Mulally, Nader to enter Automotive Hall of FameAuto News

Former Ford CEO Alan Mulally and consumer activist Ralph Nader will join Bertha Benz, the wife and business partner of Carl Benz, who invented the automobile, and engineer Roy Lunn as the latest inductees into the Automotive Hall of Fame.

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GM deal with Navistar paves the way for more midsize pickupsAuto News

General Motors has contracted with Navistar International to build some of its commercial vans, a move aimed at enabling GM to produce more hot-selling Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon midsize pickups.

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NHTSA warns Tesla over non-disclosure pactsAuto News

U.S. auto safety regulators have chastised Tesla Motors over reports that it used nondisclosure agreements with consumers in exchange for covering out-of-warranty repair costs on some of its vehicles.

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Why GM and Ford shares languishAuto News

Executives at Ford and General Motors are chagrined that their genuinely impressive financial results have not won them more love on Wall Street. Instead, share prices are sluggish.

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AIAG collaborates with Wayne State to create new supply chain curriculumAuto News

Wayne State University said it plans to collaborate with the Automotive Industry Action Group to develop degree and certificate programs for the automotive supply chain.

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Google co-founder Page backing two startups making flying cars, report saysAuto News

Google co-founder Larry Page is backing two startups that are working on flying cars, including funding one of them with more than $100 million so far, Bloomberg Businessweek reported Thursday, citing sources.

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Study predicts 21 million autonomous cars sold globally in 2035Auto News

Despite facing an uphill battle of legislation and regulation, 21 million fully and semi-autonomous vehicles will be sold globally in 2035, according to a forecast from IHS Automotive released today.

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GM names Boler-Davis head of global manufacturing, labor relationsAuto News

General Motors has named Alicia Boler-Davis as its head of global manufacturing and labor relations, the latest in a string of high-profile appointments for the long-time GM engineer.

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Lazard in control as momentum builds for Takata solution, report saysAuto News

Investment bank Lazard has sidelined the founding family of Takata as momentum builds to a market-based solution for the Japanese airbag maker embroiled in the auto industry's biggest safety recall, a person briefed on the process told Reuters.

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Ford challenges German luxury cars with Fusion Sport sedanAuto News

Ford says it's taking aim at German luxury cars -- not with its upscale Lincoln brand but with the new Fusion Sport sedan. Ford today said the 2017 Fusion Sport's 2.

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UAW begins reaching out to Tesla workers, official saysAuto News

UAW officials have had contact with employees at Tesla Motors' Fremont, Calif., assembly plant, a top union official said in the latest acknowledgment that the union is interested in organizing the automaker's workers.

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Tesla revives smaller-battery Model S with lower priceAuto News

Tesla is bringing back a 60 kilowatt-hour version of the Model S that costs less than the one it discontinued last year. The new Model S 60 begins at $66,000 before federal or state incentives and can travel 208 miles per charge.

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Zetsche, Uber CEO illustrate wary courtship during tech eventAuto News

A promised showdown between the CEOs of Daimler AG and ride-sharing firm Uber, Silicon Valley's most valuable private company, turned into more of a wary courtship when the two met publicly on Wednesday.

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Karma Automotive to open engineering and sales center in Mich.Auto News

Karma Automotive, the Chinese-owned automaker created by the purchase of bankrupt Fisker Automotive, plans to establish an engineering and sales office in suburban Detroit with 150 new jobs.

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