Dashboard of the future mostly loses buttonsAuto News

Over the next five years, global sales of steering-wheel controls, speech recognition, touch screens and gesture controls will jump sharply, according to a study by IHS Automotive.

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Toyota's unlikely tool for lifting hydrogen demandAuto News

Toyota is turning to fuel cell forklifts to jumpstart demand for hydrogen fuel by deploying fleets of fuel cell forklifts.

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GMC's old and new Acadias to coexistAuto News

GMC will continue to sell its legacy Acadia for several months even after the arrival later this spring of a smaller, redesigned 2017 version.

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In VW's hometown, the gloom deepensAuto News

Six months into the scandal over VW's diesel emissions violations, the mood in Wolfsburg, where almost half the population works at its giant car factory or in related businesses, the mood is as gloomy as ever and shows little sign of recovering.

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Hyundai plans multiple versions of Ioniq hybridAuto News

Hyundai will offer at least two different versions of its Ioniq hybrid in the U.S., including a standard one and an eco one geared toward maximum fuel efficiency, a senior Hyundai executive said today.

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Mazda stretches CX-9 into $40,000s, taking on Explorer, Grand CherokeeAuto News

Mazda, hoping to sell more high-priced crossovers to bolster its bottom line, has set richer prices for the redesigned CX-9 that goes on sale in the U.S. this spring, adding a top-of-the-line Signature package that costs nearly $45,000.

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Uber seeking to buy self-driving cars, report saysAuto News

Ride-hailing service Uber has sounded out car companies about placing a large order for self-driving cars, an auto industry source told Reuters today.

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Former Chrysler veteran Landry named CEO of retailer AutoCanadaAuto News

Former Chrysler executive Steven Landry has been named CEO of AutoCanada, Canada's largest publicly traded dealership group. Separately, the company said it swung into the red in the fourth quarter, largely due to problems in Canada's oil patch.

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Chevy updates Sonic styling, infotainment for 2017Auto News

Chevrolet is giving the subcompact Sonic a midcycle freshening for the 2017 model year with updated styling, more connectivity features and a few upscale touches, such as an available heated steering wheel and power driver's seat.

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Refreshed Chevy Sonic has updated styling, infotainment systemsAuto News

Chevrolet is giving the subcompact Sonic a midcycle freshening for the 2017 model year with updated styling, more connectivity features and a few upscale touches, such as an available heated steering wheel and power driver's seat.

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Fields earned 17% bump in compensation in 2015Auto News

Ford gave Mark Fields a 17 percent raise in 2015, his first full year as CEO, the automaker said today in a regulatory filing. His total compensation was worth $18.6 million.

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Michigan driverless car testing project gets CEO, board of directorsAuto News

A nonprofit organization and board of directors have been formed to handle the $80 million development of the Willow Run autonomous car testing site.

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Fixing Honda and what more Abe can doAuto News

Nine months into his tenure atop Honda, CEO Takahiro Hachigo has plans in place to put product recalls and quality issues behind the automaker.

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FBI warns automakers, owners about vehicle hacking risksAuto News

The FBI and U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued a bulletin warning that motor vehicles are "increasingly vulnerable" to hacking.

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