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Detroit Auto Show Expands Tech Startup Roster
12/7/2017The Detroit auto show’s AutoMobili-D expo next month will include 57 startup companies—a 40% increase over the number of such participants at this year’s inaugural event in January.
Ford, Alibaba Explore Strategic Alliance
12/7/2017Ford Motor Co. has signed a development agreement with Chinese tech giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. to explore several potential strategic partnerships.
Mexico Sets New Auto Production, Export Highs
12/7/2017Mexico’s auto industry has already surpassed last year’s totals for the production and export of cars and light trucks, according to the Mexican Auto Industry Assn.
Report: Companies in U.K. Brace for a Messy Brexit
12/7/2017Companies in multiple industries are making plans to survive the likelihood that the U.K. will exit the EU in 2019 with no interim trade deal in place, Reuters reports.
Ford Assigns Production of New Electric SUV to Mexico
12/7/2017Ford Motor Co. has decided to build an upcoming electric crossover vehicle in Mexico instead of Michigan, according to an internal memo cited by Automotive News.
Mahindra to Add Three More EVs to Lineup by 2020
12/7/2017Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. says its Mahindra Electric subsidiary is adding three new all-electric vehicles by 2020 to supplement the four models it already sells in India.
Former VW Exec Schmidt Gets Maximum Sentence in Diesel Scandal
12/6/2017Oliver Schmidt—the former Volkswagen AG executive who pleaded guilty in August to lying about VW’s diesel pollution cheating—has received the maximum sentence of seven years in prison and a $400,000 fine.
Mitsubishi Motors to Hike Capacity 10%
12/6/2017Mitsubishi Motors Corp. is launching a 25 billion-yen ($223 million) effort to expand its global production capacity 10% to 1.5 million units over the next 18 months.
Jakarta Plans Congestion Tax to Cut Traffic
12/6/2017Jakarta is readying a congestion tax in 2019 to help coax drivers to take public transportation instead.
Safety Group Slams GM’s In-Car Shopping App
12/6/2017General Motors Co.’s new Marketplace shopping app likely will increase distraction-related accidents and fatalities, warns the National Safety Council.