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Romney takes credit for auto rebound and critics howl
Posted 3:46 pm U.S. ET, May 8
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The Republican presidential candidate who vehemently opposed the government-led bailouts of Chrysler and General Motors three years ago, went on a Cleveland TV station Monday to take credit for the auto industry's turnaround. What's more, he claims that President ...
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How Hyundai is using safety feature in marketing
Posted 4:11 pm U.S. ET, May 3DETROIT -- This week, Hyundai Motor Co. sent out a press release to trumpet the fact that for now on, all its models will be equipped with brake-throttle override technology.
"Why?" you may ask.
Well, of course, the automaker says it wants to "continue its practice of providing critical safety technologies to i ...
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Audi's signature e-sound: Can you hear Hollywood?
Posted 11:48 am U.S. ET, April 10Here's something to ponder: If you were an electric Audi R8, what would you sound like?
Give up?
Well, not to worry: Audi engineers are working to answer this very question.
Starting with the R8 e-tron prototype -- an electric version of Audi's head-turning supercar -- they ...
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Another broadside for the EV industry
Posted 2:36 pm U.S. ET, March 30DETROIT -- As if we need another reminder that the initial glow around electric vehicles is fading, the Center for Automotive Research this week canceled its 2012 Business of Plugging In conference, mostly because of a lack of interest from the fledgling industry’s stakeholders.
The conference, started in 2009 by the Ann Arbor, Mich., center, ...
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VW ready to test America's appetite to plug in
Posted 3:59 pm U.S. ET, March 21Get ready America. Here they come: Volkswagen is bringing its test fleet of all-electric Golfs to the United States.
Yes, all 20 of them.
VW, which has been cautious so far, is now taking its first stab at full EVs.
As part of a pilot program, it plans to hand over the keys ...
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Alliance aims to boost election-year clout with PAC
Posted 12:01 am U.S. ET, March 17DETROIT -- The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers is bulking up on political muscle just in time for the 2012 general election.
The trade group, which represents 12 automakers including the Detroit 3, Volkswagen and Toyota, is setting up a political action committee, spokeswoman Gloria Bergquist said.
The all ...
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VW CEO Martin Winterkorn's pay is raising eyebrows, too
Posted 2:28 pm U.S. ET, March 12Editor's note: An earlier version of this blog had an inaccurate figure for VW's global sales last year.
WOLFSBURG, Germany -- Ford CEO Alan Mulally isn't the only major car executive raising eyebrows with his annual pay.
Today, at Volkswagen AG's annual meeting in Wolfsburg, journalists were particul ...
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VW has an app for its hefty annual report
Posted 8:55 am U.S. ET, March 12WOLFSBURG, Germany -- Don’t want to bother lugging around Volkswagen’s hefty, 360-page annual report?
No problem. VW has an app for that.
The German carmaker has created a downloadable iPad app for the group’s 2011 annual report.
The app gives users a &ldq ...
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How a Bentley SUV could become the upscale tailgate vehicle
Posted 11:26 am U.S. ET, March 9GENEVA -- A Bentley at a tailgate party?
Indeed, the ultra-luxury carmaker could very well put a new, more upscale twist on a beloved American pastime -- the football tailgate.
At the Geneva auto show this week, Bentley showed off a concept for its first SUV ever, a behemoth of a vehicle with a spacious interio ...
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Why Obama is advertising during a Republican primary
Posted 4:25 pm U.S. ET, Feb. 23DETROIT -- Barack Obama's re-election campaign threw its counterpunch today to all the negative publicity being heaped on the auto bailouts in the run-up to the Feb. 28 Republican presidential primary in Michigan.
A new TV ad released by the campaign defends the government's $85 billion rescue of the once-crippled domestic auto industry in 2008-09. ...
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CAFE correspondence has plenty of bipartisan back-patting
Posted 3:21 pm U.S. ET, Feb. 21Let the campaigning begin.
A bipartisan group of senators sent a letter last week to the federal government’s top auto industry regulators letting the regulators know that the senators endorse the administration’s proposed new corporate average fuel economy standards.
Yes, the same standards announc ...
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