Trump Takes Aim at U.S. Trade Deals (1/20/17)

Trump takes aim at U.S. trade deals; Ford’s $3 billion pension loss; CEO: Volvo IPO an option;...
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Uber hires Google veteran Singhal to aid self-driving engineeringAuto News

Ride-hailing company Uber Technologies said it hired the man behind Google search to work closely with CEO Travis Kalanick and help grow the company's self-driving car program.

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President Trump ready to shake up U.S. trade deals Auto News

Minutes after his inauguration, President Donald Trump announced his intention to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership and renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement, moves that analysts say could have profound effects on the...

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Ford, London partner to test plug-in hybrid commercial vansAuto News

Ford, aiming to reduce emissions and operating costs, is teaming up with city officials in London to launch a year-long test of 20 Transit Custom plug-in hybrid vans.

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Ford expects $2 billion hit to 2016 net income over pension accounting changeAuto News

Ford Motor said Friday that a change in how it accounts for pensions will result in a $2 billion hit to its 2016 net income, according to a document filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Engineering firm ABB to build $90 million r&d operation in MontrealAuto News

Swiss engineering firm ABB plans to build a $90-million randd center in Montréal, where Canadians will help develop some of the next-generation technologies for electric vehicles.

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Toyota built 6.6% of North American vehicles in Mexico last yearAuto News

Toyota, scolded by President-elect Donald Trump over a planned plant in Mexico, relied on the country for less than 7 percent of its record North American output last year.

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'Sigh of relief' for self-driving cars after Tesla clearedAuto News

The push to bring self-driving cars to American roads got a significant boost on Thursday when the nation's chief auto safety regulator essentially cleared Tesla's Autopilot system of fault in a fatal 2016 crash.

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Robot cars to descend on 10 sites U.S. names as proving groundsAuto News

Robot cars will be put through their paces by researchers and federal regulators at 10 test tracks designated by the U.S. as official sites for validating the technology.

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Another round of Takata airbag recalls filed by 13 automakersAuto News

More than a dozen automakers this week recalled another 652,000 vehicles with Takata airbag inflators in the U.S.

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Michigan testing site named federal driverless car proving groundAuto News

The American Center for Mobility self-driving vehicle test bed under construction in Ypsilanti Township, Mich., has been awarded a federal designation as a proving ground for the development of driverless cars, officials said Thursday.

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Maryland dealership retools its approach to pricingAuto News

Koons of Silver Spring has launched Total Confidence Pricing, which includes a 30-day guarantee on the price buyers paid for a new vehicle.

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Fatality Probe Finds No Tesla Defects (1/19/17)

Fatality probe finds no Tesla defects; More Mexico output predicted; Toyota, Nissan undeterred in...
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U.S. regulator closes Tesla death probe; no evidence of defectsAuto News

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F-150 Raptor, rally driver Ken Block drive Ford Twitter engagement Auto News

After a bit of back-and-forth between the Ford F-150 and Chevrolet Silverado, in December, the F-150 reclaimed its spot as the winner of the Twitter engagement race among pickups in December, according to ListenFirst Media.

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Icahn to gain full control of Federal-Mogul with $300 million dealAuto News

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn, after nearly a year of posturing with Federal-Mogul's shareholders, will take full ownership of the diversified auto parts supplier in a roughly $300 million deal.

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U.S. closing Tesla autopilot death investigation without demanding recall, report saysAuto News

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Thursday is expected to close a six-month-old investigation into the death of a Tesla car driver using its semi-autonomous driving system Autopilot without seeking a recall, a sourced briefed on...

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California warns of break from Washington on clean-air rules Auto News

California sent a warning shot in a potential showdown with the incoming Trump administration, with the state's clean-air regulators digging in on mandates for an ever-greater number of electric and fuel-cell cars.

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How Toyota used artificial intelligence for RAV4 campaignAuto News

IBM's Watson has struck again. The machine learning program, which has emerged as a popular tool for agencies and marketers, is powering a new highly targeted digital campaign for Toyota that uses an algorithm to generate ad scripts.

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Panasonic aims to move Tesla auto partnership beyond batteriesAuto News

Panasonic aims to extend its partnership with electric car maker Tesla Motors beyond batteries and into self-driving technology, as the Japanese conglomerate continues to shift its focus to the automotive business.

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