The Fall of Carlos Ghosn: Nissan's Top Gun Makes Rapid Descent (11/19/18)

The fall of Carlos Ghosn: From Nissan savior to financial scandal; A larger-than-life legacy;...
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Elon Musk tweets about partnering with Daimler on electric vansAuto News

Elon Musk floated the idea of working with a familiar ally on electric work vans after being guilt-tripped on Twitter for using fuel-burning vehicles to service Tesla models.

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Carlos Ghosn's scandal raises questions about the future of the Renault-Nissan allianceAuto News

Carlos Ghosn's potential ouster as chairman of Nissan after his arrest for alleged violations of Japan's financial laws raises the question: Can the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance survive without him?

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2019 Subaru Crosstrek Hybrid will be unveiled at Los Angeles auto show with Toyota systemAuto News

Subaru seeks to electrify at the Los Angeles Auto Show with the brand's first plug-in hybrid, a gasoline-electric version of the Crosstrek that arrives in U.S. dealerships by year end.

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Why Nissan's Carlos Ghosn scandal looks like a palace coupAuto News

The downfall of kings is bloody and swift. That certainly looks to be the experience of Carlos Ghosn.

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Carlos Ghosn's legacy at risk following massive scandal at NissanAuto News

Carlos Ghosn was set to end his career in a few years as a towering industry figure. But it seems that will no longer happen after his arrest in Japan on charges of financial misconduct.

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Colorado adopts California clean-car standardAuto News

Colorado has become the 13th state, along with the District of Columbia, to adopt low-emission vehicle standards based on those of California. The state's dealer group criticized the decision as a misguided interference in the free market.

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Ghosn's arrest creates a world of trouble for Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi's allianceAuto News

With a generation of big-name carmaker CEOs nearing retirement age, the issue of succession has been front and center of industry minds in recent months. Nobody expected it to be settled like this.

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France's Macron vows to maintain Renault-Nissan stabilityAuto News

France will work to preserve the stability of Renault and its alliance with Nissan, President Emmanuel Macron said after the Japanese automaker took steps to oust Chairman Carlos Ghosn over alleged financial irregularities.

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Why it's a bad time for Renault-Nissan to lose Carlos GhosnAuto News

Carlos Ghosn's shocking arrest in Japan over financial improprieties threatens to remove the leader of Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi in the midst of unprecedented changes in the auto industry.

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Carlos Ghosn, head of Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance, detained by Japanese authorities, will be fired as Nissan chairmanAuto News

Nissan Motor Co. is preparing to fire its chairman for allegedly under-reporting his income and using corporate assets for personal use, a company spokesman said.

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Ghosn said to face arrest over taxes in JapanAuto News

Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn will be arrested in Tokyo on a suspected breach of financial trading law, a newspaper reported.

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Penske, LIthia to workers: Get a physical, save moneyAuto News

Penske Automotive Group Inc. and other public retailers are offering financial rewards to employees and their spouses for things like getting a physical or completing biometric screenings.

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Zotye USA wants to start selling a Chinese-made crossover in the U.S. in 2020Auto News

Chinese automaker Zotye has begun signing up U.S. retailers and plans to "really shake things up" when it comes to factory-dealer norms.

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Dealers need to innovate with used-vehiclesAuto News

The need for traditional dealers to get innovative in the pre-owned space was apparent at the 2018 Used Car Week annual event in Scottsdale, Ariz.

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Online auctions key to wholesalers' futureAuto News

Online auctions and the digital tools that accompany them are key to vehicle wholesalers' futures.

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What JCI sale isn't: Prelude to a leap into EV batteriesAuto News

JCI's big battery unit just sold for billions -- and believe it or not, electric vehicles are not where the future action is.

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GM says ignore the mpg label on 4-cylinder Silverado pickup engineAuto News

GM argues that EPA fuel economy ratings for its 2.7-liter four-cylinder engine don't tell the whole story.

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Ford's consolidation of side-mirror configurations on its Explorer is an example of the automaker's move to simplifyAuto News

Reducing the number of side-mirror configurations on the Explorer is a small change but a telling example of how Ford let itself fall back out of shape after tiptoeing around bankruptcy -- and the sort of bloat CEO Jim Hackett sees as a threat to...

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Industry on edge with trade pact signing nearAuto News

Provisional agreement on a new North American trade pact was supposed to reduce economic uncertainty for the industry after months of acrimonious negotiations. But less than two weeks before the official signing of the U.S.

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