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NHTSA Tells Auto Industry Not to Comply With Massachusetts Data Laws

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It passed, approved by nearly 75 percent of voters , and requires manufacturers operating within the state to equip modern cars with a standardized open access data platform that allows third parties to access telematics data. Your author is inclined to agree and would prefer customers have the final say on what happens with their data.

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Some Members Of The Auto Industry Are Still Clueless About Electric Vehicles

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Even though this cluelessness is hardly new information, it is still fascinating to see it when it presents itself. I know, I know, online comment sections are a vacuum for the egomaniacally ill-informed. Yeah, big shocker, right? I recently had an exchange with said cluelessness in the comments section of a LinkedIn post.

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JSW Group wants to disrupt auto industry, to create ‘Maruti movement’ with new energy vehicles – Sajjan Jindal | Autocar Professional

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Like 40 years ago, 1984, when Maruti came into India, it changed the auto industry. It brought in very efficient cars, very lightweight cars, and the Ambassadors and the Fiats went into oblivion and Maruti brought in state-of-the-art new cars and today they are the 50% market leader. They control market share.

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EC rolls out CARS 2020 action plan for European auto industry

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Antonio Tajani, Vice President of the European Commission in charge of Industry and Entrepreneurship, introduced the EC’s CARS 2020 Action Plan aimed at reinforcing the European automotive industry’s competitiveness and sustainability heading towards 2020. —“CARS 2020”. The car sector will also face a similar trend.

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Dealer Groups are Up In Arms About Potential for Scout and Sony Afeela to Sell Cars Directly to Buyers

The Truth About Cars

Dealers are often the first group to sound concerns when something changes in the auto industry, whether they’re justified in their complaints or not. Advocates for the groups have long complained that they’ve received no information from automakers after years of trying. where it’s currently unclear how they’ll be sold.

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China to Encourage Consolidation in Auto Industry; Push to Increase Market Share of Domestic Automakers

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China’s central government plans to implement a new policy in the first half of this year to encourage auto industry consolidation and further the development of Chinese-brand passenger vehicles, an official from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said at a recent news conference.

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Volkswagen Group’s new Future Tracks program targeting digitalization era in auto industry; “James 2025”

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Dieter Kempf, President of BITKOM, the IT industry Association, Winterkorn declared that the increasingly intensive networking of cars with their surroundings and automatic driving would be the key topics for the intelligent mobility of the future. Their wishes concerning their own cars are changing faster and faster.