Driverless cars give trial lawyers bottomless list of defendantsAuto News

Imagine a robot car with no one behind the wheel hitting another driverless car. Who's at fault? No one knows. But plaintiff's lawyers are salivating at the prospects for big paydays from such accidents.

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2016 Nissan Titan XD starts at $41,485Auto News

Pricing for the 2016 Nissan Titan XD crew cab will begin at $41,485 when it goes on sale at U.S. dealerships Wednesday.

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Nissan calls story on Boston dealers 'disappointing, one-sided'Auto News

Your Dec. 21 story, 'In Boston, Nissan's a tough sell to dealers' was a disappointing, one-sided portrayal of our company's business in the Boston market and beyond.

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Porsche union workers agree to concessions to produce electric carAuto News

Porsche workers have agreed to concessions worth several hundred million euros to secure production of an all-electric sports car at the manufacturer's biggest plant, a company spokesman said.

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VW refuses collective bargaining for Tenn. workers, UAW chargesAuto News

The UAW said it filed charges against Volkswagen AG, claiming the company is refusing to enter into collective bargaining for a portion of workers at its assembly plant in Chattanooga, Tenn.

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Ford recalls 313,000 cars for lighting failuresAuto News

Ford said it will recall 313,000 older cars for headlight failures linked to 11 crashes, as well as 4,700 vans, pick-ups and mid-sized trucks for assorted issues.

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LKQ to buy European spare parts supplier Rhiag in $1.1 billion dealAuto News

Aftermarket supplier LKQ said it would buy Italy's Rhiag-Inter Auto Parts Italia SpA, owned by private equity firm Apax Partners LLP, to expand in the European auto spare parts market.

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VW plans to drop 'Das Auto' slogan as part of image rebuildAuto News

Scarred by a public relations thrashing over its diesel emissions cheating scandal, Volkswagen is planning an image offensive, and its "Das Auto" global advertising slogan is an early casualty.

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Former Nissan CEO who negotiated Renault alliance diesAuto News

Yoshikazu Hanawa, the former Nissan president and CEO who negotiated an alliance with Renault SA in a 1999 agreement that rescued the indebted Japanese automaker, has died.

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Driverless cars spell danger for one of world's top part makersAuto News

Jtekt, a Japanese company that once revolutionized the auto industry by inventing electric power steering, now finds itself on the wrong side of the latest technology innovation: driverless cars.

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Ford applies for record number of patents as CEO strives for innovationAuto News

Ford has sought a record number of patents in 2015 as CEO Mark Fields pushes the company toward Silicon Valley-style innovation.

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