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Divided Decade

How auto industry towns are faring a decade after the bailout

by Mitchell Hartman
Nov 13, 2018
We take a look at four cities whose fates are linked to Chrysler and GM.
 Workers build a Jeep Compass at the Fiat Chrysler assembly plant in Belvidere, Illinois, in 2012.
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What Honda's investment in GM means for self-driving cars

by Justin Ho
Oct 3, 2018
Autonomous cars made more interesting in a deal that's more Silicon Valley than Detroit.
The logo of U.S. carmaker General Motors, or GM, is visible on the front grille of a GM Hydrogen 4 fuel cell-powered car at a presentation by Opel and GM on November 26, 2008 in Berlin, Germany
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Ralph Nader recalls life under surveillance by General Motors

by David Brancaccio and Ali Oshinskie
Sep 28, 2018
In a web exclusive, the consumer advocate explains how a run in with GM fueled his career.
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Ralph Nader wants you to wear a seat belt

by David Brancaccio and Ali Oshinskie
Sep 28, 2018
...because he fought the auto industry for increased safety. And won.
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U.S.-imposed tariffs are hitting American firms’ bottom line

by Renata Sago
Sep 27, 2018
The CEO of one of the nation’s largest automakers says metal tariffs imposed by the Trump administration earlier this year have cost his company $1 billion in profits and sales. Ford boss Jim Hackett made the comment at a gathering of business leaders in New York on Wednesday. The administration imposed the steel and aluminum […]
Jim Hackett, president and chief executive officer, Ford Motor stands outside the headquarters as they celebrate the production of the 10,000,000 Mustang on August 8, 2018 in Dearborn, Michigan.
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Android-powered infotainment coming to cars from Nissan, Renault, Mistsubishi

by Kimberly Adams
Sep 19, 2018
There was some big news this week in the auto and tech industries, which are increasingly overlapping. The world’s largest automotive partnership, the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance, which sold more than 10 million cars around the world last year, is going to start embedding Google’s Android operating system in its cars starting in 2021.  The promise for […]
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Trade war forces automakers Ford and Volvo to cancel big plans

by Scott Tong
Sep 10, 2018
President Donald Trump’s tariffs — and talk of more — are driving global automakers to make some big decisions. Volvo, which has a Chinese parent company and makes a couple vehicles on the mainland there, canceled a planned initial public offering of its stock, citing the dark cloud of tariffs. Ford, which makes a version of […]
This photo taken on May 22, 2018 shows an imported Ford Mustang displayed at a showroom in Nantong in China's eastern Jiangsu province
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What’s behind the used car sales boom?

by Renata Sago
Aug 21, 2018
Used car prices hit a record high this summer according to recent data from the business and research firm Cox Automotive. Economists there found car prices for July, which is usually a slow month, were up 5.1 percent from the same month last year. Why is this happening? Click the audio player above to hear the […]
Used cars are displayed on a sales lot on June 9, 2011 in San Rafael, California.
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Can the U.S. stop all oil exports from Iran?

by Scott Tong
Aug 8, 2018
The Trump administration looks to cut the Iranian economy from a key source of revenue. Analysts say past sanctions weren't totally able to do that.
An oil facility on Khark Island, on the shore of the Persian Gulf, in 2017.
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Why Trump’s looser emission standards are mixed blessing for automakers

by Scott Tong
Aug 2, 2018
13 states are challenging the proposal.
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