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Honda To Start Mass Recall In China Over Takata Airbags
The Japanese carmaker and its Chinese joint venture partner Guangqi Honda will start withdrawing vehicles fitted with the potentially faulty airbags beginning October 23 and will include Accord, Fit, City, Crosstour and Everus S1 models.
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Angela Merkel Wants To 'Restore Trust' In Diesel After Scandal
Angela Merkel pointed to new software updates designed to fix the emissions problem and said that "in order to prevent or reverse the drop in value of diesel cars, we need to restore trust in diesel".
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Daimler Manipulated Emissions In One Million Cars: Report
German automobile manufacturer Daimler is reported to manipulate the engines of around 1 million cars employing a similar cheat device used in Volkswagen cars. The affected cars include Mercedes-Benz C-Class, E-Class and R-Class.
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EU Approves Carmaker Opel Takeover By France's Peugeot PSA: Statement
The European Union's competition authority has approved the takeover of Germany's Opel car brand by Peugeot PSA, which belongs to Germany. Also, this will make Peugeot PSA the second largest car manufacturer in Europe after Volkswagen.
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Foreign Carmakers In Deep South Face Questions In Trump Era
Such is the influence of the foreign car manufacturers, that colleges in the South have adjusted their curricula to prepare students for jobs in this sector, including the University of Alabama, which trains engineers for the auto industry.
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Waymo Turning Tech Talent To Self-Driving Trucks
Alphabet-owned Waymo is putting its autonomous driving expertise to work in trucking, in a new track for the unit formerly known as Google Car.
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Audi To Be Investigated In Germany For Possible Diesel Emissions Scandal
Luxury carmaker Audi on Friday found itself being pulled deeper into a global emissions cheating scandal that has engulfed its parent company Volkswagen after German prosecutors said they were investigating whether some of Audi's top-end models might have been tampered with in Germany.
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Serious Injuries At Tesla Plant Double Industry Average: Report
The data compared injury rates among auto assembly workers and found a recordable total incidence rate of 8.8 injuries per 100 workers, compared to 6.7 for the industry as a whole.
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Renault Shuts Down Sites After Being Hit By Cyberattack
French automaker Renault has been the subject of cyberattacks and as a result, production at many of its plants has been stopped.
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Renault Hit By Global Cyberattack: Management
French carmaker Renault is the latest major organisation to be hit by the massive wave of cyberattacks sweeping the globe.
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Will Car Vending Machine Upend Used Car Sales?
If brick-and-mortar stores fear Amazon and e-commerce as a threat to their existence, used car dealers may be terrified by the newest development in their industry: a car vending machine.
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Renault To Open Manufacturing Facility In Pakistan By 2018
French carmaker Renault is set to break into Pakistan's rapidly growing car market with a manufacturing plant to open there by 2018, the government announced Thursday.
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Paris Carries Out Its First Driverless Minibus Trial
One of the self-driving shuttle buses, made by French hi-tech firm Easymile, ran along a special circuit in Paris on a pedestrianised street near the River Seine.
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