Some administration officials want to expand environmental credits that encourage production of flex-fuel vehicles that can run on high-ethanol gasoline and would require government agencies to use more of them -- both steps that could increase the use of corn in fuels.
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Mercedes-Benz, in a setback to White House efforts to ease federal fuel-efficiency targets, may be the next automaker to agree to California's new voluntary light-vehicle emissions rules with four major automakers, The New York Times reported, citing two people familiar with the automaker's plans.
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Daimler is reviewing the product portfolio at its vans division, where sales have been hit hard by doubts about the cleanliness of diesel engines, a top executive said, adding the X-class midsize pickup truck is not delivering sales the company targeted.
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The California Department of Motor Vehicles is reviewing whether Volvo's 2-year-old subscription service diverts customers from dealers to the company and if Volvo failed to properly notify franchisees and the state's New Motor Vehicle Board about the program, among other complaints by the state's new-vehicle dealers.
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There may have been a few surreptitious images of future cars that appeared in a few newspapers before Jim Dunne came along, but it was Dunne, a widely admired journalist, who made a business out of it.
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North American companies, led by automakers, increased spending on industrial robots in the second quarter, even as many businesses remain tight-fisted about other types of investments amid a prolonged trade war with China.
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Porsche Cars North America CEO Klaus Zellmer calls the infotainment partnership -- for streaming services -- with Apple Music a “brand fit.”
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Cadillac is turning to the brothers who directed "Avengers: Endgame" to promote its newest crossover.
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From Acura to Bugatti, from bespoke to concept, the show was not short of eye candy. Here's a roundup of what showed up on the stands.
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The "Normal Now" ad attempts to spark sales by making comparisons to other technologies that were once niche but are now common.
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