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Nearly all U.S. vehicles will be equiped with automatic emergency braking systems by September 2022. Major automakers plan to announce they have agreed on this decision. Adding the technology could prevent thousands of crashes a year. The final agreement on this decision includes automakers representing more than 99 percent of U.S. light vehicle sales. Among those joining the deal are Toyota Motor Corp., General Motors, Ford Motor Co., Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Honda Motor Co. and Volkswagen AG .Automatic emergency braking includes systems designed to prevent cra...
The biggest U.S. carmaker General Motors raised its 2016 earnings outlook on Jan. 13 Wednesday as it follows up a banner year of U.S. sales with major product launches and touted the benefits of hard-won efficiencies.General Motors has put together a respectable string of sales strategies: 28 consecutive months of growth in commercial vehicle sales to companies.As GM pulls back from less-profitable sales to rental agencies, the company has channeled much of those resources into the more-lucrative business of selling pickups, vans and Chevrolet Malibus and Equinoxes to contractors, landscapers ...
Fiat dealers in the U.S. will be allowed to combine operations with adjacent Chrysler-Jeep-Dodge-Ram stores. This is a part of Fiat Chrysler's new plan aiming to boost the sales of the brand.This strategy could save a retailer selling 15 new Fiats a month an average of $180,000 per year in duplicate third-party vendor expenses. Dealers who decide to stick with the existing stand-alone Fiat showroom will receive about two-thirds of the savings as well as other benefits to their monthly operations. FCA will also simplify its underperforming Fiat produ...
Ford Motor Co. and Fiat Chrysler both had their best February for U.S. sales since 2006, Nissan North America posted its highest market share for any month ever, while General Motors is on pace to lose share for a fifth consecutive year. Experts say that the explanation for all these facts is fleet. GM's fleet deliveries dropped 24 percent last month, resulting in a 1.5 percent drop in the company's overall sales. On the other hand, FCA's fleet sales surged 39 percent, Ford's jumped 42 percent, and Nissan's soared 54 percent. GM said it's making a st...
The automotive industry registered its strongest February in 15 years. Total U.S. sales grew 6.8 percent during the month to 1.3 million vehicles -- the best February in volume terms since 2001.Ford, paced by gains reached 20 percent. Fiat Chrysler rode strong demand for Rams and Jeeps to a 12 percent increase. Honda said sales improved 13 percent while Nissan said its sales grew 11 percent. Both Honda and Nissan said they set records for the month. General Motors, meanwhile, said sales fell 1.5 percent, a surprising decline that the company attributed to a 39 percent cutba...