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- Toyota-owned automaker tampered with safety tests for 30 years https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/27/business/daihatsu-japan-production-halt-safety-tests-intl-hnk/index.html 91 comments
- Popular SUV Tank 300 goes viral because owner complained on social media that his vehicle got bricked remotely by the automaker due to owner “watching porn movies multiple times while the vehicle is in drive mode”. Owner has to wait till Nov 12, 2024 before being eligible to request for "unbricking" https://x.com/ray4tesla/status/1829415386183512134 240 comments nottheonion
- Automakers Are Sharing Consumers’ Driving Behavior With Insurance Companies - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/11/technology/carmakers-driver-tracking-insurance.html 3 comments privacy
- The Big 3 automakers now have record offers on the table. UAW says they can do more. Proposed wage increases over the contract are now at 23%. GM called it the most significant offer that it has ever proposed, noting that the majority of workers would earn $84,000/year by the end of the agreement. https://www.npr.org/2023/10/20/1207642196/uaw-auto-workers-strike-big-3-detroit-union-gm-ford-stellantis 2 comments economy
- Mercedes-Benz Says Self-Driving Option Ready to Roll - German automaker seeking approval for use in U.S. as well. https://www.thedetroitbureau.com/2022/05/mercedes-benz-says-self-driving-option-ready-to-roll/ 29 comments technology
- Swedish automaker Volvo Cars said on Monday it will suspend car shipments to the Russian market until further notice, becoming the first international car maker to do so as sanctions over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine continue to bite https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/international-business/article-volvo-suspends-car-shipments-to-russia-as-sanctions-over-ukraine/ 38 comments worldnews
- Tesla is beating German automakers on their own turf even without Giga Berlin – Should they be scared? https://electrek.co/2022/01/18/tesla-beating-german-automakers-own-turf-without-giga-berlin/ 43 comments wallstreetbets
- Nobody Can See Into Facebook: Imagine if automakers were the only ones who could test their cars—and they kept the results secret https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/10/facebook-oversight-data-independent-research/620557/ 148 comments technology
- Toyota, the world's biggest automaker, said Friday it aims to make its production carbon-neutral by 2035, replacing the previous target date of 2050 https://techxplore.com/news/2021-06-toyota-carbon-neutral.html 18 comments environment
- Automakers going all-in on EVs https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/lddbim/automakers_going_allin_on_evs/ 46 comments investing
- Automakers idle more plants as chip shortage worsens; Samsung warns of spread to cellphone production https://www.nbcnews.com/business/autos/automakers-idle-more-plants-chip-shortage-worsens-samsung-warns-spread-n1256178 8 comments technology
- Automakers prep for stronger mileage standards under Biden https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-technology-fuel-efficiency-standards-fuel-efficiency-66beb74628fb8c8073fdbc69182248f7 8 comments politics
- Defying Trump, 4 Automakers Lock In A Deal On Greenhouse Gas Pollution https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/17/climate/california-automakers-pollution.html 59 comments technology
- Dieselgate: Volkswagen to pay €830 million settlement to German consumers. Five years after the Volkswagen emissions scandal began, the automaker has reached a settlement with Germany's consumer federation. The amount is a fraction of what the company was ordered to pay American consumers. https://www.dw.com/en/dieselgate-volkswagen-to-pay-830-million-settlement-to-german-consumers/a-52572281 5 comments worldnews
- Justice Department Drops Antitrust Probe Against Automakers That Sided With California on Emissions https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/07/climate/trump-california-automakers-antitrust.html 7 comments politics
- South Korea's largest automaker Hyundai Motor will suspend all domestic production this week because of a lack of parts due to the coronavirus outbreak in China, it said https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/02/china-admits-shortcomings-coronavirus-death-toll-hits-425-200203234036932.html 6 comments worldnews
- Chinese decimation of Indian phonemakers is complete. Automakers next? https://m.economictimes.com/industry/auto/auto-news/chinese-decimation-of-indian-phonemakers-is-complete-automakers-next/articleshow/73627777.cms 42 comments india
- Farmers are slamming Trump's $28 billion farm bailout — more than double Obama's 2009 payment to automakers — as a 'Band-Aid' https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-farmer-bailout-more-than-double-obama-automaker-payout-2009-2019-9 76 comments politics
- House Democrats ask if Trump interfered in DOJ automaker antitrust probe https://www.reuters.com/article/us-autos-emissions-trump-antitrust/house-democrats-ask-if-trump-interfered-in-doj-automaker-antitrust-probe-iduskbn1w42we 3 comments politics
- Hit hard by trade war, automakers from BMW to Ford hope Trump will hold off on new round of tariffs https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/16/automakers-hope-trump-will-hold-off-on-new-round-of-tariffs.html 10 comments politics
- Automakers to warn Trump of $45 billion higher vehicle costs if tariff imposed https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-autos-costs/automakers-to-warn-trump-of-45-billion-higher-vehicle-costs-if-tariff-imposed-iduskbn1jm2lu 122 comments worldnews
- Tesla becomes most popular automaker in Norway, where 32% of new cars are electric http://agnnews.com/tesla-becomes-most-popular-automaker-in-norway-where-32-of-new-cars-are-electric/ 3 comments business
- Bad News for Automakers: The Average US Household Can't Afford a New Car http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2017/06/28/bad-news-automakers-average-us-household-cant-afford-new-car 46 comments politics
- GNU Automake 1.15.1 released http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2017-06/msg00007.html 10 comments linux
- Volkswagen passes Toyota as world's largest automaker despite scandal https://news.google.com/news/amp?caurl=http%3A%2F%2Famp.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2F97234320%2F#a-8db531de-99d2-47fc-b15a-5ece9a517895 3 comments worldnews
- US Department of Transportation has laid out 10 autonomous vehicle proving grounds where research teams, automakers and startups can try out their technology before it hits the streets. https://www.engadget.com/2017/01/19/usdot-autonomous-vehicle-proving-grounds/ 3 comments technology
- Trump Now Threatening Automakers in Canada and Germany http://www.nbcnews.com/business/autos/trump-now-threatening-automakers-canada-germany-n707531 74 comments politics
- China to penalize U.S. automaker for monopolistic behavior: China Daily http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-autos-penalty-iduskbn143014 13 comments worldnews
- Uber Rival Ola to Announce Partnership With One of India's Biggest Automakers http://fortune.com/2016/09/07/ola-mahindra-project/ 2 comments india
- Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, said on Sunday it plans to join the class-action lawsuits filed against Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p.DE) over the German automaker's emissions scandal. http://reut.rs/1tfryuj 15 comments europe
- Government to soon allow automakers to make ethanol-fuelled vehicles http://www.economictimes.com/industry/auto/news/industry/government-to-soon-allow-automakers-to-make-ethanol-fuelled-vehicles/articleshow/50200576.cms 4 comments india
- Volvo just posted this to their facebook page. Glad to see automakers taking cyclists into consideration. https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/1264585_10151711869912083_1459493941_o.jpg 94 comments bicycling
- "Did Apple forget to tell automakers about the new Siri button?" http://www.autoblog.com/2012/06/14/did-apple-forget-to-tell-automakers-about-the-new-siri-button/ 28 comments apple
- Calling China "the crown jewel in the GM universe," Chief Executive Daniel Akerson said the automaker plans to launch more than 20 new or redesigned cars in China over the next two years. "China is central to our global strategy," he said http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/15/gm-china-the-crown-jewel-_n_823289.html 3 comments reddit.com
- Why is it that a man can travel from Canada to Mexico on a high-mileage prototype vehicle (that he built in 1985) on one tank of gas yet automakers continue to insist that the tech just isn't feasible? http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/dailyweekly/2010/09/craig_henderson_drives_from_ca.php 229 comments reddit.com
- Toyota ranks 17th out of 20 among automakers in the overall number of complaints per vehicle sold. http://www.edmunds.com/help/about/press/161506/article.html 184 comments business
- Bush seeks quick release of $25B in loans to automakers but opposes Democratic plan. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/bush-wants-25b-in-loans-apf-13582022.html 10 comments business
- Why giving the Big 3 automakers (more) money is flat out stupid http://401kmaze.com/why-giving-the-big-3-automakers-more-money-is-flat-out-stupid/ 9 comments business
- Automakers Report Grim October Sales http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/04/business/04auto.html?ref=business 3 comments business
- GM posts huge loss, Exxon posts huge profit.... Wasn't it the lobbying of gas companies that persuaded these automakers to stop the electric car production? http://money.cnn.com/2008/08/01/news/companies/general_motors/index.htm?cnn=yes 44 comments business
