Tesla engineering head Doug Field steps downAuto News

Tesla said Doug Field, senior vice president of engineering, is stepping down after five years with the electric carmaker.

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Mexico should hit back on any U.S. auto tariffs, president-elect's adviser saysAuto News

If the U.S. slapped duties on Mexico's auto exports, the government should retaliate against U.S. businesses, a top economic adviser to president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said.

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Trump trade war looms over Quebec town supplying metal to auto industryAuto News

If ever a town embodied U.S.-Canadian symbiosis, it's Arvida, Que., which is part of a cross-border ecosystem responsible for the metal in three out of four American cars.

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Ford, BMW, Tesla, others brace for China tariff whiplash, Trump trade warAuto News

For Ford, BMW, Tesla and many other global automakers, any gains from China's lower import tariffs, which were almost halved on Sunday, will likely be short-lived.

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Musk claims Tesla reached long-sought production goal for Model 3Auto News

Tesla engineered a late-quarter production burst with the Model 3, the model that's pivotal to Elon Musk's goal of putting electric cars into the driveways of mainstream consumers.

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Panasonic to consider more investment in Tesla's Gigafactory if askedAuto News

Panasonic's initial investment in Tesla's battery plant is almost complete, and the electronics maker has not made any decisions on whether to pledge further funds.

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Panasonic to consider more investment in Tesla's Gigafactory if askedAuto News

Panasonic's initial investment in Tesla's battery plant is almost complete, and the electronics maker has not made any decisions on whether to pledge further funds.

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Nissan abandons $1 billion battery unit sale to Chinese fundAuto News

Nissan abandoned a $1 billion deal to sell its electric-battery business because the prospective buyer -- Chinese private equity firm GSR Capital -- failed to raise the money required. Nissan and GSR were due to close the transaction by June 29.

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EU warns U.S. of major hit if car tariffs imposedAuto News

The EU has warned the U.S. that imposing import tariffs on cars and car parts would harm its own automotive industry and likely lead to counter-measures by its trading partners on $294 billion of U.S. exports.

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