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Strikes Continue at South Africa Car Plants
8/22/2013A walkout on Monday by hourly workers at the South African plants of six carmakers, including Daimler, General Motors and Toyota, continues to idle the country's auto industry.
Volvo CEO Pays €500,000 to Settle MAN Corruption Probe
8/22/2013Volvo Cars Corp. CEO Hakan Samuelsson has agreed to pay €500,000 to German charities to settle an inquiry into possible links to corporate corruption when he headed commercial truckmaker MAN SE in 2005-2009, Bloomberg News reports.
Tesla Uses Its Own Scoring System to Tout Crash Test Results
8/22/2013Tesla Motors Inc.'s Model S electric sedan has earned the best overall vehicle safety score among all current model year cars tested by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Tesla EV Rated Safest Among 130 Cars Tested by NHTSA
8/22/2013Tesla Motors Inc.'s Model S electric sedan has earned the best overall vehicle safety score among all current model year cars tested by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Lexus to Open Car-less “Brand Experience”
8/22/2013Toyota Motor Corp.'s Lexus brand plans to open several "spaces" where would-be customers can peruse art, fashion, culture, film, music and technology but no Lexus production cars.
Smith Electric Vehicles Forms Taiwan Venture
8/21/2013U.K.-based Smith Electric Vehicles Corp., a maker of electric commercial vehicles, is partnering with Taikang Technology Corp. to make and sell its EVs in Taiwan.
Nissan Pickup Will Offer Cummins Diesel Option
8/21/2013Nissan Motor Co. says the powertrain options for its next-generation Titan fullsize pickup will include a new 5.0-liter diesel from Cummins Inc.
Saab Could Resume Production By Year-End
8/21/2013Saab Automobile's new owner tells Automotive News Europe the company is "practically ready" to begin producing the Saab 9-3 small sedan late this year.
Conti to Partner with Google, IBM on Self-Driving Car Systems
8/21/2013Continental AG is finalizing separate partnerships with Google and IBM to develop technologies for autonomous vehicles, according to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
More Hybrids Ahead for Ferrari
8/21/2013Ferrari SpA says it has no interest in electric vehicles. But the company does see a bright future for hybrid powertrains in its supercars.