Reuss: Ignition crisis was GM's change agentAuto News

The crisis that erupted over faulty ignition switches in 2014 changed GM's culture more than its bankruptcy five years earlier did, GM's product development chief said.

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Fiat Chrysler has 'good chance' of hitting 2018 targets, Marchionne tells analystsAuto News

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles CEO Sergio Marchionne told Wall Street analysts on Wednesday that the company's chances of hitting 2018 financial targets are "significantly greater than 50 percent," Reuters reported, citing a person present at the meeting.

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In Canada, automakers seek to offset carbon emissions costsAuto News

Canadian auto industry executives are asking government ministers to mitigate the costs of reducing carbon emissions under a new program designed to help fight climate change, two sources familiar with the matter said.

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Truck sales could grow under Trump, Ford's Hinrichs saysAuto News

Ford's Americas chief suggested that pro-growth policies from President-elect Donald Trump could help lead to more truck sales, even as the overall U.S. market plateaus.

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Uber tech efforts focused on easing 'surge pricing'Auto News

Uber's Sherif Marakby said a key reason for deploying self-driving vehicles is to reduce costs to consumers during peak demand times.

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Buick back for the big gameAuto News

Buick, General Motors' fastest-growing U.S. brand in 2016, plans to advertise in the Super Bowl for a second consecutive year as it prepares to introduce three more new vehicles.

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Suppliers compelled to think simplerAuto News

While it may seem counterintuitive, connected, self-driving vehicles are forcing suppliers to simplify their components.

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VW criminal probe moves forward as U.S. pursues unindicted co-conspiratorsAuto News

Justice Department officials confirmed that unindicted co-conspirators remain in their ongoing investigation of Volkswagen AG's diesel emissions scandal and that three of the six VW executives already publicly charged are still employed by the...

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Analyst sees later peak, but 'limited upside' for auto salesAuto News

Automakers should begin preparing for a market downturn even as new-vehicle sales rise to 18 million units by 2018, Bank of America Merrill Lynch analyst John Murphy said.

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Fiat Chrysler names operating chiefs for China, Asia PacificAuto News

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles named Daphne Zheng as COO of China and Paul Alcala as the operating chief of Asia Pacific, excluding China.

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Chao hits no roadblocks in confirmation hearing for DOT chief Auto News

Donald Trump's choice to run the Transportation Department, Elaine Chao, defended the president-elect's $1 trillion infrastructure plan as a "bold vision" in an overwhelmingly friendly Senate confirmation hearing.

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Chao hits no roadblocks in confirmation hearing for U.S. Transportation chief Auto News

Donald Trump's choice to run the Transportation Department, Elaine Chao, defended the president-elect's $1 trillion infrastructure plan as a "bold vision" in an overwhelmingly friendly Senate confirmation hearing.

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Collaboration, flexibility key to auto industry future, experts sayAuto News

Three industry executives tasked with inventing the world of tomorrow say they grapple with the immediate challenges on the road ahead.

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Trump leans on GM to follow Ford, Fiat Chrysler U.S. investmentsAuto News

President-elect Donald Trump nudged GM to follow its biggest peers by investing in domestic auto plants and adding jobs.

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VW pleads guilty, agrees to $4.3 billion settlement; five more executives chargedAuto News

WASHINGTON (Bloomberg) -- Volkswagen took a major step toward resolving one of the darkest chapters in its history Wednesday, pleading guilty to an emissions-cheating scandal and agreeing to pay $4.3 billion in criminal and civil charges as the U.S.

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Honda's Mendel warns against rising incentives, fleet sales as market peaksAuto News

U.S. auto sales might have hit another record last year, but the soaring volume is a double-edged sword for squeezed retailers trying to move the metal.

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Linamar CEO says suppliers must press case against tariffsAuto News

Linamar CEO Linda Hasenfratz said the so-called border tax that President-elect Donald Trump has threatened against automakers such as Ford, General Motors and even Toyota would be detrimental to business.

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Ford contract worker injured in Dearborn plant accidentAuto News

A Ford contract worker was seriously injured Wednesday morning after falling from a crane at the automaker's Dearborn Diversified Manufacturing Plant.

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Detroit should build its own innovation hub, iPhone co-creator saysAuto News

Tony Fadell, iPhone co-creator and Detroit area native who upended the mobile phone industry, has a message for Detroit: Don't move to Silicon Valley.

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GM's buyback, Ford's dividend show confidence even as sales peakAuto News

For a year in which automakers are facing their first U.S. sales decline since the recession, 2017 is off to an awfully auspicious start. GM on Tuesday projected its fifth consecutive year of improving profit and Ford declared a special dividend.

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Nissan highlights safety features with &'Star Wars&' campaignAuto News

In the latest new spot to top our weekly viral video charts, Nissan takes inspiration from a galaxy far, far away.

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Nissan highlights safety features with Star Wars campaignAuto News

In the latest new spot to top our weekly viral video charts, Nissan takes inspiration from a galaxy far, far away.

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