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- GM to lay out vision for autonomous vehicles Nov. 30
General Motors plans to share its "vision for an autonomous future" during an investor event on Nov. 30 in San Francisco.
- 9 automakers earn perfect LGBTQ-equality score
Nine automakers are among the record-breaking number of 609 companies that garnered a perfect score for LGBTQ equality in an annual study.
- German regulator launches another probe into VW emissions scandal
Germany's financial watchdog is investigating whether Volkswagen illegally disclosed information about emissions violations to third parties, adding to the company's legal headaches more than two years after the scandal broke
- NTSB to probe autonomous shuttle crash in Las Vegas
The Navya Arma, an autonomous EV operated by Keolis North America, went into service on Wednesday. A few hours later, a delivery truck backed into the stopped shuttle.
- OPEC sees a future world with fewer cars
Among the revelations in OPEC's just published World Oil Outlook is a notable change in assumptions about cars and light trucks. The cartel expects 137 million fewer of them on the road in 2040 than it did just two years ago.
- Hertz has profitable role to play in ride-hailing, CEO says
The rental-car business isn't dead and working with ride-hailing companies will actually offset any market share lost to them, the CEO of Hertz says.
- Mahindra considers selling SsangYong vehicles in U.S.
Mahindra is considering introducing vehicles made by its South Korean subsidiary in the U.S., according to Managing Director Pawan Goenka.
- UAW loses bid to organize auto supplier plant in Ohio
Workers at a Chinese-owned auto glass plant in southwestern Ohio voted heavily against union representation in a major blow for the UAW's strategy to unionize foreign-owned auto factories.
- Utilities raise game to preserve EV tax credit
The upside of tax reform has made many automakers reluctant to put lobbying muscle fully behind a fight to preserve an incentive for a market that only represents 1 percent of sales. But an alliance of environmentalists and utilities is stepping up.
- U.S. Senate tax plan preserves EV credit
A U.S. Senate tax reform proposal unveiled on Thursday does not eliminate a $7,500 electric vehicle tax credit as Republicans in the House of Representatives have proposed.
