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The GM-backed Cruise Automation team revealed that its market valuation hovers around $19 billion.
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Mercedes-AMG will build cars in China for the first timeMercedes-AMG will build cars in China for the first time this year, underscoring its desire to sell more performance cars in the country.
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Free from Opel tie-up, Buick readies new design languageDesigners gave insiders a glimpse into what's coming next for Buick now that it's no longer affiliated with Opel.
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VW Golf reportedly dead in US after current generation, GTI and Golf R live onVolkswagen is reportedly eliminating the standard Golf in the U.S. to concentrate on the performance models of its compact hatchback.
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China's Zotye prepares to enter US by 2021 with T600 crossoverChina's Zotye plans to launch in the United States in late 2020 or early 2021 with a small crossover dubbed the T600. A mid-size crossover and a sedan are also in the pipeline.
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New Land Rover Defender will be built in SlovakiaAfter decades of production in its traditional home of Solihull, United Kingdom, Land Rover's Defender nameplate will soon make a new home in Nitra, Slovakia.
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First Tesla, then Ford, and now General Motors. The U.S. automaker confirmed during an investor call on Tuesday it definitely has plans to build an electric pickup truck. The news came directly from CEO Mary Barra and follows small hints the automaker had an electric pickup truck in the pipeline. Most importantly, it follows years of Tesla teasing a future electric pickup truck and Ford's confirmation this past January that it has an electric F-150 on the way. Barra's confirmation also follows failed investment talks with Rivian, an electric-car startup focused on trucks and SUVs. Weeks after...
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Faraday Future hangs on with bridge loanThe soap opera that is Faraday Future's road to production took a new twist on Monday with the EV startup announcing a bridge loan that will keep funds flowing as the company attempts to raise capital to get the FF91 crossover into production and develop additional models. There's a potential $225...
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Smart to exit US after 2019Smart cars will no longer be available in the United States after 2019 but the brand will live on elsewhere due to a new partnership with Geely.
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$2.8B Toyota R&D center includes test track that mimics the NürburgringToyota announced on Thursday that it has built a test track in Japan that mimics some of the toughest sections of the famed Nürburgring.
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Former Renault Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn released on bail, againCarlos Ghosn was arrested for a second time only a day after he took to Twitter to reveal that he was ready to "tell the truth" about his alleged financial misconduct while running the Renault Nissan Mitsubishi Alliance, but now he's out on bail.
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GM adds second shift, 400 jobs at Corvette plant for mid-engine C8In anticipation of the redesigned 2020 Chevrolet Corvette, General Motors has announced it will add a second shift and more than 400 workers at the car's plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
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China's Qiantu has teamed up with America's Mullen Technologies to build a 430-horsepower electric sports car called the K50 in the United States.
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Lucid's new CEO was the chief engineer of the Tesla Model SPeter Rawlinson was the lead engineer of the Tesla Model S and now he is CEO of the rival EV startup Lucid.
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Tesla losses swell to $702M for Q1 2019 as deliveries dropTesla's Q1 2019 losses swelled to $702 million but the company is confident of return to profitability in just two quarters.
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Hyundai design boss says best looks from the brand are yet to comeHyundai design chief SangYup Lee says the new Sonata's looks are just the tip of the iceberg, the next Tucson crossover will be even wilder.
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Waymo will build its self-driving cars in DetroitWaymo will build its fleet of self-driving taxis in a leased facility in Detroit, where it will have access to a pool of automotive talent.
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Ford invests $500M in Rivian with electric F-150, Tesla pickup truck in mindFord plans to invest $500 million in Rivian and use the American EV startup's modular platform to develop a zero-emission vehicle for the Ford brand.
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GMC has filed to trademark the name GMC Granite with the United States Patent and Trademark Office for the fourth time in 10 years, and it could indicate that a new subcompact or full-size crossover is on the way.
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21 people arrested for stealing 100 cars from Daimler's Car2Go carsharing service in ChicagoA fraud ring of 21 people stole 100 vehicles from the carsharing service Car2Go in Chicago using fraudulent means.
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Toyota and Kenworth reveal first fuel cell-electric truck ready to haul cargoIt's been two years since Toyota and truck manufacturer Kenworth showed off a proof of concept for a semi-trailer truck powered purely by hydrogen. On Monday, they showed off the first of 10 planned examples that late this year will start transporting cargo across the Los Angeles basin and to...
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2020 Corsair to be first Lincoln built in ChinaThe 2020 Lincoln Corsair will become the brand's first model produced in China, Automotive News (subscription required) reported on Wednesday. The Corsair's MKC predecessor is Lincoln's most popular model in China, and the new, much more handsome replacement is likely to continue this trend...
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Ford introduces smart key fobs to thwart hackersFord has a solution to keep hackers from stealing crucial information encoded in a key fob. The automaker announced last week that its smart key fobs will include a sleep mode to prevent hackers from decrypting key signals. A hacker is capable of using what's called a "relay box" to extend a signal...
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US EV startup Rivian plans 6 models by 2025Rivian presented concepts for an electric pickup truck and related SUV last November at the 2018 Los Angeles Auto Show, but the EV startup plans to follow them up with even more models, and quickly. In an interview with Bloomberg published Wednesday, Rivian CEO and founder R.J. Scaringe revealed...
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