Daimler to set aside $560 million to cover airbag recallAuto News

Daimler said today it would set aside around 500 million euros ($560 million) this year for the recall of some of its vehicles, which contain airbags made by Takata Corp.

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UAW chief blasts Detroit 3 for shifting output to MexicoAuto News

UAW President Dennis Williams criticized automakers for moving vehicle production to Mexico while taking issue with the notion that the union negotiated such moves last year in return for the end of tiered wages for workers and investments in U.S.

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U.S. auto sales to fall 5.7% in May, LMC and Power sayAuto News

The days of lofty year-over-year increases in monthly U.S. auto sales may be reaching an end. Forecasters J.D. Power and LMC Automotive say U.S. deliveries of new light vehicles will slide 5.

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Daimler to take around $560 million provision for airbag recallAuto News

Daimler said today it would set aside around 500 million euros ($560 million) this year for the recall of some of it vehicles, which contain airbags made by Takata Corp .

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Cruise Automation ex-partners settle dispute after GM dealAuto News

The two co-founders of Cruise Automation, the self-driving car startup acquired by General Motors for a reported $1 billion, settled their dispute and will dismiss their lawsuits against each other.

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Energy group presses U.S. to speed autonomous car deploymentAuto News

A group of business executives and retired U.S. military officials, aiming to reduce America's reliance on oil, called for the removal of regulatory barriers and a national policy to trump state rules to foster autonomous car deployment.

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Uber gives glimpse of latest self-driving prototype carAuto News

Uber is finally giving the world a peek at the car it's using to test self-driving technology.

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GM ends output of Cadillac ELRAuto News

Cadillac has ended production of the ELR plug-in hybrid, the striking coupe that never recovered from an initial $79,995 price tag that many consumers and dealers deemed exorbitant.

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Jeep Cherokee, Grand Cherokee output disrupted by steering wheel shortageAuto News

A shortage of steering wheels is disrupting production of the Jeep Cherokee and also has slowed output of the Jeep Grand Cherokee.

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GM expands car-sharing service Maven to Boston, Chicago, D.C.Auto News

General Motors is expanding its car-sharing service Maven to Boston, Chicago and Washington, D.C., nearly four months after the service was launched.

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FCA's Mopar to add first U.S. parts distribution center since 2001Auto News

Mopar will open a 400,000-square-foot parts distribution center late this year in northern Virginia, Fiat Chrysler's first new U.S. center since 2001.

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EPA sets modest hike in renewable fuel use for 2017Auto News

U.S. regulators proposed a modest increase in the amount of corn-based ethanol and biofuels that fuel producers must mix into diesel and gasoline in 2017.

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