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GM Begins Testing Self-Driving Cars in Arizona
8/10/2016General Motors Co.’s newly acquired Cruise Automation unit is testing autonomous driving technologies on the streets of Scottsdale, Ariz.
NHTSA Chief Tries Campaign-Style Tour to Encourage Recall Repairs
8/10/2016National Highway Traffic Safety Administration chief Mark Rosekind is on a five-day bus tour through the South to urge car owners to get their recalled vehicles fixed.
Hitachi Automotive Pleads Guilty to Price Fixing, Again
8/10/2016Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd. has agreed to plead guilty and pay a fine of at least $55 million for fixing prices on shock absorbers it sold to Suzuki and Toyota, the U.S.
Third GM Ignition Switch Trial Begins
8/9/2016Jurors in a district court in Texas heard opening arguments today in the third trial this year that blames General Motors Co.’s defective ignition switch for a fatal car crash.
Dealers Claim Cadillac’s U.S. Retail Plan Aims to Trim Their Ranks
8/9/2016Dealer groups are complaining to General Motors Co. that Cadillac’s new U.S. retail scheme, Project Pinnacle, is actually a disguised effort to illegally prune their ranks.
Apple, BAE Receive Patent for Articulated Vehicle System
8/9/2016Apple Inc. and Sweden’s BAE Systems Hagglunds AB have been awarded a U.S. patent for a pivoting system that connects the front and back sections of an articulated military-style tracked vehicle.
Lear Renames Electrical Business “E-Systems”
8/9/2016Auto interiors giant Lear Corp. has renamed its electrical operations "E-Systems" and plans to grow the business at a rate of five percentage points better per year than overall market growth through early next decade.
Panasonic Acquires German Software Company OpenSynergy
8/9/2016Panasonic Corp. says it has purchased OpenSynergy GmbH, a German developer of vehicular software.
Car Sales Jump 23% in China
8/9/2016Sales of passenger vehicles in China soared 23% to 1.6 million units in July, according to the China Passenger Car Assn. It was the largest year-on-year gain in 18 months.
PSA Hikes Car Prices in U.K. to Offset Weak Currency
8/9/2016PSA Group has raised its vehicle prices 2%-3% in the U.K. to offset the weaken pound sterling.