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auto industry stories: 497 news summaries

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 Norwegian Electric Car
 Will Cruise US Streets 

Vehicle can log up to 110 miles on single charge

May 30, 08 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - An electric car that can travel up to 110 miles when fully charged will hit select US cities next year, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Think City, from Norwegian automaker Think Global AS, is already on the road in Norway, Sweden and Denmark, and will set American consumers back... More »

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pollution • Norway • automaker • Ford • gas prices • electric cars • auto industry • carbon emissions • Think Global AS

Used Hybrid Market Soars

But buyers beware pricey replacement batteries in aging
green cars

May 28, 08 10:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - The rising price of gasoline has heated up the used hybrid market, leading Newsweek writer Keith Naughton to wonder about the staying-power of the pricey battery the part-electric cars run on. Initial fears that Prius batteries would die well before the expected life of the car have proven unfounded, and... More »

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battery • Toyota Prius • auto industry • hybrid car • Honda Civic

OPINION

 $4 a Gallon?
 Keep It Coming! 

High prices are finally forcing Americans to fuel-efficient cars: Friedman

May 28, 08 5:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - The ideal presidential candidate wouldn’t pledge to cut gas prices—but would promise instead never to let them fall below $4 a gallon, writes Thomas L. Friedman in the New York Times. The high prices are finally forcing America to use fuel-efficient cars—and that’s crucial for the... More »

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energy • SUV • gas prices • auto industry • hybrid car

 Honda Sells 60 Millionth
 Super Cub 

Little cycle the best-selling motorized vehicle ever

May 24, 08 4:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Honda’s Super Cub motorcycle may look mundane, but it's also the best-selling motorized vehicle in history, Wired reports. In fact, Honda recently sold its 60 millionth. The Cub first put Honda on the map by making motorcycles safe for suburbanites. But the ultra-dependable little bike isn’t available in... More »

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Japan • Honda • motorcycle • auto industry • Japanese auto industry

SUVs Plunge in Value as Drivers Turn to Smaller Cars

Downsizing is in as pump prices start to pinch drivers

May 24, 08 8:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - SUVs are falling out of fashion fast as gas prices go through the roof, CNN reports. As drivers downsize to more fuel-efficient vehicles, gas-guzzlers are filling up used-car lots—but there aren't many buyers. The biggest SUVs—like the Cadillac Escalade, Ford Expedition, and Chevy Suburban—are dropping in value... More »

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Ford • SUV • gas prices • auto industry • vehicle • SUVs • drivers • pickup trucks

 Nanotech Cancer Risk Seen 

Nanotubes, widely used 'wonder particles,' could have asbestos-like effect

May 21, 08 4:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Researchers have found that microscopic “wonder particles” used in a small number of materials, including bicycle parts and bumpers, have asbestos-like effects if inhaled, the Los Angeles Times reports. Consumers aren’t really at risk from the carbon nanotubes, but factory workers making the products could be, the researchers... More »

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cancer • carbon nanotubes • auto industry • health research • nanotechnolgy

 American Axle Deal
 Restarts GM Plants 

Wage cuts, buyouts, buydowns, plant closings a bitter pill for workers

May 19, 08 7:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - General Motors is poised to resume production at dozens of idled plants as workers at American Axle & Manufacturing, a key GM supplier, have reached a tentative deal in their 11-week-old strike. The UAW strike had all but stopped the production of GM's highly profitable SUVs, pickups, and vans, reports... More »

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United Auto Workers • General Motors • buyout • auto industry • UAW strike • American Axel & Manufacturing

EU Will Toughen Car Ads
to Curb Gas Guzzlers

Regulations would require CO2, gas mileage info in every advertisement

May 16, 08 2:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Car ads in Europe will soon have to highlight gas mileage and carbon dioxide emissions under regulations in the works from the European Union, Der Spiegel reports. EU commissioners hope regulating ads will motivate more Europeans to ditch gas-guzzling models, but manufacturers and media execs aren’t happy. The plan... More »

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climate change • carbon dioxide • advertising • European Union • CO2 • Volkswagen • auto industry • carbon emissions

 Mercury Line
 May Hit the
 Scrap Heap 

Sales have slipped from half a million annually to 168K last year

May 10, 08 6:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Once a four-wheeled icon of cool, Ford's Mercury brand is steadily losing traction and may soon be parked for good, the Los Angeles Times reports. Ford has not yet announced a plan to scrap the line, but one key stockholder is urging the company to let it go.  "... More »

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retirement • Ford • auto • auto industry • car dealers • auto sales • Mercury • dealership • cars

Buy Our Minivan, Give Your College Fund a Boost: VW

$1,500 incentive offered with purchase of Routan model

May 8, 08 7:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Volkswagen is offering an innovative incentive to parents to buy their Chrysler-built Routan minivan: $1,500 in a college savings plan, Left Lane News reports. The partnership with Upromise might pale to those with more pressing concerns (or who hate planning ahead), though: Chrysler itself is offering a credit card... More »

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Chrysler • Volkswagen • auto industry • college tuition • savings • incentives • minivan

Earnings report

 US Woes Drive
 Toyota Profits
 Down 28% 

World's No. 2 automaker sees tough year ahead

May 8, 08 7:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Even Toyota—with its array of popular gas-sipping vehicles—is struggling in a slumping global economy, according to the latest figures. The world’s No. 2 automaker today reported that earnings for the last quarter fell 28% to $3.05 billion from $4.2 billion a year ago, reports the... More »

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Toyota • automaker • corporate earnings • yen • auto industry • auto sales • economy

Health Care Costs to US Manufacturers Skyrocket

US employers pay double the price foreign companies do

May 7, 08 12:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - The cost of providing health insurance to US workers is rising so fast it can't be passed along either to workers or customers, a new study reported in the Los Angeles Times finds. Manufacturers now spend, on average, $2.38 per worker per hour—more than twice as much as... More »

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health care costs • manufacturing • health insurance premiums • auto industry

Small Cars Surge Amid Sky-High Gas Prices

1 in 5 vehicles sold in April was compact or subcompact

May 2, 08 8:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Facing ballooning gas prices, many Americans are turning to smaller cars, with about one in five vehicles sold in April a compact or subcompact, the New York Times reports. That compares to one in eight 10 years ago. “It’s easily the most dramatic segment shift I have witnessed... More »

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SUV • auto industry • vehicle • auto sales • subcompact • cars

Earnings report

 Ford Surprises With
 $100M Q1 Profit 

Cost cutting offsets weak sales in US for world's No. 3 automaker

Apr 24, 08 7:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ford today posted an unexpected first-quarter profit of $100 million, Bloomberg reports, the result of cost cutting in North America and strong overseas sales. Analysts had anticipated a loss on the order of last year's first-quarter drain of $282 million. The world’s third-largest automaker said its revenues increased 1.... More »

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Ford • corporate earnings • Alan Mulally • auto industry

 Toyota Overtakes GM in Q1 

US giant's worldwide sales off 0.6% as overseas growth mitigates domestic dip

Apr 23, 08 1:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - GM’s vehicle sales fell 0.6% in the first quarter, helping Toyota, on 2.7% growth, take the global sales lead, the Wall Street Journal reports. Toyota sold 2.41 million vehicles worldwide to 2.25 million for the American giant, which was hurt badly by a 10.2%... More »

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Toyota • General Motors • auto industry • vehicle • auto sales • Japanese auto industry • first quarter earnings • cars

More Cuts Planned as Ford Shifts Out of Reverse

Investors rally for Mulally as turnaround picks up speed

Apr 23, 08 2:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ford was in the worst shape of Detroit's Big 3 a couple of years ago but chief executive Alan Mulally's sweeping changes have put the firm back on the road to profitability, the Wall Street Journal reports. The company has slashed jobs, and will likely cut more, and ditched its... More »

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Ford • Jaguar • Land Rover • Volvo • Alan Mulally • auto industry • US automakers

 Detroit Looks 
 to Pump Up Exports 

US automakers say cheap dollar, low-cost labor puts them in driver's seat

Apr 8, 08 12:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - The dollar’s declining value, lower labor costs, and other terms of new UAW deals have US automakers looking overseas as they attempt to reclaim market share and profitability, reports the Wall Street Journal. About half of US vehicle exports in 2007, which totaled $50.66 billion, went to... More »

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Chrysler • General Motors • Ford • Chevrolet • auto industry • US exports

 Roadblocks Zap Electric  
 Carmakers' Momentum  

Infighting and broken promises mar ambitious companies

Apr 6, 08 3:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - The more than two dozen startups racing to produce viable electric cars face a bumpy road, the Los Angeles Times reports, as they navigate infighting, skyrocketing costs, and lack of mass-production know-how. Meanwhile, a successful car would face serious competition from several major automakers working on innovations of their own.... More »

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environment • California • automaker • lawsuit • electric cars • auto industry • Tesla

 Tata's Luxury Buys
 Tell World 'We're Here' 

Jaguar, Land Rover acquisitions add dimension to Indian giant's broad base

Mar 26, 08 11:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Perhaps you’ve never heard of Tata, the Indian company that's the new owner of Jaguar and Land Rover—but it's already a $70 billion globe-straddling giant, the BBC reports, with major subsidiaries in a host of industries. Not content with dominating its fast-growing home market, Tata Motors sells cars... More »

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India • Ford • Jaguar • Land Rover • auto industry • Tata Motors • Tata Nano • Daewoo

 Alfa Romeo Revs Up
to US Market 

Analysts skeptical due to weak earlier run at American buyers

Mar 15, 08 8:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Italian automaker Alfa Romeo is ready for a second run at the US market, hoping to provide a stylish alternative to BMWs and Audis, the Los Angeles Times reports. A cultural icon in Italy, Alfa failed to win over Americans in the past—and is now sparking skepticism from... More »

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sports cars • auto industry • BMW • Fiat • Alfa Romeo

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