Rupert Stadler, Ex-Audi Chief, Is Charged With Fraud in Diesel Scandal
Mr. Stadler, who led Volkswagen’s Audi luxury car division, was charged in Munich with fraud and illegal advertising tied to the emissions scandal.
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CreditKim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters Nissan Will Cut 12,500 Jobs, and Its Chief Hints at Leaving
The Japanese carmaker’s profit plunge suggests its problems run deeper than it has said, putting more pressure on it to fix its alliance with Renault.
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The S.U.V.s That Conquered Suburbia
At the Mudfest competition, sport utilities as varied as the once-limitless sedan market showed that there’s a hauler or a crossover for everyone.
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CreditMark Ralston/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Tesla Loses Less Money as Model 3 Sales Surge
The carmaker delivered a record number of cars in the second quarter but still lost money because sales of higher-priced models lagged.
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CreditChristopher Jensen The Little Hybrid That Could, and Still Can
After nearly two decades, 286,000 miles and countless skipped trips to the gas station, a 2000 Honda Insight in New England is ready to move on.
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CreditPatrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg Automakers, Rejecting Trump Pollution Rule, Strike a Deal With California
Four of the world’s largest automakers, including the Ford Motor Company, have struck a deal with California to reduce tailpipe pollution.
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CreditKevin Wong People Are Buying Really Expensive Cars on Instagram
A top dealer there, RD Whittington, hangs his shingle IRL.
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CreditJosh Ritchie for The New York Times ‘We’re Full,’ Car Dealers Say as Auto Sales Slow After a Long Boom
After seven years of strong growth, carmakers are selling fewer cars, cutting production and laying off workers as even inventories of unsold S.U.V.s rise.
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CreditHector Retamal/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Beijing Auto Buys Daimler Stake, Bolstering German Carmaker’s Ties to China
The deal strengthens the German automaker’s relationship with a Chinese counterpart in a country that has become an important market but where overall sales are falling.
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CreditGetty Images Flashing Your Headlights? You’re Probably Sending the Wrong Signals
There are no universally accepted, consistent standards for using headlights to communicate. “It means something different to everybody,” one expert said.
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CreditToshifumi Kitamura/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Renault and Nissan Need Each Other to Thrive in Future, 2 Leaders Say
The carmakers must reinvigorate their alliance and share the cost of a shift to electric, self-driving cars, Renault’s chairman and a Nissan board member said in separate interviews.
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CreditJeff Swensen for The New York Times Despite High Hopes, Self-Driving Cars Are ‘Way in the Future’
Ford and other companies say the industry overestimated the arrival of autonomous vehicles, which still struggle to anticipate what other drivers and pedestrians will do.
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CreditAudi A Shared Birthday Party for 2 Sporty Foreign Cars
The Audi TT, now 20 and an enduring object of desire, and the Datsun 240Z, unveiled 50 years ago, were not particularly powerful, but they’ve had staying power.
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CreditDavid Goddard/Getty Images Formula One Agrees to Keep the British Grand Prix at Silverstone
After the circuit’s owners walked away from their contract with F1 in 2017, the race there had been in doubt. On Monday, they signed a new contract.
