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The automaker says the vehicles may have had a driver's air bag replaced with a Takata inflator after a crash or in a previous recall.

The Korean automaker says the vehicle will be the first to offer three powertrain options in a single body.

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Ford spokeswoman Christin Baker said late on Thursday the automaker «confirmed with the President - elect that our small Lincoln utility vehicle made at the Louisville Assembly plant will stay in Kentucky.»

The North American CEO of Toyota, for example, said steel and aluminum tariffs could make vehicles more expensive to manufacture, which would in turn force automakers to drive up costs for buyers.

The automaker «will shift toward a lower volume passenger car lineup in North America and Europe, while competing in more profitable sub-segments of the utilities market, as demonstrated by vehicles such as the new Edge ST and the upcoming Bronco,» Ford said in a statement.

The two automakers have submitted a plan to recall 1.3 million vehicles due to an engine defect that could cause them to stall, the companies said in a statement.

The automaker said will introduce an electric version of its Kona small sport utility vehicle (SUV) with a driving range of 390 km in the first half of next year.

«Automakers run millions of defective vehicles through loopholes in the current reporting system,» Ditlow said.

Daimler AG Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche said Sunday the German automaker planned to invest another $ 1.3 billion to expand sport utility vehicle (SUV) production at a factory in Alabama.

U.S. auto safety regulators said on Thursday that 20 automakers have agreed to make automatic emergency braking standard on nearly all U.S. vehicles by 2022, a move that could prevent thousands of rear - end crashes annually.

The automaker said it will also use Telenav's technology for its vehicles in North America.

Hyundai and smaller affiliate Kia, which together make the world's fifth - largest automaker, said demand was expected to soften in the U.S. and Chinese markets as they unveiled a combined sales target of 7.55 million vehicles this year.

Analysts said that would be a slight increase on 2017, when the automakers are estimated to have sold about 7.3 million vehicles, their lowest in five years.

«Automakers have been working to mitigate distraction in vehicles since we developed the first set of distraction guidelines in 2003 — years before this issue entered the broader public debate and a full decade before NHTSA published its guidelines for vehicles,» said the Alliance of Automotive Makers, an automotive trade group made up of 12 car and light truck manufacturers including BMW, Chrysler, Ford, GM and Toyota.

The app - based service has already started offering 30 vehicles at over 15 sites in Chicago for $ 8 per hour, including gas and insurance, the automaker said on Thursday.

A number of automakers have said they plan to begin deploying self - driving vehicles, some of them in commercial fleets, by 2020 - 2021.

The automaker also said that it plans to build between 15,000 and 17,000 vehicles in fourth quarter, and to deliver between 17,000 and 19,000 — meaning the company would make 50,000 to 52,000 deliveries for the year.

The country is not a huge plug - in EV market, but it is a large vehicle market and no automaker has yet to really open it up, Shepard says.

Even though some of the first autonomous vehicle ETFs have major automakers including BMW, GM, Ford and Tesla among top holdings, «These are more tech funds than automakers [stock] funds» said Drew Voros, editor - in - chief of ETF.com.

Ford (f) also announced its intention to make self - driving cars for commercial ride - sharing or on - demand taxi services by 2021, a target the automaker says it will reach by expanding its Silicon Valley research lab, as well as investing in or buying autonomous vehicle technology startups.

During Tesla's conference call today, CEO Elon Musk elaborated on Tesla's plan to bring Model Y, the automaker's upcoming all - electric CUV, to production and he said that the vehicle will bring «a manufacturing revolution» in 2020.

The automaker said it wanted to reassess its testing program after an autonomous Uber vehicle killed a pedestrian.

Mueller said the difference in protection between drivers and passengers was due in part to some automakers placing a greater emphasis on the vehicle frame and structure for the driver's side of the SUV.

Automakers produce about 90 million cars each year, but less than 2 percent of those are electric vehicles, said Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk in Hong Kong last week.

DE), the world's largest automaker by sales, has admitted it had rigged emissions tests in diesel - powered vehicles in the United States and U.S. authorities said on Monday they would widen their probe to other automakers.

The southern Chinese automaker initially said it had hoped to start selling vehicles in the United States in 2017.

More immediately, America's largest automaker will offer Lyft drivers vehicles for short - term rent through various hubs in U.S. cities, the companies said in separate statements on Monday.

The Irvine, California - based company, which compiles prices on new and used vehicles, said U.S. automakers are confident in...

The automaker of fully electronic cars said in a press release it delivered approximately 24,500 vehicles in the third quarter, of which 15,800...

Automakers posted mixed November sales, and the National Automobile Dealers Association said it expects new vehicle sales to decline to 16.7 million units in 2018, after dropping to 17.1 million for the full year in 2017.

TOKYO (AP)-- Mitsubishi Motors Corp., the Japanese automaker tarnished by a massive recall cover - up 15 years ago, owned up to another scandal Wednesday, saying employees had intentionally falsified fuel mileage data for several vehicle models.

TOKYO (AP)-- Mitsubishi Motors Corp., the Japanese automaker under investigation for lying about fuel economy data for some models, said Wednesday such tampering is suspected in all of its vehicles sold in Japan.

The Japanese automaker said Wednesday vehicle sales will...

Mitsubishi Motors, the Japanese automaker under investigation for lying about fuel economy data for some models, said Wednesday such tampering is suspected in all of its vehicles sold in Japan.

Schneiderman said without sufficient penalties, automakers lack incentive to produce fuel efficient vehicles.

New York, California and three other U.S. states said they sued the federal government for delaying the rollout of higher «gas - guzzler» penalties for automakers whose vehicles fail to meet minimum fuel - economy standards.

The Bush administration and automakers are touting fuel - cell vehicles as a nonpolluting technology, but engineers at the Laboratory for Energy and the Environment at MIT say the nonpolluting claim is not necessarily true.

South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor Co. is «very, very bullish» on fuel cell vehicles, Hyundai Motor America CEO John Krafcik said at the 5th International Environmentally Friendly Vehicle Conference earlier this month, where the company featured its Tucson ix FCEV.

Automakers have said they're concentrating fuel - cell vehicle sales in California, expanding to other states as more hydrogen fueling stations come available.

«It was a major consideration for automakers and designers,» said Britta Gross, director of advanced vehicle commercialization policy at GM.

«I get really frustrated with the automakers that say, «We can't sell [electric vehicles].

The next stage for automakers should be to take the electric drivetrain as a given, and imagine a vehicle around it that optimizes everything an electric drivetrain does, O'Connell said.

Valence has already modified a Prius... Marc Kohler, business development manager for Valence's vehicle systems program, says the major automakers appear to be acting disinterested, but it's not the full picture... «Publicly they have to say one thing, but R&D guys are actively researching it,» says Kohler, pointing out that high oil prices, national security issues, the fact that the technology is available, and the slow progress of fuel - cell cars has created an ideal environment for pursuing plug - in hybrids.

Although automakers are pushing for autonomous and shared vehicles, Elkann says, traditional car sales will remain the bulk of the industry.

The automaker says that drivers may get confused and accidentally leave their vehicles in gear and could get hit by it should they get out and the parking brake is disengaged.

The new company would generate about 120 billion euros ($ 171 billion) in revenue and sell about 6.4 million vehicles, Reuters said, using figures from the automakers» past fiscal year figures.

Volkswagen and Audi are not extending the offer to owners with the automaker's 3.0 - liter V - 6 diesel vehicles, Audi spokesman Brad Stertz said.

Those figures would position GM as the world's largest automaker for 2011; Volkswagen Group said it sold 8.16 million vehicles globally last year, up 14.3 percent year - over-year and most likely positioning the company as the second - largest automaker of 2011.

The all - new 2017 Audi Q7 is the first vehicle in the «large SUV» category to go through IIHS» challenging small - overlap test; IIHS says Audi specifically paid for the test and provided the test vehicle because the automaker believed the crossover would perform well in the test.