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Electric Vehicles

GM Makes a Power Move, Shifting Focus from EVs Back to Gas Engines

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Sales of new electric vehicles fell 6.3% year-over-year in the second quarter, according to Cox Automotive analysts.

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Electric Vehicles

VW’s Super Cheap EV Trades ‘Willkommen’ for ‘Boas-vindas’ — Plus a €30M Incentive

VW’s finance chief Arno Antlitz warned last September that the company had “a year, maybe two years, to turn things around.”

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Electric Vehicles

Ford Crosses into Fast Lane With $2 Billion Affordable EV Plan

If successful, the company believes its affordable option could revolutionize EV adoption levels in America.

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Autos

Ford, GM Notch Sales Surge as Detroit Braces for Slump

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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International Economics

Washington Trade Talks With Beijing Drive S&P 500 Toward Record High

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The on-off dynamic of the US-China economic relationship so far this year would make the writing rooms of most soap operas blush.

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International Economics

Tariffs Deliver Record Drop in US Trade Deficit

Does the deficit crunch mean the US has won the first big battle of the trade war? Well, that’s a complicated question

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Industrials

Countries Fight Over Periodic Table as China Hoards Rare Earths

As China tightens its grip on rare earths exports, one of its most crucial bargaining chips, the global supply chain is showing cracks.

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Industrials

Manufacturing Discontent: Can Tariffs Spur Domestic Reindustrialization?

As a share of US GDP, the manufacturing sector has decreased from a nearly 25% peak in the 1950s to about 11% today.

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Autos

General Motors Bears Brunt of New Auto Tariffs

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At home in the US, one of Detroit’s Big Three stood out as vulnerable to a potential trade war: General Motors.

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Electric Vehicles

Nikola Files for Bankruptcy. What’s Next for the Electric Semi-Truck Industry?

There are signs that the emissions-free long haul semi-truck industry is slowly but surely picking up momentum, with or without Nikola.

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Patent Drop

As Cars Get Smarter, Personalization Presents Privacy Problems

Ford may want to authenticate your face when you get behind the wheel.

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Patent Drop

Ford EV Slowdown Signals a Market “Inflection Point”

Charging infrastructure remains a barrier in EV adoption.

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Patent Drop

Ford Drone Patent May Create an Autonomous Driving Russian Doll

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Patents like this serve as a reminder that autonomous vehicles look like more than just cars themselves.

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Autos

Ford Spends $3 Billion to Ramp Up Truck Production, Volvo Reports Electric Results

Ford will spend $3 billion to expand production of its popular combustion engine large trucks; Volvo reported a record core operating profit.

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Patent Drop

Ford Self-Driving Maintenance Patent Could Automate Oil Changes

Filings like these indicate that this pivot will likely have a domino effect on all other parts of the automotive industry.

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Industries

America’s Auto Industry Can Learn a Thing or Two from Japan

US manufacturers might not have the best grasp on what drivers want. The ones who seem to know reside about 6,000 miles away in Japan.

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