Genesis G70, brand's first compact sport sedan, targets the 'German 3'Auto News

Genesis vows its first compact sport sedan, the newly minted G70, will challenge German rivals with optional 3.3-liter V-6 turbocharged performance.

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Alphabet weighs $1 billion investment in Lyft Auto News

Alphabet has held conversations with Lyft about a potential investment in recent weeks, signalling strong support for Uber's main U.S. competitor, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

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Alphabet weighs Lyft investment of about $1 billionAuto News

Alphabet has held conversations with Lyft about a potential investment in recent weeks, signalling strong support for Uber's main U.S. competitor, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

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Uber, Waymo clash over key evidence in self-driving trialAuto News

Uber asked a U.S. judge to exclude evidence from an upcoming trade-secrets trial about how a former engineer downloaded thousands of confidential files from Alphabet's Waymo self-driving car unit before eventually joining Uber.

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FCA to Idle Minivan Plant 5 Weeks (9/14/17)

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Revamped Lexus LS 500 to start above $75,000 #8203;#32;Auto News

Lexus will sell its redesigned LS 500 flagship sedan for around $76,000 for the base model, up from $73,515 on the outgoing model, in a bet that its more aggressive design and enhanced performance will draw brand loyalists who have been waiting for...

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'The game has started': Daimler delivers first electric trucksAuto News

UPS will be the first U.S. commercial customer for Daimler's new battery-powered eCanter truck, and the company will expand electric truck output as lower cost, longer-range batteries become available within two to three years.

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Daimler delivers first electric trucks: 'The game has started'Auto News

UPS will be the first U.S. commercial customer for Daimler's new battery-powered eCanter truck, and the company will expand electric truck output as lower cost, longer-range batteries become available within two to three years.

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Facebook won't make cars, Sandberg assures GermansAuto News

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg went on a charm offensive in Germany, telling the country's powerful automakers that the world's biggest social network does not want to compete with them.

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2017 VW e-Golf with upgraded battery pack starts at $31,315Auto News

Volkswagen priced its updated 2017 e-Golf, which now boasts a 125-mile range, at $31,315, including an $820 delivery charge.

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ZF, IBM to use Blockchain for mobility servicesAuto News

The eWallet program uses blockchain, a system that makes it hard to tamper with payments.

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Daimler drives its electric truck business into the U.S.Auto News

Daimler plans to turn up the volume on its electric commercial truck efforts on Thursday, announcing plans to bring a fleet of battery-powered Fuso delivery vehicles to customers in New York City.

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Musk now targets October to unveil Tesla semi truckAuto News

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the electric carmaker expects to unveil its planned semi-truck in late October -- about a month later than the billionaire had earlier estimated.

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BMW targets $2.4 billion cut to parts outlays in EV pushAuto News

BMW aims to slash roughly $2.4 billion from its annual purchasing bill by squeezing costs for transmission components and other parts to help finance a shift to electric vehicles.

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Stolen VWs from Mich. subject of federal probe, reports sayAuto News

A federal investigation seeking upward of 60 recalled Volkswagen vehicles that were stolen from the parking lot of the Pontiac Silverdome in Michigan is underway after fake titles allowed the vehicles to cross state lines, according to news reports.

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What's Sparking Renewed Drive Toward EVs (9/13/17)

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Ford self-driving test van 'talks' to pedestrians via light signalsAuto News

Ford and the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute are testing a way to enable self-driving vehicles to communicate their movements visually to pedestrians, cyclists and to human drivers.

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Nissan promotes manufacturing exec Martin to Alliance role Auto News

Nissan moved up its top U.S. manufacturing executive to help speed up synergies at the Renault-Nissan Alliance.

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Tesla's vice president of business development, Diarmuid O'Connell, departsAuto News

SAN FRANCISCO (Bloomberg) -- Diarmuid O'Connell, Tesla's vice president of business development, has left the company, the latest in a string of management departures as the electric-car maker ramps up production of the Model 3 sedan.

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Tesla crash shows man and machine must cooperateAuto News

It seems that both human drivers and Tesla's "Autopilot" system -- specifically the complex relationship between the two -- contributed to the fatality of a Tesla driver last year.

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