Ford enters car-sharing, electric bike markets in mobility pushAuto News

Ford is getting into the car-sharing and electric bike businesses as part of CEO Mark Fields' effort to transform the automaker into a more holistic provider of transportation options.

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FCA's Push for Safer Airbags (6/23/15)

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Denso sees 15-year wait for self-driving carAuto News

The technology to make cars fully autonomous probably won't be established until at least 2030, according to Toyota's largest supplier.

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Return lost Jeeps to FCA AustraliaAuto News

Fiat Chrysler Australia is trying to track down some $10 million worth of vehicles its former CEOs loaned to celebrities there.

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Consolidation is key? How to explain Nissan?Auto News

If synergies deriving from automotive partnerships are so great - as Fiat Chrysler boss Sergio Marchionne posits - why is Nissan's return on capital so poor? That's the question asked by Deutsche Securities analyst Kurt Sanger.

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Senator calls for compensation fund for Takata airbag injury victimsAuto News

An influential U.S. senator today called for troubled supplier Takata to establish a fund to compensate victims injured or killed by its ruptured airbags.

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Ford moves to advanced stage of autonomous car developmentAuto News

Ford said its work on autonomous vehicles has moved into the second of three phases, shifting "from a research effort to an advanced engineering program" that brings the technology closer to production.

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Toyota HQ raided by police over executive's arrest, report saysAuto News

Toyota's headquarters was raided by police over the arrest of the company's new communications chief, Julie Hamp, for the alleged illegal import of painkillers, a Japanese newspaper reported today.

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Buick, GMC start adding Apple CarPlay, Android AutoAuto News

General Motors is adding Apple CarPlay and Android Auto to some Buick and GMC models, another step in the rollout of the smartphone-like interfaces across GM's portfolio.

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Toyota HQ raided by police over arrest of managing officer, report saysAuto News

Toyota's headquarters in Japan was raided by police over the arrest of the company's managing officer for alleged drug offences, a Japanese newspaper reported today.

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VW supplier Gestamp to expand stamping line in Tenn. for new SUVAuto News

Gestamp Automocion, a Spanish supplier to Volkswagen AG, said it plans to expand its stamping plant in Chattanooga to produce body panels for VW's new midsize SUV.

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FCA taps TRW to replace Takata for driver's-side airbags, exec tells lawmakersAuto News

Fiat Chrysler has pushed Takata to the sidelines to tap rival TRW Automotive as the automaker's sole supplier of driver's-side airbag inflators used to replace Takata-made inflators in more than 4 million Fiat Chrysler vehicles currently under...

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GM slates 'all-new vehicle program' for OrionAuto News

General Motors said it is investing $245 million in a suburban Detroit assembly plant and adding 300 jobs for an "all-new vehicle program."

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Tech race will strain automakers, report saysAuto News

Automakers face enormous pressure on profit margins as technology and connectivity demands grow and car sales slow in markets such as the U.S. and China, according to a report by consultancy AlixPartners.

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Mercedes takes aim at BMW with GLE CoupeAuto News

Mercedes-Benz is expanding its crossover family with a new niche vehicle to lure the nontraditional SUV buyer: the GLE Coupe, aimed at the BMW X6.

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Winning at Le Mans, and coming close in the viral raceAuto News

Porsche, which earlier this month won the 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race with its 919 Hybrid, was the top new entrant in our list of most viral videos.

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GM's $245M Mystery Project (6/22/15)

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Visteon affirms software shiftAuto News

Now that Sachin Lawande has been named CEO of Visteon Corp., effective next week, his to-do list can be boiled down to one word: software. When Visteon was spun off from Ford Motor Co.

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NHTSA, blasted in audit, vows to reform early-warning systemAuto News

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it will tighten its early-warning reporting requirements by next June as part of sweeping changes it has agreed to make following a blistering audit by the U.S.

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Hyundai close to replacing GM as NFL sponsor, report saysAuto News

Hyundai is close to an agreement on a sponsorship contract with the National Football League, two people with knowledge of the matter told Bloomberg.

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