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<title><![CDATA[Tesla and Chrysler trade barbs about paying back Uncle Sam]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 23 May 2013 15:34:18 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Tesla CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter today to respond to Chrysler's barb that Tesla wasn't the first American automaker to repay the U.S. government for aid. Tesla, which paid off the remaining $451.8 million on its 2010 Department of Energy loan Wednesday, received $465 million under the highly ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ally to pay ResCap $2.1 billion to settle creditor claims]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 23 May 2013 14:30:56 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[WILMINGTON, Delaware (Bloomberg) -- Ally Financial Inc., the auto lender majority-owned by the U.S. government, agreed to pay $2.1 billion to avoid lawsuits related to its bankrupt mortgage unit, Residential Capital LLC. Under the settlement, Ally will pay $1.95 billion in cash to the ResCap ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Lasorda, Penske launch venture fund for tech startups]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 23 May 2013 13:00:29 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[DETROIT -- Tom LaSorda, the former CEO of Chrysler Corp. and Fisker Automotive Inc. , has started a new limited partnership private venture capital fund for startup companies in health care, clean energy, transportation, information technology, software and applications. LaSorda, 58, who has named ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A Chevy EV for $20K (5/23/13)]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 23 May 2013 08:30:54 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Spark to lease for $199 a month; Ford closing Aussie sites; probe reaches ex-Saab chair Muller; Snyder: Mixing cars, politics.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Former Saab Chairman Muller to be summoned in tax inquiry, report says]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 23 May 2013 03:34:36 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -- A Swedish prosecutor wants to question former Saab Automobile Chairman Victor Muller as part of an inquiry into suspected tax offenses at the automaker, a Swedish newspaper reported. Earlier this week Jan-Ake Jonsson, Saab's former CEO, ex-Chief Financial Officer Karl-Gustav ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Marchionne will face gov't pressure to commit to Italy]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 23 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[MILAN (Bloomberg) -- The Italian government plans to press Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne over concerns he's shifting the carmaker and heavy truck manufacturer Fiat Industrial away from the country. Industry Minister Flavio Zanonato told newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore that he will meet with the CEO next week ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Small BMW team rethought electric cars for huge cities]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 23 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[BMW's Project i began nearly six years ago as the carmaker began to position itself for the motoring challenges of the future. Later this year its first model, the i3 city car, will go on sale in Europe. In an interview with Automotive News Europe sister publication Automobilwoche , Project i chief ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ford to shutter Australia car, engine plants in 2016]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 23 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[MELBOURNE, Australia -- Ford Motor Co., saddled with high costs, falling sales and financial losses, will close Australian car and engine assembly plants in October 2016 after almost nine decades of manufacturing in the country . Ford, the smallest of the country's three manufacturers after Toyota ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ford to shutter Australia car, engine plants in 2016]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 22 May 2013 20:04:21 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[MELBOURNE, Australia -- Ford Motor Co., saddled with high costs, falling sales and financial losses, will close Australian car and engine assembly plants in October 2016 after almost nine decades of manufacturing in the country . Ford, the smallest of the country's three manufacturers after Toyota ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Gentex CFO leaves but will work with supplier as consultant]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 22 May 2013 16:02:02 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Gentex Corp., a maker of rearview mirrors and electronics parts, said its CFO and vice president of finance has left the company but will remain a consultant with the supplier. Steve Dykman, 47, had been vice president of finance since 2006 and CFO since 2007. He had been with Gentex for nearly 20 ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Seeking Store-Closure Data (5/22/13)]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 22 May 2013 14:35:08 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Lawmakers dig into fairness of '09 dealer shutdowns; GM treasury group leaves NY for Motown; Harbaugh moves from field to track]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Michael Stanton, longtime D.C. advocate for automakers, to retire in 2014]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 22 May 2013 11:50:43 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Michael Stanton, a longtime lobbyist and a driving force for automakers in public policy, will retire as president and CEO of the Association of Global Automakers in early 2014. Stanton, 68, has represented automakers in Washington and state capitals across the country for more than 35 years, ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Tesla pays back balance of DOE loan]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 22 May 2013 10:48:52 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (Bloomberg) -- Tesla Motors Inc. said it paid off the entire balance of its U.S. government loan given as part of a Department of Energy program to spur development of alternative energy vehicles. "In addition to payments made in 2012 and Q1 2013, today's wire of almost half a billion ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Daimler may sell company-owned German dealerships to cut costs]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 22 May 2013 07:19:26 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[FRANKFURT (Reuters) -- Daimler may sell four company-owned Mercedes-Benz dealerships in Germany to cut costs and help close a profitability gap with rivals BMW and Audi, which rely more on franchises run by private entrepreneurs to sell cars. Daimler could mount a bigger sell-off if those ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Lutz's VL Automotive, Chinese supplier bid for Fisker, report says]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 22 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[DETROIT (Reuters) -- A boutique automaker led by former General Motors executive Bob Lutz and China's largest auto parts supplier submitted an offer to buy cash-strapped automaker Fisker Automotive, people familiar with the matter told Reuters. VL Automotive and China's Wanxiang Group made an offer ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Are worries over slower, smaller tax refunds overblown?]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 22 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Some lenders complained in first-quarter earnings reports about smaller and later tax refunds. IRS refund statistics weren't down by much, but any change is important because tax refunds contribute to the annual peak in subprime financing, according to dealers and subprime lenders. Charles Bradley, ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Opel keeps Bochum logistics center open to fulfill contract]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 22 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[BOCHUM, Germany (Bloomberg) -- Opel will keep a spare-parts distribution center open until 2016 at its plant in Bochum, Germany, as long as two years after vehicle production ends at the site, to respect an operating agreement. Opel will fulfill a contract with Neovia Logistics Services LLC that ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Automakers, dealers remain opposed to bill preventing rental firms from renting recalled vehicles]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 May 2013 18:34:25 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Major automakers and auto dealers told a Senate panel Tuesday that they remain opposed to legislation that would prohibit rental car companies from renting or selling vehicles that are subject to a federal safety recall. Representatives from the National Automobile Dealers Association and the ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Subaru's Hot Streak (5/21/13)]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 May 2013 16:20:41 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Brand racks up U.S. sales gains, Forester wins in Consumer Reports; Marchionne: Sorry for slur; Mercedes app pays off.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Auto dealers escape worst of tornado's wrath]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 May 2013 15:06:08 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Car dealers were recovering from damage and organizing aid to survivors today after a two-mile-wide tornado ravaged an Oklahoma City suburb, but there were no reports of the massive twister directly hitting dealerships. The tornado -- which devastated suburban Moore on Monday afternoon -- caused at ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Lutz's VL Automotive, Chinese supplier bid $20 million for Fisker, report says]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 May 2013 14:02:03 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[DETROIT (Reuters) -- A boutique automaker led by former General Motors executive Bob Lutz and China's largest auto parts supplier submitted an offer of $20 million to buy cash-strapped automaker Fisker Automotive, people familiar with the matter told Reuters today. VL Automotive and China's ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ford to maintain Canadian factory footprint despite high labor costs]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 May 2013 12:49:20 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[TORONTO (Bloomberg) -- Ford Motor Co., Canada's top-selling automaker, is confident it can preserve its manufacturing profile in the nation despite unfavorable operating costs tied to the high Canadian dollar, the company's lead executive for the country said. "We are optimistic despite the ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Marchionne apologizes for 'wop engine' comment]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 May 2013 11:44:34 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[DETROIT --andnbsp;Fiat-Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne has issued a written apology to an Italian-American anti-bias organization for saying at the Detroit auto show that an Alfa Romeo needed a "wop" engine. Marchionne, an Italian-born Canadian citizen, issued the apology this month to the Italian ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Marchionne apologizes for 'wop engine' comment]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 May 2013 11:44:34 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[DETROIT -- Chrysler-Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne has issued a written apology to an Italian-American anti-bias organization for saying at the Detroit auto show that an Alfa Romeo needed a "wop" engine. Marchionne, an Italian-born Canadian citizen, issued the apology this month to the Italian American ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Former Saab CEO Jonsson, two other execs arrested on tax charges]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 May 2013 07:04:21 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[STOCKHOLM (Bloomberg) -- Three former Saab executives, including former CEO Jan-Aake Jonsson and Chief Financial Officer Karl-Gustav Lindstroem, were arrested by Swedish prosecutors in an accounting-fraud probe. Three people were questioned on Monday on suspicion of "grave attempts to complicate ...]]></description>
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