Ford July auto sales up 1.2% on higher pickup, SUV and crossover demandAuto News

Ford's U.S. sales rose 1.2 percent in June behind higher pickup, SUV and crossover demand.

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Hyundai invests in Israeli auto tech firm AutotalksAuto News

Hyundai said it was partnering with Autotalks, an Israeli provider of vehicle to everything communication technology for improving road safety.

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Japanese automakers make way more cars in U.S. than they import from homeAuto News

That's the result of measures taken since the 1980s, when laid-off Detroit autoworkers vented their frustrations by bashing Japanese cars with sledgehammers.

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Mexico election will jump-start NAFTA talks, adviser saysAuto News

A top adviser to presidential winner Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said an agreement is possible before the next government takes power in December.

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German carmakers optimistic on 2018 growth despite looming tariffsAuto News

German auto trade body VDA said it now expects Germany's market to grow by 1 percent to around 3.5 million vehicles this year, compared with a previous guidance for 3.4 million.

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Chamber of Commerce maps out states most vulnerable to Trump tariffsAuto News

States with large automobile production facilities, such as Michigan and South Carolina, are among the most exposed to the tariffs, according to the chamber's analysis.

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Tesla taking break after hitting Model 3 production targetAuto News

Even real car companies need a breather now and then.After working around the clock for weeks on end to surpass a production goal, Tesla Inc.

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From executive suite to jail: One German CEO's tales of prisonAuto News

While jailing executives is an almost unheard of occurrence in Germany, that's just what happened to Audi CEO Rupert Stadler last month. One of the few other corporate leaders to suffer a similar fate was Thomas Middelhoff.

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Inside Tesla's Model 3-building sprint: Shouting Elon Musk, changing rulesAuto News

A short-tempered CEO barked at engineers on the assembly line. Workers were pulled from other departments to keep pumping out the Model 3s, disrupting Model S and X production. And weekend shifts were mandatory.

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GM lays groundwork for robotaxis in San FranciscoAuto News

General Motors has created its own ride-hailing platform and quietly built one of the largest charging stations in the U.S. to get its Cruise self-driving car unit ready to enter the robotaxi business next year.

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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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