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VW Australia, Auto Club Escalate Squabble Over Dieselgate
AAA wants local owners compensated with cash, just like U.S. buyers. VW says it is withholding entries in the club’s Best Cars awards competition because it doesn’t think it will get a fair shake.
By Alan Harman • Aug. 19, 2016 -
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Global Hybrid Sales Alive and Well, Toyota Says
Driving Toyota’s growth was the overseas market, which rose 26% on the strength of new entries including the RAV4 Hybrid in North America and Europe and the Levin and Corolla hybrids in China.
By Roger Schreffler • Aug. 19, 2016 -
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Chevy Corvette GS Hits Sweetest of Sweet Spots
The Corvette GS is more than just colorful stripes and badges. It adds track-oriented items such as upgraded cooling, chassis and driveline technologies.
By James M. Amend • Aug. 19, 2016 -
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Indian Supreme Court OKs Larger Diesels in Delhi
Domestic automakers and importers estimate they lost Rs75 billion in business since a ban on diesel cars with 2.0 or larger engines was imposed in December in India's third-largest city.
By Sudhakar Shah • Aug. 17, 2016 -
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Travel Ban for VW-Audi Execs in Korea; Indictments Planned
If the three executives being questioned are indicted, they would face charges carrying a maximum 5-year prison sentence or a 30 million won fine.
By Vince Courtenay • Aug. 16, 2016 -
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P3 North America Stewards CharIN Expansion
Combined Charging System inlets accommodate standard AC and quick-charging DC connectors, giving electrified-vehicle owners the flexibility to utilize either option.
By James M. Amend • Aug. 16, 2016 -
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Infiniti QX30: Why Sibling Rivalry Is Good
The Renault-Nissan Alliance and Daimler have a cooperative agreement that has spawned the new QX30, a likable luxury compact CUV that handles well, looks stylish inside and out and is affordable. But it’s really a Mercedes-Benz under the skin.
Aug. 16, 2016 -
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All-New LaCrosse Delivers on Concept Promise
Buick’s bread-and-butter LaCrosse sedan quietly drops 300 lbs. and gains a sportier attitude for ’17.
By Bob Gritzinger • Aug. 12, 2016 -
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Auto Suppliers Quietly Making Interiors Less Noisy
Exa is a U.S.-based developer of engineering software that allows OEMs and vehicle engineers to see and hear the source of noise before prototype vehicles are built, so the design can be tweaked to eliminate it.
By Kitty So • Aug. 11, 2016 -
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U.K. EV Chargers May Outnumber Fuel Stations by 2020
More than 75% of U.K. gasoline stations have closed in the past 40 years, whereas the number of EV charging locations has surged from a few hundred in 2011 to more than 4,100 in 2016, Nissan says.
By Paul Myles • Aug. 11, 2016 -
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Semi-Autonomous Tech Complements 550-HP Range Rover
The new Range Rover SVAutobiography Dynamic will be powered by a supercharged, 550-hp V-8 with 502 lb.-ft. (680 Nm) of torque delivered through an 8-speed automatic transmission with tuned suspension.
By Paul Myles • Aug. 11, 2016 -
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Oz Motoring Group to Conduct Own Emissions Tests
The Australian Automobile Assn. wants to see how manufacturers’ claims stack up against emissions tested on the streets and says it is acting because the government will not.
By Alan Harman • Aug. 10, 2016 -
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Gasoline, Alternative Fuels Gain on Diesel in U.K.
Contracthireacar.com says 86% of leasing deals in first-half 2015 were for diesel cars, with gasoline at 12.8% and 1.2% for alternative-vehicle fuels such as hybrids and EVs. Through the same period this year, diesel slipped to 79.3%, gasoline 17.6% and alternative fuels 3.1%.
By Paul Myles • Aug. 9, 2016 -
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Nissan Armada Fashionable, But Falls Short for Families
The 7- or 8-passenger SUV returns for ’17, now on the Patrol platform with good mechanics but dated infotainment technology.
Aug. 9, 2016 -
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Ford Slashes Water Use in Half in Producing New EcoBlue Diesel
The annual water savings is enough to fill seven Olympic-size swimming pools, the automaker says.
By Paul Myles • Aug. 8, 2016 -
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Engine Mix Steady; CVTs Soar
A WardsAuto survey sees modest gains in 4-cyl. LV engines in ’16-models, while auto transmissions get more speeds and CVTs soar.
By Al Binder • Aug. 3, 2016 -
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GM Treads Lightly on Opel Diesel News
German regulators absolved Adam Opel of diesel-emissions-tampering allegations, but GM Vice President Dan Nicholson won’t say, “I told you so.”
By James M. Amend • Aug. 2, 2016 -
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Dieselgate Continues As Korea Bans VW, Audi Sales
The Ministry of the Environment’s latest action brings the total number of Audi VW vehicles banned for sale in Korea to 209,000 units, roughly 68% of all vehicles sold by the automaker in the country since 2007.
By Vince Courtenay • Aug. 2, 2016 -
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The Road to MBS: Plug-Ins Good for Long Hauls and Commuting
The Hyundai Sonata and Ford Fusion Energi PHEVs are roomy and comfortable 5-passenger sedans with a powerful value proposition that combines practicality, economy and environmental friendliness.
Aug. 2, 2016 -
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Automakers Should Get Going With Pokémon Go
What car companies can learn from Pokémon Go is a new definition of “digital experience.”
By Rajaram Radhakrishnan and Prasad Satyavolu • Aug. 1, 2016 -
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Delphi Plans Singapore Driverless Car Deployment
Over a period of 30 months and in partnership with the island country’s transportation authority, the supplier will put fully autonomous prototypes into service by 2019.
By James M. Amend • Aug. 1, 2016 -
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100 Dead Every Day
It almost seems a little silly to get hung up on one fatality in a semi-autonomous car when this technology offers the potential to eliminate 80% to 90% of all accidents.
By John McElroy • July 29, 2016 -
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Bentayga: A River Runs Through It
Central to the Bentayga Fly Fishing by Mulliner’s interior design are two individual, saddle-leather-trimmed cases for refreshments and storing waders, as well as a master tackle station.
By Paul Myles • July 28, 2016 -
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BMW Makes N55 Engine New Again
For those who thought BMW’s excellent N55 turbo inline-6 was headed for retirement, a test drive in the M2, with a 365-hp modified N55 under the hood, shows this engine can run with the best.
July 27, 2016 -
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Sustainability, Innovation Driving Tesla CEO Musk
CEO Elon Musk has long sought to evolve Tesla into more than a manufacturer and seller of automobiles and position it as part of a greater campaign to promote clean energy. That could explain his recent bid to purchase, and fold into the Tesla brand, the largest installer of residential solar-power systems in the U.S., SolarCity.
By Erik Derr 1 • July 26, 2016
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