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GM says it will gradually phase out Maven by market with operations expected to end during the summer

The Detroit automakers all are aiming to restart at least some U.S. assembly plants in early May.

The travel industry is struggling as Americans stay at home during the pandemic.

Global vehicle production is now expected to fall more than 20 percent to around 71 million in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing recession, a top automotive forecaster said Monday.

The hope is the new technology will remind employees to follow health guidelines when the automaker resumes production at its now-idled factories.

The automaker earlier this week said it sees first-quarter revenue of about $34 billion and adjusted losses before interest and taxes of $600 million as it seeks to conserve cash.

The drop even tops that from the 2008-9 global financial crisis, which triggered a six-year slump in car purchases

U.S. industrial production fell sharply in March as the coronavirus pandemic disrupted supply chains and knocked down demand for an array of goods and services.

Tesla lawyers filed a lawsuit in March last year against four former employees and Zoox

Buyers will be able to take cars on test drives alone and finish most paperwork online.

Fiat Chrysler is recalling more than 550,000 pickup trucks and SUVs worldwide because the windshield wiper arms can come loose and stop the wipers from working properly.

The move follows last week's announcement to employees that the Silicon Valley electric-car maker would slash salaried workers' pay and furlough without pay employees unable to work from home.

Tesla Inc. has reached out to at least some of its landlords seeking rent reductions.

Ford Motor Co said on Monday it is producing face masks at a Michigan plant to protect its workers from the coronavirus pandemic and is seeking to have those masks certified for medical use.

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Like many industries, automakers have taken a serious hit from the coronavirus pandemic. Many car companies are now offering incentives to draw in buyers.