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Fiat Chrysler swings to profit in Q3 as North America posts record results

The automaker, in one of its final earnings reports before its merger with PSA Group, said it earned an adjusted $3 billion in North America, up 26 percent from a year earlier.

Regulation & Safety

GM's Super Cruise rated ahead of Tesla Autopilot by Consumer Reports

A Tesla Model Y fitted with Autopilot finished "a distant second" to a Cadillac CT6 equipped with Super Cruise, which GM is rolling out to more than 20 vehicles -- including its new Hummer EV -- over the next three years.

Automakers & Suppliers

Ford’s regime change fuels earnings, stock-rebound expectations

Much of investors’ optimism about Ford is coming from the elevation of Jim Farley to CEO. An intense former Toyota executive, Farley is seen as the high-octane antidote to his predecessor, Jim Hackett.

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VW's Traton and Toyota's Hino to develop electric trucks together

The partnership will shorten development times for vehicles with battery and fuel cell technology, the companies said.

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Automakers & Suppliers

VW will move U.S. base a few miles to new tower in D.C. suburbs

Audi of America also will move to the new location, as will other subsidiaries including Lamborghini of America, Bentley, Bugatti and Volkswagen Credit. In all, the move will involve about 1,000 workers in or near the headquarters.

Regulation & Safety

FCC to vote to split key spectrum block between autos, Wi-Fi

Nearly all automakers oppose the proposal. Instead, they favor using the spectrum for developing technology to allow vehicles to exchange data about location, speed and direction.

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Dealers

Asbury more than doubles Q3 net income

The supply-and-demand disparity favored per-vehicle profit for auto retailers this quarter, though the megadealers that gave reports last week warned short supply would strain earnings in the long term.

Daily Drive Podcast

Trade, China and emissions: How Trump and Biden compare on industry issues

Automotive News reporter Audrey LaForest discusses where President Donald Trump and his challenger Joe Biden stand on key issues facing the auto industry ahead of next week's U.S. presidential election.

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Why Bozard's mobile service is 'phenomenally well-embraced'

Bozard Ford-Lincoln in Florida has expanded its mobile service program beyond fleet customers by taking oil changes and recall fixes to customers' driveways. The dealership says the effort is driving revenue growth and helping clients save time.

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Cars & Concepts

Jaguar revamps E-Pace for tough 2021 campaign in crowded space

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Mercedes drops more hints about sports cars going electric

After a decade, Toyota brings the Sienna up to date

Maybach SUV takes Mercedes (way) upmarket

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Pa. auto group Zooms in on different set of skills

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Old cars keep Mercedes store thriving

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Major auto lenders claim further stimulus could preserve portfolio performance

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Subaru renews captivelike partnership with Chase Auto

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Fixed Ops Journal

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Automakers & Suppliers

GM Defense delivers first infantry squad vehicles, explores military batteries

The automaker's defense subsidiary developed the vehicle based on the Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 in just four months after it was awarded a $214.3 million defense contract in June.

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Dealers

Sonic Automotive CEO's court hearing moved to Dec. 1

Sonic Automotive CEO David Smith faces a felony assault by strangulation charge and other misdemeanor charges relating to his arrest in Charlotte on Oct. 5.

Manufacturing

Detroit 3 keep masks on to keep plants running

Holding the pandemic at bay has pushed the automakers and UAW employees into unfamiliar work routines and extraordinary levels of cooperation among rivals that will have to be sustained for months to come.

Toyota says its N.A. production is back to 94% capacity

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Mobility Report

Daimler doubles down on self-driving trucks, starts partnership with Waymo

Daimler Trucks has entered into a partnership with Waymo to develop self-driving trucks one month after starting on-road testing with another autonomous-trucking company.

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Mobility Report

Hyundai-Aptiv JV partners with on-demand shuttle provider Via

Motional and Via said their partnership will serve as a blueprint "to inform how driverless vehicles can be integrated into mass transit networks and optimized for pooled rides."

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Mobility Report

Continental pairs with startup to industrialize long-distance lidar

The supplier said it has acquired a minority stake in AEye Inc. and the companies will jointly develop lidar sensors to ready them for automotive production by 2024.

Automakers & Suppliers

Jaguar Land Rover posts quarterly profit on China rebound

The automaker reported a pretax profit of $85 million in the third quarter but parent company Tata Motors' results were dragged down by weak demand in India.

Suppliers

Toyota-Panasonic battery JV to boost efficiency to catch up with Chinese rivals

Prime Planet, which is now the world's largest supplier of batteries for hybrid vehicles but lags in the EV market, is moving to standardize battery designs and is also helping to streamline operations of materials suppliers.

China

China's BYD to launch new EV platform next year

It will cost less to manufacture new models using the new platform and the vehicles will have a longer driving range, said BYD senior vice president Lian Yubo.

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Executives

VW hires former Honda exec Mikiciuk as sales VP

Ray Mikiciuk left American Honda in 2019 and worked for Victory Automotive Group before joining Volkswagen of America on Oct. 26 as senior vice president of sales.