Takata could pay up to $1 billion to settle U.S. criminal probe, report saysAuto News

Takata is nearing a criminal settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice and is expected to pay up to $1 billion to resolve allegations of wrongdoing related to its faulty airbag inflators, The Wall Street Journal reported today.

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Honda CR-V is Edmunds' most-researched vehicle in 2016Auto News

For the second year in a row, the Honda CR-V was the most-researched vehicle on Edmunds.com in the U.S., followed by two Honda car models in second and third place.

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VW buys mobile-payment provider PayByPhone for parking servicesAuto News

Volkswagen AG bought North American parking-payment operator PayByPhone in the latest move by Europe's biggest carmaker to expand from manufacturing into mobility services.

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Why Beijing won't punish U.S. automakers for Trump's sinsAuto News

Will Beijing vent its anger on U.S. companies whenever President-elect Donald Trump annoys it? Such fears are not totally groundless, but there are three reasons why U.S. automakers aren't likely to be singled out.

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Ford expands fleet of self-driving test carsAuto News

Ford has added 20 vehicles to its existing fleet of 10 autonomous Fusion Hybrids, retrofitted with more advanced driverless technology and reduced hardware.

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A farewell and a look back at my years at Automotive NewsAuto News

Thirty-two years ago today, I walked in the door at Crain Communications as a newly hired reporter for a startup publication called Crain's Detroit Business.

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A farwell and a look back at my years at Automotive NewsAuto News

Thirty two years ago today, I walked in the door at Crain Communications as a newly hired reporter for a startup publication called Crain's Detroit Business.

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Ford Fusions, Mercury Milans under U.S. investigation for potential brake problemAuto News

U.S. safety regulators are investigating Ford Motor Co.'s Fusion and Mercury Milan sedans from the 2009 to 2011 model years for brakes that may fail in certain conditions.

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Glass-canopy roof, 1,000 hp, and refundable deposit moneyAuto News

For shoppers worried that the Lucid Air will be more like elusive vaporware, the electric-car startup Lucid Motors is offering a no-risk purchase plan: fully refundable deposits.

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Panasonic to invest more than $256 million in Tesla's U.S. plant for solar cellsAuto News

Panasonic plans to invest more than $256 million in a New York production facility of Elon Musk's Tesla Motors to make photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules, deepening a partnership of the two companies.

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Researchers map rough road to reducing vehicle weightAuto News

Plastics have seen increased opportunities to get onto North American-made cars and trucks as automakers work to improve their fleets' fuel economy.

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Nine vehicles Americans loved or hated in 2016Auto News

Bloomberg crunched sales data through November to see which models posted the biggest demand spikes and swoons . These are the vehicles that show us the future -- and soon-to-be past -- of the car business.

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Why a tariff on Mexican auto imports could backfireAuto News

Many, if not most, economists agree that the benefits of tariffs, no matter how well-intentioned, are temporary, if not illusory.

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Day of reckoning for auto productionAuto News

Automakers are on pace to build more new cars and light trucks in North America this year than ever before, but efforts to reduce bloated inventories could lead to North America's first production decline since the Great Recession in 2017.

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BEST PRACTICES: Dealership's multilingual staff caters to hearing-impairedAuto News

Michigan dealer John Fox has identified employees who can converse in more than a dozen languages, including American Sign Language, to translate vehicle and other purchases for consumers who speak little or no English or are hearing impaired.

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How Cummins is tackling health-care costsAuto News

Diesel-maker Cummins Inc. is trying a new approach to tackle one of the business world's knottiest problems - the skyrocketing cost of U.S. health care.

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'Held hostage': Dealer's battle with software giants escalatesAuto News

Tennessee dealer Mitch Walters has taken his gripes with the data security policies of major software providers CDK Global and Reynolds and Reynolds directly to the National Automobile Dealers Association.

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FCA bedeviled again by shiftersAuto News

For the second time in less than 18 months, federal safety regulators are investigating why drivers of some Fiat Chrysler vehicles are having problems getting their cars to get into or stay in park.

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VW closer to resolution on 3.0-liter diesel claimsAuto News

Volkswagen AG took more big steps to atone for its emissions cheating scandal last week, reaching separate agreements to resolve regulators' claims related to noncompliant 3.

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FCA's Pacifica becomes minivan of the futureAuto News

A key piece of Fiat Chrysler's fuel economy regulatory strategy in the United States, and a place to showcase the automaker's leading-edge technology, is surprisingly large and built in Canada.

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