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Judge Won’t Scrap GM Ignition Switch Bellwether Trials
The federal judge handling hundreds of lawsuits concerning General Motors Co.’s defective ignition switches says he will proceed with plans to try five test cases this year.
Honda Names New Senior Staff to Battle Quality Problems
Honda Motor Co. is installing a new executive team in hopes of curing its persistent quality woes.
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Ford Uses Tech Against Potholes
Ford Motor Company is based in southeastern Michigan.
Autonomous Vehicles to Create $42 Billion Market by 2025
The first semi-autonomous cars are hitting the road now. By the time fully self-driving vehicles arrive in about 2025, global demand for automatic capabilities will create a $42 billion market, according to Boston Consulting Group.
U.S. May Ask VW for Reparations for Cheater Diesel Pollution
Volkswagen AG may be asked by the U.S. not just to fix diesels it rigged to evade emission standards but also to help clean the air its vehicles have polluted.
Volvo Recalls Diesels to Fix Diesel Shutoff Flaw
Volvo Car Group is recalling about 59,000 of its 5-cylinder diesel cars to update faulty software that can briefing shut off and restart the engine while the vehicle is moving, the Associated Press reports.
VW Office in South Korea Raided in Diesel Emissions Probe
Earlier today South Korean prosecutors raided the local offices of Volkswagen AG and its Audi unit and the home of an unidentified senior company executive as part of an investigation into diesel emission cheating.
U.S. Demand for Diesel Cars Collapses
Sales of diesel-powered passenger cars have nearly vanished in the wake of Volkswagen AG’s admission five months ago that it doctored 580,000 of its diesels to cheat U.S. emission standards, The Wall Street Journal reports.
India Says VW Diesel Emissions were 9x Allowable Limits
India says tests show that some of Volkswagen AG’s diesel-powered vehicles emit as much as nine times the country’s allowable limit for oxides of nitrogen.
Jaguar XE Uses Recycled Aluminum
The 2017 Jaguar XE is the first model that’s based on the new JLR modular vehicle architecture, which will serve as the underpinning for several future models.