GM to use carbon fiber in redesigned pickup bedsAuto News

GM plans to use carbon fiber for the beds of its redesigned full-size pickups to improve performance and reduce weight.

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Anheuser-Busch reserves 40 Tesla electric trucks, report saysAuto News

Anheuser-Busch, which makes Budweiser beers, has reserved 40 of Tesla's all-electric semi trucks as it seeks to reduce fuel costs and vehicle emissions, The Wall Street Journal reported.

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Carmakers want Silicon Valley's tech without its patent warsAuto News

As automakers turn their vehicles into app-laden computers on wheels, there's one habit they don't want to acquire from Silicon Valley: fighting over patents in court.

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Volkswagen Mexico executive sees scope to boost NAFTA auto contentAuto News

An executive at VW's Mexico unit said there is room to boost regional tariff-free content for autos made in North America, a central plank of the Trump administration's plan to overhaul NAFTA.

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Ford, Alibaba sign deal that could allow automaker to sell cars online in China Auto News

Ford and China's Alibaba have signed a deal to explore cooperation in areas such as cloud computing, connectivity and retail which could involve the sale of Ford cars on Alibaba's online retail platform.

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Ford EV moving to Mexico to make room for autonomous vehicles in Mich. Auto News

Ford is moving planned production of an electric crossover with a 300-mile range to Mexico from Michigan to make way for additional investment on autonomous vehicles in its home state.

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California wildfires smoke out sales, service workAuto News

Wildfires near Los Angles have effectively shut down, though not destroyed, many dealerships in the area. It also forced a shutdown of one of the busiest freeways in the nation, the 405.

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Former Honda store manager sentenced to prison for kickbacksAuto News

The former general manager of a Honda store in Missouri was sentenced to prison for 18 months for a scheme that allegedly cost the store more than $1.8 million.

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Honda store manager sentenced to prison for kickbacksAuto News

The former general manager of a Honda store in Missouri was sentenced to prison for 18 months for a scheme that allegedly cost the store more than $1.8 million.

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Toyota's Lentz says there's still work to do in PlanoAuto News

Toyota Motor North America CEO Jim Lentz is finally comfortable that he's got his people where he wants them to enable better communication and faster decision-making.

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Ex-Volkswagen exec Oliver Schmidt gets 7 years, $400,000 fine for U.S. emissions violationsAuto News

Oliver Schmidt, the former executive who spearheaded Volkswagen's multiyear efforts to keep its conspiracy to cheat on diesel emissions a secret from U.S. regulators, received the maximum sentence possible from a federal judge in Detroit.

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Toyota's Lentz says there's still work to do in PlanoAuto News

Lentz said having the various divisions of the company working together in close proximity is important to expedite research projects, but he warned against the company getting too far out ahead of the marketplace.

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Pending Toyota site selection becomes political banter in Ala. race for U.S. SenateAuto News

The pending Toyota-Mazda plant site selection decision is becoming part of the mud-slinging political banter in the race for Alabama's open Senate seat.

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GM to Use Carbon Fiber in Pickup Beds? (12/6/17)

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Tesla notches legal victory in MissouriAuto News

Tesla can add Missouri to its win column as the electric automaker continues to wage its battle to sell vehicles directly in the United States, state by state.

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Cordray announces bid for Ohio governor after leaving CFPBAuto News

Richard Cordray, whose resignation as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sparked a battle over the agency's leadership, said he's running for governor of Ohio.

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Mercedes introduces its new CLS Auto News

In the latest video to join our viral video chart, Mercedes-Benz gives a visual walkaround of its redesigned CLS.

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GM's new Marketplace draws ire of safety groupAuto News

A new in-car application from General Motors that lets drivers order coffee and browse for hotels while behind the wheel has been met with outcry from a prominent safety group.

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California bill to banish fossil fuel cars by 2040 in the worksAuto News

A California lawmaker wants to put the state alongside China, France and the U.K. and have its legislature consider a ban on vehicles powered by fossil fuels.

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Ford, Alibaba plan to test new sales models in ChinaAuto News

Ford is expected to sign a deal with Alibaba that may allow the automaker to test selling cars to consumers in China through Alibaba's online retail arm Tmall, as well as via a new "auto vending machine" store concept.

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