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U.S. preparing to make autonomous vehicle randd easier
NHTSA is moving ahead with plans to revise safety rules that bar fully self-driving cars from the roads without equipment like steering wheels, pedals and mirrors, Reuters reported.
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EU clears Slovakia aid for Jaguar Land Rover plant
The EU said it had concluded that Slovakia's 125 million euros ($143.7 million) of investment aid to Jaguar Land Rover to build a plant in the country was in line with its state aid rules.
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Why Cadillac edged Tesla in Consumer Reports' semi-automated driving test
Cadillac outscored Tesla in a new ranking of partially automated driving systems tested by Consumer Reports. The organization has been testing several automated driving systems in recent years.
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Trump administration puts self-driving testing sites in play, report says
Ten sites picked by the Obama administration to be nation's hotbeds of self-driving car testing will soon have to compete with the rest of the country, two sources told Bloomberg.
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UK sales drop 21% after WLTP introduction
UK new-car registrations dropped 21 percent in September following the introduction of a new testing regime, the SMMT industry body said.
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How GM got ahead of Waymo in deal with Honda
Honda spent two years checking out the technology belonging to Google's Waymo. But then it surprised the industry and went another route, investing $2.75 billion with GM's self-driving unit.
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PSA warns that making vehicles separately for UK and EU would impact British production
PSA's Europe boss, Maxime Picat, has said that if the UK's departure from the EU disrupts trade to the extent the automaker has to make vehicles separately for the two markets, there would be an impact on its British production.
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EU lawmakers' proposed CO2 target criticized by auto industry
A proposal by EU lawmakers to cut CO2 emissions by 40 percent was criticized by industry association ACEA, which said the measure would increase costs for consumers and cause job losses.
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EV battery producers prepare for huge production increase in Europe
Now that Europe's automakers are ramping up plans for electrified vehicles, suppliers are investing in industrial scale battery cell production in the region.
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VW forms task force with battery cell supplier LG Chem ahead of EV launch
VW has formed a biweekly task force with South Korean battery cell supplier LG Chem to ensure the security of VW's supply chain for electric-vehicle batteries.
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