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New Ford Fusion Stops for Safety
4/5/2016Ford Motor Co. will offer 20 driver-assist technologies across its 2017 Fusion midsize sedan range, including hybrid and plug-in hybrid variants.
Ford Prepares S. African Plant for New SUV
4/5/2016Ford Motor Co. is spending 2.5 billion rand ($167 million) to prepare its factory in Pretoria, South Africa, to make the Everest SUV.
Toyota Developing Adaptive Head-Up Display
4/5/2016Toyota Motor Corp. is developing a new head-up display system that can move the position of the displayed information based on vehicle and driver inputs.
BAIC Readying High-Performance EV?
4/5/2016Beijing Automotive Industry Corp. is expected to unveil an all-electric supercar concept later this month at the Beijing auto show.
Shanghai Vows to Install 210,000 EV Charging Units by 2020
4/5/2016The city of Shanghai says it will expand its number of charging poles for electric vehicles tenfold to 210,000 units by the end of the decade.
Mexican State Seeks Break on “Excessive” Incentives for Kia Factory
4/5/2016The Mexican state of Nuevo Leon says it is within days of resolving efforts to ease tax incentives that two years ago helped convince Kia Motors Corp. to erect a $1 billion plant there.
Tesla’s First-Quarter Sales Miss Target
4/4/2016Tesla Motors Inc. says its sales grew 50% to 14,800 units in the first quarter of 2016. But results fell short of its 16,000-unit target because of snags in in-house component output for its new Model X electric crossover vehicle.
March Car Sales Stall in Germany
4/4/2016New-car deliveries in Germany were flat at 323,000 units last month, according to industry group VDA.
Honda Launches 6th Recall in Japan for Fit Minicar
4/4/2016Honda Motor Co. is recalling its popular Fit minicar for at least the sixth time in Japan, on this occasion to fix flaws that could cause engine fires and loss of power steering.
Toyota Forms Connected-Car Data Unit
4/4/2016Toyota Motor Corp. is launching a U.S. data company to develop new ways to wirelessly connect vehicles to each other, their environment and their owners’ homes.