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Automotive News table of contents
June 27, 2022 Issue
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Experts say a significant improvement in the fuel economy of most internal-combustion vehicles, including large trucks and ...
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Toyota Boshoku, the automaker's main seating and interior supplier, is answering the call for future robotaxis and drone delive...
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Bruton Smith, a pioneer-turned-titan in both auto retailing and motorsports, leveraged small roles selling cars and promoting...
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Sales revenue at the world's largest parts suppliers bounced back significantly from 2020, even surpassing 2019 re...
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Infiniti is rolling into a brand campaign that will include a new look for dealerships, a new design language for vehicles...
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VanDyke will become president of Shift Digital effective June 28.
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CarMax Inc., like other major players in the automotive retail world, finds itself trying to maneuver through a year hampere...
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Dealership buy-sell activity in the first quarter of 2022 was similar to that of the same period in 2021, according to data c...
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The used-vehicle consignment company, in announcing the move this week, blamed vehicle sourcing snafus and said it needed to ...
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Genesis' Electrified G80 battery-powered sedan will go on sale later than expected. It will offer combined output of 365 hp a...
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British magazine Autocar, without attributing the information to any sources, says McLaren plans to launch an SUV in the ...
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Honda will reveal eleventh-generation Accord near end of year, likely as a 2024 model. Styling appears to align more closely w...
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When it arrives in 2024, the dual-motor, 800-volt battery-powered Polestar 5 sport sedan will rival Porsche's Tayc...
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Toyota is the latest automaker to collaborate with battery recycling company Redwood Materials as it works to provide a mor...
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Toyota's slowdown expands the count of lost production to some 400,000 vehicles in the fiscal year finishing March 31, 2023...
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Former Tesla execs Matt Renna and Dustin Krause had been with VW since 2018, joining as the automaker prepar...
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Honda's second-generation HR-V subcompact crossover is being positioned as a gateway model to the brand — a role historicall...
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MIT researchers have been working for seven years to collect the sort of data that many are clamoring for on the performance and safety of advanced driver-...
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Swedish autonomous-truck startup Einride has received regulatory approval to operate its vehicles on public U.S. roadways and ...
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Hydron, a new startup formed by a TuSimple veteran, intends to design and manufacture trucks tailor-made for self-driving operation...
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New NHTSA Administrator Steven Cliff is taking on overdue safety regulations, writes an Automotive News reader in a letter to the editor.
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Mercedes-Benz's retooling of U.S. dealer operations is similar to a successful strategy developed by U.S. management in the late 90's, writes an Automotive News reader in a letter to the editor.
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The momentum in the auto retail business is causing some dealers to neglect important sales elements like communication and customer experience, writes an Automotive News reader in a letter to the ...
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NHTSA should wait until enough data can be processed into useful information for shaping policy, liability laws, property and casualty insurance guidelines, and consumer decision making.
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Maryann Keller, one of the first women to become an auto industry analyst on Wall Street, died June 16 at the age of 78.
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In a letter to the editor, an Automotive News reader offers strategies for women to get ahead in the auto retail industry.
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The mandatory introduction of intelligent speed-assistance systems in the European Union aims to reduce speeding-related ro...
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Del Grande dealer group thrives in Silicon Valley by embracing the area's tech culture. The family enterprise invests ...
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Keller, among the first women to cover the auto industry for Wall Street, was the rare analyst to get out of New York r...
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After decades of offloading low-value production and producing the same old technologies, the industry is transforming the...
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Electric vehicle stakeholders must figure out how to build a supply chain for tomorrow, with access to raw materials an...
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Two years of disruptions caused by the pandemic, the microchip shortage and a wide range of supply chain challenges are prom...
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According to the World Economic Forum, automotive is one of eight supply chains that account for more than half of all glob...
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In Europe, the industry is wondering if just in time is an idea of the past — while at the same time calculating how to bring s...
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Huge investments are going into U.S. EV battery production capacity. But that will require upstream parts and materials that...
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Automakers and suppliers are creating oceans of new data that need to be managed and analyzed. Who better to partner with th...
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Highlights from the latest episodes of 'Daily Drive', Automotive News' weekday podcast, June 20-23, hosted by Jamie Butters with Kellen Walker.
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The action comes after Rep. Jan Schakowsky urged the U.S. Government Accountability Office to examine "federal agencies' ef...
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Cars.com revealed its annual American-Made Index, which ranks vehicles based on how American-made they really are.
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Suppliers to the 2022 Rivian R1S include Automatic Spring Products, Inteva, Marwood International, Ronal, E...
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A new wheel bearing design by German parts supplier Schaeffler promises efficiency improvements for battery-electric vehicl...
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DuPont's EV adhesives are used to do everything from keep a battery pack's temperature in line to helping automakers reduce ...
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A pair of electric motors and articulated rails control the orientation of BMW's 31-inch rear-seat infotainment display.
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Hopes that the microchip shortage was easing off are proving premature. In the past 60 days, AFS has increased its forecast for ...
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The veteran communications executive is back at the automaker after her shocking 2015 arrest in Japan on suspicion of drug possession...
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CDK is closing Fresh Beginnings, a bakery started as a source of gourmet gifts for dealership clients, four years after acq...
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A venomous snake hitched a ride inside a Ferrari for nearly 300 miles before slithering out into the showroom of the brand's dea...
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A totaled Model S suddenly ignited after sitting in a California junkyard for three weeks, and firefighters struggled to pu...
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Thieves made off with 13 F-150 Raptors and six Mustangs from factories in the Detroit area this month.
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