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Fiat Chrysler merger with PSA appears headed for approval

By TOM KRISHER and COLLEEN BARRY and ANGELA CHARLTON - Associated Press

Uber shareholder asks Delaware court to revive lawsuit

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FILE - In this Aug. 27, 2019, file photo former Waymo employee Anthony Levandowski, center, leaves a federal courthouse in San Jose, Calif. A federal judge on Wednesday, Sept. 4, rejected a government recommendation that he impose a $10 million bail bond on Levandowski, a former Google engineer. Levandowski is accused of stealing self-driving car technology before joining Uber's effort to build robotic taxis for its ride-hailing service. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Judge rejects attempt to raise bail of ex-Google engineer

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 12, 2016 file photo, Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda, left, speaks with Suzuki Motor Corp. Chairman Osamu Suzuki during a news conference in Tokyo. Japan's top automaker, Toyota, and smaller rival Suzuki announced Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019, they are partnering in the development of self-driving car technology, as manufacturers around the world grapple with innovations in the industry.(Shigeyuki Inakuma/Kyodo News via AP, File)

Toyota, Suzuki partnering in self-driving car technology

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

David L. Anderson, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California, left, gestures next to John F. Bennett, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, as they speak at a news conference to announce charges against Anthony Levandowski at a federal courthouse in San Jose, Calif., Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019. Levandowski, a former Google engineer, was charged Tuesday with stealing closely guarded secrets that he later sold to Uber as the ride-hailing service scrambled to catch up in the high-stakes race to build robotic vehicles. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Ex-Google engineer charged in Uber self-driving theft case

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - Associated Press

Attorneys Miles Ehrlich, left, and Ismail Ramsey, representing Anthony Levandowski, speak to reporters at a federal courthouse in San Jose, Calif., Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019. Levandowski, a former Google engineer, was charged Tuesday with stealing closely guarded secrets that he later sold to Uber as the ride-hailing service scrambled to catch up in the high-stakes race to build robotic vehicles. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

How Uber’s quest for self-driving tech led to criminal case

By TOM KRISHER - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 27, 2018 file photo, the Jaguar I-Pace vehicle outfitted with Waymo's suite of sensors and radar is introduced in New York. Google autonomous vehicle spinoff Waymo says it will start testing on public roads in Florida to better experience heavy rain. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Autonomous vehicle company Waymo to test in Florida rain

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FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2019, file photo, Cruise AV, General Motor's autonomous electric Bolt EV is displayed in Detroit. The top executive of General Motors’ autonomous vehicle unit says in a blog post that the company won’t start a self-driving ride service this year as once promised. GM Cruise CEO Dan Ammann says the company still plans to deploy the service in San Francisco, but more testing is needed to make sure it is safe. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

GM’s Cruise delays autonomous ride service beyond 2019

By TOM KRISHER - Associated Press

In this Dec. 13, 2016, file photo, the Waymo driverless car is displayed during a Google event in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Chandler employees to use self-driving cars for work rides

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Waymo teams up with Renault, Nissan on robotaxis outside US

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - Associated Press

Fiat Chrysler in talks with Aurora on autonomous vehicles

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FILE - In this Dec. 13, 2016, file photo, a skylight is reflected in the rear window of a Waymo driverless car during a Google event in San Francisco. Google's self-driving vehicle division says it's bringing autonomous trucks to the Phoenix area. Waymo announced Wednesday, May 30, 2019, that its fully self-driving tractor-trailers will start driving on freeways this week and will expand to more routes over time.(AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Waymo bringing self-driving trucks to Phoenix area freeways

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Google spinoff, Lyft team up to offer self-driving car rides

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 24, 2008, file photo, Detroit police officers block an entrance to the American Axle and Manufacturing Holdings plant in Detroit. Google's self-driving car spinoff Waymo says it will reopen an axle plant in Detroit to convert conventional vehicles so they can drive autonomously. The company says it will lease a now-closed American Axle &amp; Manufacturing plant north of downtown so it can convert the vehicles, mostly Chrysler Pacifica minivans. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Google self-driving unit Waymo picks Detroit factory site

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FILE- This Oct. 3, 2018, file photo shows a Tesla emblem at the Auto show in Paris. Tesla CEO Elon Musk appears poised to transform the company’s electric cars into driverless vehicles in a risky bid to realize a bold vision that he has been floating for years. The technology required to make that quantum leap is scheduled to be shown off to Tesla investors Monday, April 22, 2019, at the company’s Palo Alto, Calif., headquarters. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

The Latest: Tesla to introduce new ride-hailing service

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In this March 2, 2019, file photo, Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, speaks during a news conference after the SpaceX Falcon 9 Demo-1 launch at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Tesla gears up for fully self-driving cars amid skepticism

By Michael Liedtke and Tom Krisher - Associated Press

FILE- In this Jan. 11, 2018, file photo, cars pass the Queensboro Bridge in New York. Ride-hailing giants Uber and Lyft have redefined what we expect from transportation. But it’s unclear whether the companies can turn their popularity into profits. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Ride-hailing giants face bumpy road to profitability

By CATHY BUSSEWITZ - Associated Press

Apple cuts jobs in shakeup of self-driving car division

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FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2017, file photo a Chrysler Pacifica hybrid outfitted with Waymo's suite of sensors and radar is displayed at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Google's self-driving car spinoff Waymo said Tuesday it will bring a factory to Michigan, creating up to 400 jobs at what it describes as the world's first plant &quot;100 percent&quot; dedicated to the mass production of autonomous vehicles. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Google self-driving spinoff Waymo to put factory in Michigan

By DAVID EGGERT and TOM KRISHER - Associated Press

The Breadbot automatic bread baking machine is on display at the Wilkinson Baking Company booth during CES Unveiled at CES International, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

CES 2019: TV set maker LG makes its sets disappear

By MATT O'BRIEN and JOSEPH PISANI - Associated Press