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Fuel
Major automakers side with Trump on emissions rules
GM, Toyota clash with rivals Ford, BMW that are siding with California.
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Asia-Pacific
Record number of Mexican-made vehicles cross borders to be sold in North American, Asian markets
Mexican factories exported a record-breaking 1.74 million vehicles worldwide during the first six months of 2019. The majority of those vehicles – 1.37 million –…
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Equipment
GM autonomous vehicle subsidiary Cruise nabs $1.15B investment
Cruise Automation, the autonomous vehicle startup acquired by General Motors (NYSE: GM) in 2016, has secured an equity investment of $1.15 billion that values the…
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Autonomous Vehicles
Uber and Waymo seeking outside funding for autonomous tech
Uber and Waymo are admitting they don’t want to commit the resources necessary for autonomous tech to be commercially viable.
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News
Honda confirms Swindon plant closure
Car manufacturer Honda confirmed the closure of its factories in Swindon and Turkey saying global trends were the cause of the closures that will occur…
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News
“Shattering blow” – Honda to announce Swindon plant closure
Closure of Honda’s plant in Swindon will cost 3,500 jobs at the factory and thousands of related jobs, including in logistics companies.
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News
Industry turns to exoskeletons to boost worker productivity
A growing number of factories, warehouses, and construction sites are integrating unpowered exoskeleton devices into their operations. Workers and companies using these devices are expected…
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Autonomous Vehicles
Moody’s suggests that autonomous vehicle startups have inherent disadvantages
The credit rating agency says that well-capitalized, risk-sharing joint ventures between incumbent automakers have the best chance of successfully bringing AV products to market safely…
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News
Today’s Pickup: PepsiCo blames high transportation costs, GM partners with Honda
BNSF announced that former chief executive Matthew Rose will retire from a his role as executive chairman of the largest freight railroad in the U.S.…
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Canada
Today’s Pickup: food is the next big thing to disrupt Amazon
The next big thing is food. Not just food, but hot food, and not just hot food but hot--delivered--food.
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