Ford plans to cut global workforce by 10%, reports sayAuto News

Ford is preparing major cuts to its worldwide workforce, mostly in North America and Asia, amid renewed efforts to hike profits and address the company's falling share price, The Wall Street Journal and Reuters reported, citing people briefed on the...

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Ford plans to cut global workforce by 10%, WSJ saysAuto News

Ford is preparing major cuts to its worldwide workforce amid renewed efforts to hike profits and address the company's falling share price, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing people briefed on the move.

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AutoNation COO Berman resigns Auto News

AutoNation President and COO Bill Berman resigned Monday, just three months after being named president. The nation's largest dealership group said CEO Mike Jackson will take on Berman's operating duties until the company finds a replacement.

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Former AutoNation exec buys 4 storesAuto News

Former AutoNation COO Mike Maroone has come out of retirement to buy four stores in Colorado from Joe Serra.

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Tesla, with high cash burn, loses key Wall Street ratingAuto News

Tesla lost a buy rating Monday from one of its longtime bulls, with a Morgan Stanley analyst boosting his projection for how much cash the company will burn through as more prosperous rivals encroach on its business.

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Uber engineer ordered to avoid Lidar work in Waymo fightAuto News

Uber's move to demote the engineer who led its autonomous unit to keep him away from related laser technology was deemed adequate to safeguard trade secrets that rival Waymo says were stolen, a judge ruled.

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GM commits to 'green' natural rubber for millions of tiresAuto News

GM is pledging to buy sustainable natural rubber for the 49 million tires it buys a year under a plan aimed at helping small farmers while protecting company profits by ensuring the material's long-term availability.

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Mexico fines Panasonic over Ficosa acquisitionAuto News

Mexico's competition watchdog fined Panasonic for failing to disclose that its purchase of Spanish auto parts maker Ficosa International would boost its indirect ownership of Ficosa Mexico.

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Volvo, Google team up for Android-based infotainment systemAuto News

Volvo Cars is partnering with Google to develop an Android-based infotainment system.

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GM gets its groove back with suppliersAuto News

General Motors ranks just behind Toyota and Honda in the opinion of suppliers. This according to a study that evaluates the purchasing policies of North America's six biggest automakers. Nissan dropped to last place.

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High school's work program feeds industry's talent poolAuto News

General Motors has partnered with Detroit Cristo Rey High School since 2011, bringing students into its engineering world. The Detroit program is part of a national network that gives employers a source of future talent.

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Malcolm Bricklin's next bright ideaAuto News

Malcolm Bricklin is pulling the trigger again with a scheme to build a three-wheel EV and turn high-end car dealers into high-end art dealers. At 78, the serial entrepreneur is showing no signs of slowing down.

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Mazda's 2% solutionAuto News

Mazda's North American chief says he wants the automaker's U.S. market share to be a "good" 2 percent that commands higher transaction prices.

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Rising inventories due mostly to GMAuto News

With one exception, inventories of unsold vehicles have been essentially flat across the U.S. auto industry in the past year. That exception: General Motors.

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In new automotive era, even Toyota strugglesAuto News

A lackluster test drive of an EV prototype underscores for Akio Toyoda the new challenges posed by an evolving auto industry. His reaction has Toyota in crisis mode as it grapples with next-generation technologies and plunging profits.

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Marketers call for less car, more heartAuto News

Automakers will need to do more if they want their brands to resonate with consumers on a personal level. That was the consistent theme from speakers at the Automotive News Marketing 360 event here last week.

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For 2018 Odyssey, a shift in shiftersAuto News

Loyal Honda Odyssey customers upgrading to the 2018 model will discover something missing from the center stack: the gearshift knob.

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Dealership tweaks Yelp, online strategyAuto News

Focusing too much effort on one website can backfire. Stevens Creek Subaru learned this the hard way.

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Mitsubishi's comeback keys: Crossovers, expansionAuto News

Mitsubishi's operating profit plunges 94 percent in the latest fiscal year, broadsided by falling sales, foreign exchange losses and the costs of a fuel economy scandal.

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