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Continental has named Dirk Abendroth, a former BMW executive now employed at Chinese automaker Byton, as the new chief technology officer at its automotive unit.

Fiat Chrysler said earnings rose 13 percent in the third quarter despite losses in Europe and Asia.

Fiat Chrysler said earnings rose 13 percent in the third quarter while reducing its forecast for how much cash it will have on hand at the end of the year.

Sin Cars, a Bulgarian producer of racing cars that compete in the GT4 European amateur championship series, plans to go public to finance expansion into the EV market.

Pizza Hut and Toyota have unveiled a robot-operated mobile pizza factory in the bed of a modified Toyota Tundra pickup. The vehicle will use automated technology to cook pizzas on-the-go in the U.S.

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Volkswagen CFO Frank Witter said the automaker was open to deeper alliances with outside companies, particularly in the area of autonomous driving, where Google’s Waymo is seen to be an industry leader.

Former Audi CEO Rupert Stadler, who is being investigated for his role in Volkswagen Group’s emissions-cheating scandal, has been released from custody in Germany.

Daimler and BMW have both seen their car-sharing ambitions crushed in Stockholm, a city that is seen as one of the toughest markets in the world.

Bentley CEO Adrian Hallmark said a failure to reach a Brexit deal would be damaging to the company’s annual profit and in a worst-case scenario could limit the brand’s ability to invest, and lead to its UK plant closing for a few extra days.