Category: Motor Age Articles
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Ford store employee killed in accident at Virginia dealership
Authorities identified the victim who was killed Monday afternoon in a workplace accident at a Ford store near Richmond, Va., as Jamison Paul Garrett, of Hanover. He was an employee of the car dealership.
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Chase Auto extends payment relief for U.S. workers as shutdown drags on
J.P. Morgan Chase is extending payment relief for its auto customers as the government shutdown stretches into its third week, revising an earlier estimate that the relief would cease Jan. 4.
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Mercedes retools CLA with beefier engine for 2020
The second-generation four-door Mercedes CLA arrives with a sportier design and a beefier engine. Based on Mercedes’ next-generation Modular Front Architecture, or MFA2, platform, the 2020 CLA Coupe is equipped with a 2-liter, inline-four turbocharged …
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U.S.-China trade talks extend to Wednesday, Trump sees progress
U.S.-China trade talks in Beijing are progressing and will extend into Wednesday, an American negotiator said. The discussions during the past two days “went well,” according to Steven Winberg, an Energy Department official who spoke to reporters in Be…
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BMW campaign promotes CPO using old ads
BMW’s new ad campaign is for certified pre-owned BMW vehicles, so its ad agency Goodby is recycling the ads that were originally used for the vehicles when they were new.
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Audi recruits BMW’s former brand boss to be new sales chief
Audi said former BMW executive, Hildegard Wortmann, will take charge of its sales and marketing effective July 1. Wortmann will succeed Bram Schot, who was promoted to Audi CEO on Jan. 1.
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Move aside, backseat driver! New tech at CES monitors you inside car
This week at CES, a host of startup companies will demonstrate to global automakers how the sensor technology that watches and analyzes drivers, passengers and objects in cars will mean enhanced safety in the short-term, and revenue opportunities in th…
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Defender fans don’t like what they think they see in 2020 model
A strict retro Defender would have been instantly written off by Rover fans looking for something new. A completely different looking vehicle from the original would have brought the ire of traditionalists. So there was never any way to please everyone.
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GM’s Cruise CTO leery of spinning off from automaker parent
A top executive at GM’s Cruise unit is cautious about an idea Wall Street keeps raising: The automaker’s self-driving unit ought to spin off from the core car business and cash in on its potential.
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EV startup Byton reportedly aims to raise $500 million
Chinese-funded electric vehicle manufacturer Byton is seeking to raise at least $500 million to finance growth, valuing the nearly 3-year-old company at more than $4 billion, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters.