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OCTOBER 24, 2016

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ZF Venture Capital Unit Takes First Stake

German parts supplier creates Zukunft Ventures to tap start-ups for new technology and know-how.

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Ford Reveals SEMA Concepts, Oak Ridge Converts CO2 Into Ethanol, “Shocking” Autonomous Tech Benefits

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Forecast: October Daily Sales to Reach 15-Year High

Sales from the Detroit Three are expected to fall 1.5% from last year, while the other four top automakers should see sales grow a combined 3.7%.

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North American Light-Vehicle Production Posts Record September

At the end of Q3, light-vehicle production in all three countries was ahead of same-period 2015.

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The Big Story: Today’s Hackers Use ‘Soft’ Approach

“It is not a blunt-force hacker who is breaching your system without you knowing about it. It is trying to get in through another door,” says NADA’s Brad Miller.

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Indian Ride-Sharing Service Joins With BMW on High-End Cabs

The partnership will give Ola, an app-based taxi service, cheaper credit for individual drivers buying cars, after-sales support, guaranteed buyback and safety-systems and technology training from BMW-certified instructor.

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GM Reportedly Adding SUV Production Line at China JV

China's official news agency reports GM's joint venture with local automaker SAIC will be able to manufacture 360,000 new-generation Chevrolet Equinox SUVs a year when it opens in first-half 2017.

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Nissan CEO Denies Report of New Investment in Biggest U.K. Car Plant

A London newspaper reports CEO Carlos Ghosn, who has warned he might abandon new investment in Nissan's U.K. plant without guarantees of compensation for higher tax costs resulting from the U.K.'s withdrawal from the European Union, says the automaker has not yet decided whether to build its new Qashqai model in Britain.

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