Cars "freakishly expensive,' Gilles warnsAuto News

Ralph Gilles, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles global design chief, has an urgent message for suppliers: The cost of designing and manufacturing vehicles is spiraling out of control.

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Race for mass-market EV puts GM, Tesla at oddsAuto News

When Tesla's state-by-state battle to sell cars directly to consumers ran into opposition in Indiana, the lobbyists on the other side were from General Motors, not dealers.

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Volvo, Lincoln, Genesis take distinct paths to stylish interiorsAuto News

With new flagship sedans, Genesis, Lincoln and Volvo are offering alternate definitions of luxury to the overwhelmingly dominant German brands and Lexus.

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Winterkorn was told VW admitted to defeat device weeks before news went public, report saysAuto News

VW's former CEO Martin Winterkorn was informed that the company had told regulators it was using defeat devices two weeks before the scandal became public, a German newspaper reported Sunday.

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