Alexa, do I need a virtual assistant in the car?Auto News

In the quest to simplify your car, automakers are probably going to make life more annoying and difficult, at least for a while.

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What sets Kia Stinger, Genesis G70 apart?Auto News

Answering the question definitively will be crucial for both Kia and Genesis. Both cars are looking to challenge the established compact sport sedans and will need to carve out different identities for themselves.

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Honda finds its sweet spotAuto News

Discipline wins: That's the message Honda sent in 2016 with its U.S. sales performance.

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Uncertainty clouds Mexico&'s record yearAuto News

Mexico's auto industry celebrated record production, record exports and another year of double-digit sales gains in 2016, but the celebration has been muted.

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California utilities seek $1 billion to spur wider EV useAuto News

California's utilities are asking for more than $1 billion to spend on electric car-charging stations that will help the state meet its goal of getting 1.5 million zero-emissions vehicles on the road by 2025.

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Nissan seeks sequel to 'Rogue One' campaignAuto News

After Nissan's Star Wars tie-in kicked Rogue sales into hyperdrive last month, its marketing team is tackling a new mission: spreading the compact crossover's success to other nameplates.

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Penske ends no-haggle pilotAuto News

Penske Automotive Group has backed off a no-haggle pricing experiment and returned to a traditional sales model and a commission-based pay plan at Toyota of Surprise (Ariz.).

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Denso changes its recruiting as needs widenAuto News

Denso's new strategy for filling engineering vacancies: recruit engineers in Detroit and dispatch them all over the country.

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Germany prepares for 'rough ride' under TrumpAuto News

Germany will need a new economic strategy geared toward Asia should the new U.S.

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N.J. law would restrict use of starter-interrupt devicesAuto News

The New Jersey Legislature has passed a bill that imposes disclosures and restrictions on the use of starter-interrupt devices, which auto lenders sometimes require be installed in vehicles when they approve loans to consumers with poor credit.

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Yanfeng to invest in new HQ, tech center near Detroit Auto News

Yanfeng Automotive Interiors plans to invest $8.45 million in a new technical center and headquarters, which the supplier is moving to the Detroit suburb of Novi.

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Trump ready to shake up trade deals Auto News

Minutes after his inauguration, President Donald Trump signaled plans to withdraw the U.S.

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Trump Takes Aim at U.S. Trade Deals (1/20/17)

Trump takes aim at U.S. trade deals; Ford’s $3 billion pension loss; CEO: Volvo IPO an option;...
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Uber hires Google veteran Singhal to aid self-driving engineeringAuto News

Ride-hailing company Uber Technologies said it hired the man behind Google search to work closely with CEO Travis Kalanick and help grow the company's self-driving car program.

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President Trump ready to shake up U.S. trade deals Auto News

Minutes after his inauguration, President Donald Trump announced his intention to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership and renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement, moves that analysts say could have profound effects on the...

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Ford, London partner to test plug-in hybrid commercial vansAuto News

Ford, aiming to reduce emissions and operating costs, is teaming up with city officials in London to launch a year-long test of 20 Transit Custom plug-in hybrid vans.

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Ford expects $2 billion hit to 2016 net income over pension accounting changeAuto News

Ford Motor said Friday that a change in how it accounts for pensions will result in a $2 billion hit to its 2016 net income, according to a document filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Engineering firm ABB to build $90 million r&d operation in MontrealAuto News

Swiss engineering firm ABB plans to build a $90-million randd center in Montréal, where Canadians will help develop some of the next-generation technologies for electric vehicles.

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Toyota built 6.6% of North American vehicles in Mexico last yearAuto News

Toyota, scolded by President-elect Donald Trump over a planned plant in Mexico, relied on the country for less than 7 percent of its record North American output last year.

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'Sigh of relief' for self-driving cars after Tesla clearedAuto News

The push to bring self-driving cars to American roads got a significant boost on Thursday when the nation's chief auto safety regulator essentially cleared Tesla's Autopilot system of fault in a fatal 2016 crash.

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