Fiat Chrysler, Honda expand Takata airbag recallsAuto News

Following Takata's admission that its defective airbags were in millions of U.S. vehicles, Fiat Chrysler will add more than 1.8 million vehicles vehicles to its Takata recalls while American Honda will add roughly 350,000 to its campaigns.

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Sponsors Hyundai-Kia closely watching FIFA scandalAuto News

In the wake of a U.S. federal investigation of several officials and executives with soccer governing board FIFA, major corporate sponsor Hyundai Motor and affiliate Kia Motors are keeping a close eye on the matter.

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J.D. Power to buy NADA Used Car GuideAuto News

J.D. Power agreed to buy the National Automobile Dealers Association's Used Car Guide business, which will result in more comprehensive data and new products, the companies said today.

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Volvo inks plant deal with S.C.Auto News

Volvo Cars of North America says it will sign an agreement today with the state of South Carolina where it will build its first U.S. factory.

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May U.S. sales rate forecast to rise to 17.3MAuto News

May is expected to produce the U.S. auto industry's best sales pace since last summer. Forecasts call for a seasonally adjusted, annualized selling rate of about 17.

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Forecasts call for 17.3 million May sales rateAuto News

May is expected to produce the U.S. auto industry's best sales pace since last summer. Forecasts call for a seasonally adjusted, annualized selling rate of about 17.

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GM to invest $175M in Michigan plant to gear up for 2016 CamaroAuto News

General Motors said today that it will invest $175 million in new tooling and equipment to bring production of the Chevrolet Camaro to its assembly plant in Lansing, Mich.

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Marchionne sees industry merger by 2018Auto News

FCA CEO Sergio Marchionne is convinced a merger in the auto industry will happen before 2018, he said during a visit to the carmaker's Melfi plant in southern Italy.

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Ford to make EV patents available to rivalsAuto News

Ford is following Tesla Motors in opening up hundreds of patents on electric-car technology to competitors in a move aimed at accelerating development of electrified vehicles.

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GM ignition-switch suits put on ice by U.S. judge, for nowAuto News

A federal bankruptcy judge on Wednesday put on hold dozens of lawsuits accusing General Motors of concealing an ignition-switch defect while the plaintiffs in those cases appeal an earlier ruling that found their cases were barred.

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Honda expands airbag recallAuto News

The global Takata airbag recall widened again today with Honda calling back another quarter million vehicles in Japan equipped with possibly defective airbag inflators in response to the massive U.S. recall expansion ordered by safety regulators.

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Ford to make EV technology patents available to rivalsAuto News

Ford is following Tesla Motors in opening up hundreds of patents on electric-car technology to competitors in a move aimed at accelerating development of electrified vehicles.

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Fiat Chrysler reducing powertrain warranties to 60,000 miles for 2016 modelsAuto News

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles is reducing its powertrain warranty for the 2016 model year to five years or 60,000 miles from five years or 100,000 miles. The move follows a similar change in March by General Motors.

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Ex-GM engineer Ray DeGiorgio to be deposed in ignition-switch lawsuitAuto News

Former General Motors engineer Ray DeGiorgio will be deposed in June in the class-action filed by consumers against the automaker over the faulty ignition switches now linked to 107 deaths, Texas lawyer Bob Hilliard's office confirmed today.

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GM makes big bet on smartphone integrationAuto News

General Motors will offer Google's Android Auto and Apple's CarPlay on more than a dozen Chevrolet vehicles for the 2016 model year, the industry's biggest bet yet on dashboard displays that mimic smartphones.

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Apple exec calls car 'ultimate mobile device'Auto News

A senior Apple executive said developing a car would be the "ultimate mobile device" when asked about new products at a technology conference today.

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Apple exec calls car 'ultimate mobile device'Auto News

A senior Apple executive said developing a car would be the "ultimate mobile device" when asked about new products at a technology conference today.

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Ford recalls 423,000 vehicles for power-steering issueAuto News

Ford today said it is recalling nearly 423,000 sedans and crossovers for a power-steering problem that federal regulators have been investigating since last fall. It also issued a smaller recall for a different issue in some 2015 Ford Mustangs.

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New Mich. group wants to take driverless-car mantle from Silicon ValleyAuto News

Detroit put the world on wheels and should be the place that takes the driver out of the driver's seat, according to a coalition of Michigan business leaders and politicians.

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