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The Oil Industry's Covert Campaign To Rewrite Car Emissions Rules

Marathon, the country's largest oil refiner, has backed the Trump administration proposal to roll back car efficiency standards. Erin Kirkland for The New York Times

By HIROKO TABUCHI

Energy giants and conservative groups have been aggressively pushing Trump's rollback of fuel efficiency rules for automobiles, a Times investigation found.

Murals depicting the long history of the local auto industry in Oshawa, Ontario.

Ian Willms for The New York Times

Pain and Sense of Betrayal as Canada G.M. Factory Closes After a Century

By IAN AUSTEN

"Just as you're getting older to know that you don't have a job, it's really heart wrenching," said a worker at the vast complex in Oshawa, Ontario, where families worked for G.M. for generations.

The VinFast, which is to be the first car built in Vietnam, got an introduction at the Paris Motor Show last month.

Dmitry Kostyukov for The New York Times

For Carmakers, Auto Shows Are No Longer Can't-Miss Events

By STEPHEN WILLIAMS

What used to be obligatory attendance at big-time shows, to attract thousands of media types in one place at one time, is now past.

A headlight can be made to split so that it avoids a car in front but still shines far ahead.

Audi AG

Smart Headlights Inch Closer to American Roads

By ERIC A. TAUB

The government is considering allowing headlamps that continuously adjust the beam for better night vision, but change may be two years away.

Honda

As Cars Plug In, Utilities and Makers Juggle Ways to Power Them

By PAUL STENQUIST

With more and more electric cars on the road, the utilities that feed vast amounts of electricity for building cars are tasked with fueling them, too.

A Toaster on Wheels to Deliver Groceries? Self-Driving Tech Tests Practical Uses

Starting this week, two small self-driving cars made by Nuro, a start-up, will chug along at no faster than 25 miles an hour to deliver groceries in Scottsdale, Ariz. Caitlin O'Hara for The New York Times

By CADE METZ

With driverless passenger services slow to become realities, the autonomous industry is casting about for ways to profitably use its technology.

News

Carlos Ghosn, Ex-Nissan Chief, and Nissan Are Charged With Misstating His Pay

By MAKIKO INOUE AND MOTOKO RICH

Prosecutors in Japan charged the company and its former chairman with violating financial laws by underreporting his compensation by tens of millions of dollars.

The headquarters of Nissan Motors in Yokohama, Japan. The company's board declined to name a new chairman on Monday and didn't offer a timetable for when it would.

Carlos Ghosn's Successor at Nissan? The Board Is in No Hurry

By MOTOKO RICH AND CARLOS TEJADA

The automaker appointed a special committee to review its corporate governance but declined to set a timetable for picking a new chairman.

The General Motors Lordstown plant in Ohio makes the Chevrolet Cruze compact. It has been hurt by plunging demand for small and midsize cars.

G.M. to Idle Plants and Cut Thousands of Jobs as Sales Slow

By NEAL E. BOUDETTE

The automaker said the moves would affect five factories in the United States and Canada. President Trump said he was unhappy with the move.

Assembly-line workers at the Detroit-Hamtramck plant where General Motors has made the Chevrolet Volt, a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle.

What's Behind the G.M. Cutbacks, And Why Trump Is Angry

By NEAL E. BOUDETTE

The White House signaled that the automaker could suffer for planning thousands of layoffs, but the company says the course is essential to its future.