Volkswagen reviewing autonomous car alliances, Waymo seen as a leaderAuto News

Volkswagen CFO Frank Witter said the carmaker was open to deeper alliances with outside companies, particularly in the area of autonomous driving, where Google's Waymo is seen to be an industry leader.

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GM cautious on switch to platinum even as palladium price soarsAuto News

Palladium's surge to a record has intensified talk among analysts that carmakers will look to replace it with cheaper platinum for use in pollution-control devices. The auto industry's answer: Not so fast.

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Former Audi CEO Rupert Stadler released from custodyAuto News

A Munich court said former Rupert Stadler, who is being investigated for his role in Volkswagen's emissions cheating scandal, had been released from custody.

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VW 3rd-quarter profit falls 19% as anti-pollution rules biteAuto News

VW Group reported an 19 percent drop in third-quarter profit, weighed down by weaker vehicle sales and headwinds tied to the introduction of more stringent WLTP emissions rules in Europe.

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Former Audi CEO Rupert Stadler released from custodyAuto News

A Munich court said former Rupert Stadler, who is being investigated for his role in Volkswagen's emissions cheating scandal, had been released from custody.

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Honda profit surges 40% on more profitable mix and cost cuttingAuto News

Honda reported a 40 percent surge in operating profit in the most recent quarter as a more profitable sales mix and aggressive cost cutting offset foreign exchange rate losses.

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Lincoln head of product development Scott Tobin to retire this weekAuto News

Scott Tobin, a key architect of Lincoln's turnaround as its director of product development, has abruptly elected to retire from the company effective later this week.

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VW, Mobileye team up on self-driving serviceAuto News

Volkswagen and global supplier Mobileye are forging a new partnership focused on the deployment of self-driving vehicles.

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Wells Fargo: Auto insurance remediation won't wrap up until 2020Auto News

Wells Fargo will not finish paying back the estimated 600,000 customers it wrongly charged for auto insurance until at least 2020, the bank said in a letter to U.S. lawmakers seen by Reuters.

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GM Calls Obama-Era Fuel Goals Not 'Feasible' (10/29/18)

GM calls Obama-era fuel-efficiency goals not ‘feasible’; Report: Daimler open to working...
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Detroit 3 diverge on path to cut tailpipe emissionsAuto News

Detroit automakers expressed divergent views on how to reform U.S. fuel economy and tailpipe emissions rules, even as they urged President Trump to continue coordinating the federal government's policies with those enacted by California.

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Daimler doesn't rule out future cooperation with Tesla, report saysAuto News

Daimler does not rule out cooperating with Tesla in future even though the German luxury car producer sold its stake in the electric-vehicle company, Daimler's CEO told a Polish newspaper

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Volkswagen fired 'wrong guy' in diesel scandal, says engineerAuto News

A top Volkswagen engineer who was interviewed by America authorities about the diesel emissions-rigging scandal has no idea why the carmaker fired him, his attorney told a German judge.

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U.S. Customs intercepts shipment of fake Mercedes partsAuto News

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized a large shipment of counterfeit Mercedes-Benz auto parts this month in Philadelphia that were shipped from China.

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China mulls stimulus as light-vehicle sales fallAuto News

China is considering a tax cut on car sales to revive its flagging automotive market, lending support to a key industry that's been damaged by an ongoing trade war with the U.S.

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Dana secures major Ford Edge contract as Q3 profits, sales riseAuto News

The supplier said it will be the sole provider of disconnecting all-wheel-drive units on the 2019 Ford Edge crossover, a new feature designed to improve fuel efficiency.

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To make more Ram trucks, Fiat Chrysler reconsiders MexicoAuto News

FCA CEO Mike Manley is now reconsidering a decision announced in January to stop building Ram heavy-duty pickups at a plant in Saltillo, Mexico.

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GM says Obama-era fuel efficiency rules not feasibleAuto News

General Motors said that Obama-era rules aiming to hike fleetwide fuel efficiency to more than 50 mpg by 2025 are "not technologically feasible or economically practicable" and called for a more modest annual increase in requirements.

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Hyundai's U.S. head steps down amid shakeup of global operationsAuto News

Hyundai Motor America CEO Kyung Soo Lee has left the position to return to South Korea as an adviser for the company.

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Mercedes faces U.S. probe of recall-notice practicesAuto News

NHTSA told Mercedes-Benz USA that it found numerous instances in which owners of recalled cars weren't notified within the federally mandated 60-day window.

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