Xilinx has signed a deal with Chinese electric-vehicle manufacturer BYD to provide its Zynq chips for driver-assist applications in both commercial and passenger vehicles.
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Uber Technologies received approval from Pennsylvania to resume self-driving car testing on public roads this week, state records show, nine months after it suspended the program following a deadly accident in Arizona.
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ZF North America's plan to expand its Northville, Mich., headquarters is turning out to be a much less ambitious one.
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Lexus remains the most-liked brand by dealers in the latest National Automobile Dealers Association Dealer Attitude Survey. Porsche moved up one spot into the top five in the summer survey, while Volvo and Ram unseated Kia and Ford to climb into the top 10.
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The top U.S. auto safety regulator is accelerating the process for reviewing whether automakers can deploy self-driving vehicles without devices such as brakes and steering wheels. Automakers must currently meet nearly 75 safety rules, many of them written with the assumption that a licensed driver would be able to control the vehicle using traditional human controls.
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General Motors said it plans to cut 50 jobs at a suburban Detroit lithium ion battery assembly plant after the largest U.S. automaker announced last month it will end production of its plug-in hybrid Chevrolet Volt in 2019.
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Michael Larson, the director who was leading the effort to find a replacement for Mike Jackson as AutoNation's CEO, abruptly stepped down Monday.
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German engineering firm IAV has agreed to plead guilty to a felony in the U.S. and pay a $35 million fine for its role in helping Volkswagen market and sell diesel-powered vehicles that used a defeat device to cheat on U.S. emissions testing.
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A self-driving technology company has launched a delivery service that's available to members of the public using vehicles that have no humans aboard.
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Former UAW official Nancy Johnson was sentenced to one year and one day in prison for her involvement in misusing union training center funds for lavish dinners and personal benefits.
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