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To earn the EPA’s rare 50-plus highway fuel economy rating for the 2018 Cruze diesel sedan, Chevrolet engineers didn’t just drop in a fuel-efficient engine and transmission and call it done.

Distracted driving, responsible for thousands of deaths annually worldwide, might not disappear unless every vehicle on the road is fully autonomous.

Key Safety Systems is starting to look like the Mouse that Roared. The Michigan airbag maker is engaged in an uphill battle to acquire Takata Corp.

Several states are considering legislation that could exclude technology companies from operating self-driving vehicles within their borders.

Frank Ferrara, Hyundai Motor America’s retired vice president of customer satisfaction, says the lack of a long-term focus and doing “crazy stuff” can get in the way of building stronger parts and service operations.

RFJ Auto Partners will begin to expand its Hassle Free Buying strategy, a form of one-price selling, to all of its stores starting this year. It currently uses the model at its high-volume Dave Smith dealerships.

Government regulations for highly automated vehicles will need to be limited and carefully crafted, lest they stand in the way of progress, writes Bill Kohler.

A pledge by Mercedes-Benz to give U.S. dealers a 10-year moratorium on making facility changes is unusual.

Ontario Minister of Economic Development Brad Duguid said Canada is ‘fortunate’ to begin a NAFTA dialogue with the Trump administration ‘from a position of absolute strength.’

Daimler AG will stop selling gasoline-powered Smart cars in the U.S. and Canada later this year and will convert the microcar brand to an electric vehicle-only endeavor.