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DECEMBER 22, 2017

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European Automakers Critical of Emissions Targets

Under Brussels’ new low-emissions mobility strategy, cars and vans registered in the EU in 2025 will have to emit 15% and in 2030, 30%, less CO2, compared with 2021’s 95g CO2/km for cars and 147g CO2/km for vans.

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 GM Pulls the Plug on the Volt, ZF Uses Blockchain For Car Sharing, Can Tesla Hit Its Goals?

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UAW’s Chief Chrysler Bargainer Jewell to Retire

Outgoing UAW official Norwood Jewell has not been charged in the embezzlement case.

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December U.S. Forecast: Market Will Hit 17.5 Million SAAR

The year will finish with 17.1 million vehicles sold, 2.0% behind 2016.

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North America Production Down 3.6% in November

Results varied among manufacturers in the region, with huge gains by several automakers while others pulled back production.

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Diesels’ Removal Linked to Cleaner Air, Fuel Savings

Researchers believe their estimate of emissions reductions is conservative, because their analysis is based on all older diesels being replaced by cars with new diesel engines, whereas many in fact would be swapped for electric or hybrid-electric vehicles.

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Central London Drivers Facing Stiff Emissions Fees

London’s “T-Charge,” which took effect Oct. 23, hikes the daily cost of a journey into the city’s center by up to £21.50 for drivers of older, more-polluting vehicles.

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Ford CEO Apologizes Over Harassment Accusations

Jim Hackett, responding to a New York Times report that management at two Chicago plants reacted inadequately to sexual-harassment complaints, apologizes in an open letter and says Ford has zero tolerance for harassment.

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Safety Advocates Call for Wider Installations of Automatic Emergency Braking

Twenty automakers agreed last year to make automatic emergency braking standard on 99% of light vehicles sold in the U.S. by September 2022, but the technology was installed in only 19% of new vehicles sold in the 2017 model year.

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Volkswagen Cuts Salaries of Works Council Members

Volkswagen CEO Matthias Mueller says the pay cuts and suspension of bonuses to 14 works council members are an effort to play it safe while German prosecutors investigate alleged overpayments.

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