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EPA Finalizes Decision to Retain 2025 Fuel Economy Standards
1/13/2017The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized its decision to retain fuel economy standards that will hike the fleet average for passenger cars and trucks from about 26 mpg today to 36 mpg in 2025.
Ford GT Gets All-Digital Dash Display
1/13/2017Ford Motor Co. is introducing an all-digital, reconfigurable dashboard display unit this year on its GT supercar.
Honda to Resume Civic Small-Car Production in Japan
1/13/2017Honda Motor Co. is relaunching output of its Civic small sedan in Japan and reviving sales of the car in its home market after a seven-year hiatus.
Samsung Touts Fast-Charging, Long-Range EV Battery
1/13/2017South Korea’s Samsung SDI Co. says it is developing a high-energy-density lithium-ion battery system that would enable electric vehicles to travel 600 km (373 miles) and be recharged to 80% capacity within 20 minutes.
Report: Lexus to Stretch Crossover Lineup
1/13/2017Toyota Motor Corp.’s Lexus luxury unit plans to introduce a pair of new SUV/crossover models this year.
Car Wholesales in China Climb 14%
1/13/2017Wholesales of passenger vehicles to dealers in China jumped 14% to a record 28.03 million units in 2016, according to the China Assn. of Automobile Manufacturers.
Report: Takata to Plead Guilty in $1 Billion Airbag Settlement
1/13/2017Takata Corp. is expected as early as today to plead guilty to criminal wire fraud and pay $1 billion in a deal with the U.S. Dept. of Justice over the company’s handling of defective airbag inflators linked to 16 fatalities worldwide, sources tell Reuters.
Self-Seating at Your Service
1/13/2017Adient plc, the renamed seating business spun off by Johnson Controls Inc. last year, has developed a seating concept for fully autonomous cars that incorporates some upcoming production technology.
Jailed VW Exec Denied Bail in U.S.
1/13/2017A U.S. District Court judge in Detroit has ordered that Oliver Schmidt, a Volkswagen AG executive implicated in VW’s diesel emission cheating scandal, be held without bail pending trial.
Honda Cuts Production in Thailand as Sales Slow
1/12/2017Honda Motor Co. will eliminate one of two production shifts at its factory Autthaya, Thailand, at the end of March because of slowing demand for two small car models made there, The Nikkei reports.