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Ford, GM Notch Sales Surge as Detroit Braces for Slump

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Ford said that its second quarter sales rocketed 14% in the second quarter from a year earlier to 612,095 vehicles.

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Autos

Can Elon Musk’s Pajama Party Brighten Up Tesla’s Tomorrow?

Elon Musk is again sleeping at Tesla’s offices again, but that may not be enough to restart the top US EV-maker’s engine.

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Struggling Stellantis Picks Insider to Steer Turnaround Effort

The multinational automaking giant announced Wednesday that its Americas COO Antonio Filosa will soon sit in the driver’s seat.

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Home-grown Chinese Carmakers Edge Past Luxury Brands BMW, Mercedes

Luxury carmakers BMW and Mercedes are slipping behind little-known, home-grown Seres in the all-important China market.

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International Economics

UK-US Strike Trade Deal Affirming ‘Special Relationship’

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The UK and US announced a “historic” trade deal Thursday that does little to reduce Washington’s overall global trade war.

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Autos

Driverless Trucking Startup Einride May be Planning a $5 Billion US IPO

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Back in 2019, the Swedish company became the first company to put a self-driving big rig truck on a public road.

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Autos

Tesla and Toyota Are on Two Different Paths

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Toyota is selling the present, while Tesla is selling the future — an arguably really far-flung version of the future.

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