Looking for a roundup of the latest and most important news from the automotive world? You’ve found it in the Daily Drive-Thru. Check it out every weekday to see what you missed and what you need to know.  FOLLOW DAILY NEWS AUTOS ON FACEBOOK. 'LIKE' US HERE.  Remember, cheaters never prosper, just ask Volkswagen’s shareholders.  Volkswagen shareholders hoping for a dividend payout from last year might not want to hold their breath. Members of Porsche SE, the holding company that represents 52 percent of Volkswagen’s voting board, said it will block the proposed dividend from the 2015 fiscal year during next week’s shareholder meeting. The company, which is comprised of the Porsche and Piech families, wants to keep the additional revenue to help pay for the fines, lawsuit settlements and recalls related to its emissions regulation cheating scandal.  During an April board meeting, Volkswagen proposed a dividend of 0.11 euros per ordinary share and 0.17 euros per preferred share, which is a significant drop off from the dividend of 4.8 euros and 4.86 euros paid out after the 2014 fiscal year. The company has already set aside $18 billion to cover the costs of the so-called “Dieselgate” scandal.  Takata Corp., facing billions of dollars in recall costs and compensation claims because of its lethally-defective airbag inflators, will sell all of the shares it owns in auto manufacturers. The company has held shares from Toyota, Nissan, Fuji Heavy Industries (maker of Subaru), Mitsubishi and Suzuki. It also had 2.2 million Honda shares earlier this year but sold them all by late April. Takata has permission from all the automakers to dump their shares.  As of earlier this week, Takata’s shareholdings were worth about $88 million, a mere drop in the bucket of its expenses, as the recall total eclipses 100 million airbags worldwide. Takata’s exploding airbags have killed 13 and injured more than 100 people. The company has considered a variety of options for financing its recall efforts, including selling off divisions or possibly the company as a whole. The company is also rumored to be in talks with roughly 30 potential investors that are interested in bailing out the Japanese parts maker.  During an in-house interview, Prof. Dr. Thomas Weber, head of research and development for the Daimler Group, predicted that company's electrified car sales would reach 100,000 per year by 2020. This is an impressive goal, but one Daimler might have to hit just to be in compliance with German fleet emissions regulations.  Weber said he expects all-electric technology to make serious strides in the coming years and plug-in hybrid technology to serve as a sufficient bridge to get to that point. In addition to his support for battery-powered vehicles, Weber also talked up the importance of gasoline and diesel powertrains to meet the wide-ranging needs of Daimler’s various customer bases.  Fiat Chrysler just got a lot of loonies from the Canadian government—80 million, to exact—to upgrade its assembly plant in Windsor. For those of you who don’t know what a loonie is, it’s a Canadian dollar (apparently there’s a loon on one side of the coin. Oh, Canada…) and 80 million of them are equal to $62 million in the U.S. That money also will go toward improving FCA's research and development facility in the city, which is located just across the Detroit River from the Motor City.  Details of the new research and development project were not made clear, but odds are it’ll be geared toward autonomous driving. Late last week, the Canadian government praised a move by General Motors to increase its autonomous research efforts in the Great White North, as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pushes to get the technology on his country’s roads as soon as possible. Earlier this year Fiat Chrysler and Google teamed up to develop self-driving car technology.  Hydrogen fuel cell-powered cars have yet to catch on outside of the environmentally-conscious and rebate-happy state of California, in large part because the dearth of available charging stations. Unlike most electric cars that can plug in to a garage outlet, fuel cell cars need a special, pressurize hydrogen pump to fill their tanks, at least they did until now. Nissan is working on a system that can extract hydrogen from bio-ethanol inside the car.  The ethanol would be widely available at conventional fueling stations and could consist of up to 55 percent water, meaning it should be fairly cost effective. However, this new technology hasn’t been perfected: the system needs to reach an extremely high temperature and it takes a while to heat up,which can impact the system’s durability. Also, it’s not a zero emission fuel because the process releases some carbon dioxide instead of just water vapor like other fuel cell cars.  Did you find this article helpful? If so, please share it using the "Join the Conversation" buttons below, and thank you for visiting Daily News Autos.
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