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Manufacturing
The man who would spoil the incentives party

Economic gadfly Greg LeRoy says giving automakers tax breaks doesn't work.
Manufacturing
Tesla's growth needs have developers salivating

Tesla remains a low-volume manufacturer, but it is keeping economic development officials guessing what its next production needs might be.
CES
Consumer electronics know-how helping automakers

Automakers are getting help from consumer-oriented software firms in improving their cockpit graphics.
CES
Bosch pounds out an Internet of Things future

Robert Bosch is plunging deeper into a new world of Internet-based technologies and vehicle services in a bid to remake itself as what it calls "an IoT company."
Executives
Magna vet plans to transform IAC

Manfred Gingl helped build Magna. Now he's preparing to jolt IAC to a new level.
Suppliers
The little project that changed Bosch

A Chinese EV startup is influencing the way the world's biggest supplier — and maybe the industry in general — operates.
China
Meet Wanfeng's star power: Ailian Chen
She's little known in the U.S., but Ailian Chen, chairwoman of Wanfeng Auto Holding Group, is a high-profile communist achiever at home.
Suppliers
Denso's overhaul will honor old products
Denso Corp. looks for new value in old products as the supplier plans a transformation in the coming decade.
Cars & Concepts
Redesigned Nissan Altima wows on performance
Nissan's sixth-generation Altima leverages the largest investment in powertrain in the company's history.
Suppliers
For supplier plants, how close is too close?
Suppliers want manufacturing sites close to their automaker customers — but not too close.
Cars & Concepts
Infiniti's new EV mission is chance to reshape product
Infiniti is reshaping its future product plan — and that is resulting in some striking concepts.
Sales
NISSAN: Sept. dip masks a retail uptick
Year-over-year declines were exaggerated by last year's rush to replenish hurricane-damaged fleets but Nissan says U.S. retail sales rose in September.
Cars & Concepts
Nissan orange is the new orange
Nicole Fonseca, a 39-year-old Detroiter who studied fashion design at Central Michigan University, was tasked with color and interior design on the redesigned 2019 Nissan Altima.
Sales
Nissan exec: Sedans will be back
Nissan sees a decent future ahead for cars. Its European operations aren't so sure about that.
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Cars & Concepts
Nissan positions Altima to challenge sedan slump
Nissan believes it can buck a prolonged industry decline in sedan sales by stuffing the next-generation Altima with advanced technology.