Lexus plans 2nd 'flagship' model to augment LS sedanAuto News

Toyota Motor's Lexus brand is planning to launch a second top-of-the-line "flagship" model to accompany a new generation of its LS sedan, the head of the brand's U.S. operations said.

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FCA will free purchasing staff from cost restraints to focus on qualityAuto News

Fiat Chrysler plans to no longer hold its purchasing staffers to individual cost-saving goals on parts. The goals had effectively tied the staffers' hands when suppliers sought pricing relief.

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Audi prices A3 e-tron plug-in hybrid from $38,825Auto News

The price for Audi's first plug-in hybrid, the A3 e-tron, will start at $38,825 including shipping when it arrives at U.S. dealerships in October. The A3 e-tron is the first in a coming wave of battery-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles from Audi.

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Consumers shrug fuel efficiency goals, McConnell saysAuto News

Fuel efficiency gains are nice, but the car-buying public does not seem to be interested, a prominent Honda dealer said at the CAR Management Briefing Seminars.

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Tesla sets Q2 sales record, but losses growAuto News

With the first deliveries of its Model X less than two months away, Tesla's net loss nearly tripled to $184 million in the second quarter, underscoring how crucial the rollout of the crossover is for the electric-vehicle maker.

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Tesla sets sales records for Q2, but losses growAuto News

With the first deliveries of its Model X less than two months away, Tesla's net loss nearly tripled to $184 million in the second quarter, underscoring how crucial the rollout of the crossover is for the electric-vehicle maker.

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Local Motors details plans for street-legal 3-D carAuto News

Local Motors, the Arizona start-up company that uses 3-D printing technology to make cars, said it plans to have a street-legal two-seat coupe ready for sale to consumers by the third quarter of 2017.

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Opportunities grow for U.S. parts suppliers moving into ChinaAuto News

The U.S. government would like you to know that China's automotive market is beckoning, even to small companies who lack the funds to get in.

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Johanna Quandt, widow of BMW savior, dies at 89Auto News

Johanna Quandt, the billionaire widow whose husband turned Germany's BMW AG into the largest maker of luxury cars, has died. She was 89.

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EVs boom in China, but some hesitate to ramp upAuto News

Given China's lack of public re-charging stations -- and the lack of garages -- it seems implausible for the world's largest car market to spawn significant demand for electric cars. And yet, it's happening.

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Volvo plans XC90 recall for third row airbag glitchAuto News

Volvo Cars is preparing a global recall and a delivery stop for an unspecified number of the redesigned seven-seat 2016 XC90 crossovers for a potential airbag problem.

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VW plans big role for Chattanooga engineersAuto News

Volkswagen's new U.S. engineering office will have critical responsibility when it is fully staffed and operational later in this decade. The office will create new models adapted to U.S. tastes, a key goal for the German automaker.

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Takata's tab for U.S. lobbying rises 22% as recall scrutiny intensifiesAuto News

Takata boosted spending on U.S. federal lobbying by 22 percent in the second quarter as it faced increased attention from regulators and lawmakers about faulty airbags behind the auto industry's largest combined parts recall in history.

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FCA hacking risk kept from regulators for 18 monthsAuto News

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles waited 18 months to tell federal safety regulators about a security flaw in radios being installed in more than a million vehicles that hackers later exploited to seize control of a Jeep last month.

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Key vehicles generate K.C. supplier boomAuto News

Eleven suppliers have opened plants in the Kansas City area since 2013, generating 1,800 jobs and $75 millioncq in new payroll. Kansas City's supplier community is booming because of a lucky convergence.

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PACE Awards website taking applicationsAuto News

The deadline to apply for 2016 Automotive News PACE Awards, which honor game-changing, commercialized innovation by suppliers, is Sept. 4.

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The knock on higher octaneAuto News

Expect the debate over raising the octane levels at U.S. gasoline pumps -- perhaps making 93 octane the new regular -- to get a lot louder between now and 2017.

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Go big or go home: Supplier mergers accelerateAuto News

It's a banner year for mergers and acquisitions. In the first six months of the year, the world's automotive suppliers have spent $28 billion to buy other companies - more than in all of last year, when MandA deals totaled $20 billion.

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Production cost savings lure suppliers to Eastern EuropeAuto News

Thanks to lower production costs, suppliers continue to head to Eastern Europe, often following the trail of their customers.

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German suppliers chase opportunities in ChinaAuto News

Companies in China with Western participation such as SAIC Motor Corp. and China FAW Group Corp. are still the engines of growth there. But domestic Chinese companies such as Chery Automobile Co.

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Jaguar Land Rover bets big on making its fleet connectedAuto News

Mike Bell was appointed to the newly created position of global connected car director at Jaguar Land Rover in 2012 when interest in the sector was just starting to develop. Times have changed quickly.

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ARaymond expands in U.S. with unique training methodsAuto News

ARaymond, based in Grenoble, France, is expanding in the United States to meet demand for fluid connectors to handle urea for diesel engines, battery coolant and other new technology in vehicles.

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Multiphysics? Joining disciplines to design partsAuto News

Complex technologies are forcing automotive engineers to work in areas outside their field of expertise.

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GM goes full speed ahead in China despite slowdownAuto News

Unmoved by a sharp sales slowdown in China this year, General Motors is sticking with its $14 billion plan to expand production and introduce new models in that market.

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JCI boosts production of stop-start batteriesAuto News

Johnson Controls is betting that the market for stop-start systems in North America is about to take off.

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Michigan governor markets state's automotive high-tech futureAuto News

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has kicked off a new marketing campaign, entitled 'We Run on Brainpower,' designed to remind engineers that Michigan is the place to go for jobs in automotive high tech innovation.

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Fiat Chrysler U.S. posts second-quarter $598 million profit, down 3.4%Auto News

Second-quarter earnings at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles' U.S. subsidiary fell despite higher revenues and vehicle shipments.

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Lexus experiments with no-haggle dealer pilot, Bracken saysAuto News

Lexus is piloting a haggle-free pricing program with 12 of its 236 U.S. dealers this year, says Jeff Bracken, general manager of Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A.'s Lexus Division.

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Takata's lobby spending rises 22% as recall scrutiny intensifiesAuto News

Takata boosted spending on U.S. federal lobbying by 22 percent in the second quarter as it faced increased attention from regulators and lawmakers about faulty airbags behind the auto industry's largest combined parts recall in history.

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Common parts complicate suppliers' effortsAuto News

Automakers are making more common parts, globalizing their platforms and saving money in the process. But that doesn't necessarily save manufacturing costs for suppliers.

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EPA studies potential benefits of higher octane gasolineAuto News

The EPA is studying whether raising the octane level of gasoline could improve the efficiency of automobile engines, Christopher Grundler, director of the agency's office of Transportation and Air Quality told Automotive News today.

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Tensions over U.S. electric vehicle mandates spill out at MBSAuto News

A long-simmering dispute between automakers and U.S. regulators over policies to promote electric vehicles spilled into the open on Tuesday, in the high stakes struggle over the future of automotive technology.

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