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May 17, 2016

Automakers see threat as tech changes car use

  • Within another few decades, fleets of self-driving taxis could replace the need for personal car ownership altogether.
    • By DEE-ANN DURBIN
    AP Auto Writer

    DEARBORN, Mich. — For Detroit, the days of simply making cars are over.

    Automakers are facing multiple threats to their business from nimble tech firms like Apple and Uber. In response, carmakers are reinventing themselves as “mobility” companies that can accommodate all the different ways people get around.


     
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