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In the 1960s, the German government put a tariff on American chickens. President Johnson then retaliated with a tariff on light-duty commercial vehicles and trucks. The back-and-forth has come to define the U.S. auto industry.

“Extended range” EVs use a small gas engine to recharge the battery when it gets low, adding hundreds of miles to the distance a car can go.

Audi is reportedly contemplating spending billions on a new plant in Tennessee to avoid billions in tariff impact.

Incentives for German automakers to build vehicles here — or penalties for imports — could inspire a shift in operations.

Starting Monday, around 5,200 workers at a Mercedes-Benz assembly-and-battery complex near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, will begin voting on whether to join the UAW.

The German automaker gets serious about EVs.

The two automakers will become equal owners of Argo AI, a robocar firm that was majority-owned by Ford, with plans to put autonomous vehicles on the roads in the U.S. and Europe.

VW is offering consumers options following its emissions scandal.

The automaker plans to make more electric vehicles and invest in ride-sharing.