In Silicon Valley, it is common for larger companies to acquire struggling startups primarily to hire their engineers, a move known in the industry as an "acqui-hire."
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Consulting firm AlixPartners says return on investments in autonomy and electrification remains a long way off. Meanwhile, headwinds are emerging on the traditional sales front.
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In a survey, participants found the highest satisfaction with adaptive cruise control, automatic emergency braking and blind spot warning systems. Lane-keeping features were less popular or effective, with respondents reporting annoying alert chimes, vibrations or overly aggressive steering corrections.
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Unifor, the union that represents about 40,000 workers in the auto industry, wants to ensure parts workers affected by GM's decision to end vehicle assembly at its Oshawa, Ont., plant are fairly compensated for the coinciding loss of jobs.
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Nearly 100,000 of the affected vehicles, which date back to 2002, are in the U.S., and about 25,000 in Germany.
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The investment adds to roughly $1.4 billion GM has invested in the facility for the next-gen SUVs since 2015, including construction of a new paint shop.
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A spy photographer may have captured the best image yet of the upcoming Land Rover Defender by training a camera lens on the instrument cluster of a test vehicle.
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The automaker expects to complete its move from Cypress, Calif., to Franklin, Tenn., by the end of the year and to initially be housed in temporary office space as it looks for a permanent location.
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Takata's bankruptcy estate is claiming that airbag inflator supplier ARC Automotive breached its contract by selling defective parts that triggered a major GM safety recall.
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Since 2000, when BMW took over production of Mini from MG Rover and launched the second generation, the cars have grown in size, price and complexity. And with each new iteration, they have drifted further from the brand's values.
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