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Study of Sustainable Value in Automobile Manufacturing Finds Mixed Performance for Most OEMs, BMW and Toyota as the Clear Leaders

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Daihatsu, on the other hand, generally fell just within the negative zone. The study also highlights the potential improvement that a car giant like General Motors has in how it could improve its long-term sustainability performance. The ranking of the 17 manufacturers based on the Sustainable Value Margin. Click to enlarge.

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Driving Dystopia: Automakers Are Selling Your Driving Data to Insurance Companies

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Using the Fair Credit Reporting Act to obtain a copy of his report, Dahl was confronted with a 258-page consumer disclosure document outlining just about everything that had been done with the vehicle. According to the report, the trip details had been provided by General Motors — the manufacturer of the Chevy Bolt.

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U.S. Regulator Proposes Updated Rules for Autonomous Vehicles in Exchange for Data

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In 2021, the San Francisco Police Department reportedly asked Waymo and General Motors' Cruise to hand over footage obtained by autonomous test vehicles in the hope that they’d help solve crimes. The advent of AV STEP could be a big help to General Motors, in particular.

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Thomson Reuters analysis finds automotive new propulsion technology patent activities surge 6-fold in 5 years

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Automotive patent filings reduced to one document per DWPI family charted by category and the publication year of the earliest family member. In contrast, the United States’ one representative in the top 10 assignees, General Motors, is seventh on the list, with short of 3,000 patents. Click to enlarge.

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NHTSA awards Virginia Tech Transportation Institute $1M for V2V framework project

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Doerzaph says the framework being designed and subsequently documented as a set of design principles will serve as a reference guide by designers of apps and driver systems for connected automobile and related wireless devices, with driver safety and ease of use as a focus.

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Tecnomatic S.p.A. sues Remy, claiming false statements in DOE grant application over HVH stator winding technology

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an international maker of stator technology used in hybrid and electric automobiles, filed a $110-million lawsuit today in United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against Remy, Inc. Tecnomatic S.p.A. , in order to conceal its true origin.

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Ford, GM rolling out third-party developer programs for in-vehicle apps

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Reflecting the rapid evolution of the automobile as an application development platform, both Ford and GM announced programs to support third-party development of in-vehicle applications at CES in Las Vegas. Ford Developer Program.

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