Tesla adds $500 million to borrowing capacity amid expansionAuto News

Tesla Motors and subsidiaries added about $500 million in borrowing capacity through amended agreements with their lenders, as the electric-car maker enters a year where it will be expanding production and integrating a solar-energy company.

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Industry vet Leuliette joins startup Autobrain as adviser to chairmanAuto News

Longtime auto industry executive Tim Leuliette has been named adviser to the chairman of Autobrain, a startup that specializes in an aftermarket safety plug-and-play device for vehicles.

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NHTSA looks into Smart ForTwo engine firesAuto News

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened a preliminary evaluation of complaints that Smart ForTwo vehicle engines catch fire and quickly consume the cars.

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FCA replaces Chrysler ad agency, assigns creative work to Omnicom's GoodbyAuto News

Goodby Silverstein and Partners has won the Chrysler brand creative account after a lengthy review. A Fiat Chrysler Automobiles spokeswoman confirmed the Omnicom Group agency's selection on Tuesday.

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Ford to idle Kansas City truck, van plant for a week in Jan.Auto News

Ford plans to shutter its Kansas City Assembly Plant for the first week of 2017 as it tries to pare down its truck and van inventory. The automaker will take a week of downtime from Jan. 2 to Jan. 9, it confirmed today.

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GKN Driveline plans $179 million expansion of 6 N.C. plantsAuto News

GKN Driveline plans to spend nearly $179 million to expand six plants in North Carolina to match the growth of its all-wheel-drive, eDrive and constant velocity joint businesses.

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Volkswagen reaches $1 billion agreement to fix, buy back 3.0-liter U.S. dieselsAuto News

A federal judge said Volkswagen AG has reached an estimated $1 billion agreement for a mix of buybacks and fixes for about 80,000 polluting 3.

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Volkswagen reaches agreement to fix, buy back 3.0-liter U.S. dieselsAuto News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- A U.S. judge said Volkswagen has reached an agreement for a mix of buybacks and fixes for about 80,000 polluting 3.

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Volkswagen reaches agreement to fix, buyback 3.0-liter U.S. dieselsAuto News

A U.S. judge said Volkswagen has reached an agreement for a mix of buybacks and fixes for about 80,000 polluting 3.0-liter diesel VW, Porsche and Audi vehicles as the German automaker works to put a diesel emissions cheating scandal behind it.

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Google's Waymo to show self-driving Pacifica in DetroitAuto News

Waymo, Google's new autonomous-technology unit, will debut its self-driving Chrysler Pacifica at the Detroit auto show.

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CarMax quarterly earnings rise 6.6% to $137 millionAuto News

Net earnings at CarMax, the largest U.S. used-car retailer, rose 6.6 percent to $136.6 million in the third fiscal quarter due in large part to a 9.1 percent gain in used unit sales.

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Ford plans $60 million revamp of 4 acres in DearbornAuto News

Ford Motor's real estate unit is planning a large-scale $60 million redevelopment of three blocks totaling nearly 4 acres in west downtown Dearborn, Mich., two miles from Ford's headquarters.

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BMW 5-series lineup to highlight Detroit stageAuto News

BMW is set to use the 2017 Detroit auto show as the debut stage for its next-gen 5-series lineup. The automaker will have the 540i, hybrid 530e iPerformance and M550 xDrive at the BMW stand.

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Honda poised to unveil 2018 Odyssey minivan with 'innovative features'Auto News

Honda's onslaught of new products will continue in January with the debut of the 2018 Honda Odyssey minivan at the Detroit auto show.

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RouteOne acquires MaximTrak in bid to boost digital retail businessAuto News

RouteOne has acquired FandI sales tool provider MaximTrak, effective as of now, RouteOne Holdings said today.

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BlackBerry opens center in Canada to shore up self-driving car researchAuto News

BlackBerry and Canada are opening a research center for self-driving cars that raises the possibility of government backing for the former smartphone maker's automotive software unit.

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1 million FCA vehicles under U.S. investigation for rollaway crashesAuto News

(Reuters) -- The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is launching an investigation into about 1 million newer Ram pickups and Dodge SUVs after receiving complaints the vehicles rolled away after being parked, it said today.

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U.S. investigates 1 million Fiat Chrysler vehicles for rollaway crashesAuto News

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is launching an investigation into about 1 million newer Ram pickups and Dodge SUVs after receiving complaints the vehicles rolled away after being parked, it said today.

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