV.

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FCA taps TRW to replace Takata for driver's-side airbags, exec tells lawmakersAuto News

Fiat Chrysler has pushed Takata to the sidelines to tap rival TRW Automotive as the automaker's sole supplier of driver's-side airbag inflators used to replace Takata-made inflators in more than 4 million Fiat Chrysler vehicles currently under...

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GM slates 'all-new vehicle program' for OrionAuto News

General Motors said it is investing $245 million in a suburban Detroit assembly plant and adding 300 jobs for an "all-new vehicle program."

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