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Electric car startup Better Place goes bust
May 28, 2013
Better Place, a company that aimed to solve the notorious electric car driving range problem, is going bust.
Ford calls it quits in Australia
by
Stuart Cohen
May 23, 2013
Ford Motor Company is calling it quits in Australia, after a nearly 90-year run. The U.S. automaker says it will shut down its two factories down under and halt production in 2016.
Chairman of Ford Motor Company on why he wants to sell fewer cars
by
Kai Ryssdal
May 1, 2013
Bill Ford says he hopes his company will help develop public transportation in urban areas and get rid of the gridlock.
7 days, 1 car, 3,375 miles: Tallying up a road trip across America
by
Molly Wood
Apr 24, 2013
Jamie Kitman, New York editor of Automobile Magazine, has just completed driving a $240,000 McLaren sports car across the country. Along the way, he made a few pit stops with Marketplace Tech.
A visit to a crowdsourced automaker
by
Molly Wood
Apr 18, 2013
Jamie Kitman, New York editor for Automobile Magazine, joins us from day two of his car trip across America.
Are long-term auto loans a bad deal?
Apr 12, 2013
Marketplace Economics Correspondent Chris Farrell explains why long-term auto loans, which are boosting car sales, could be a bad deal for borrowers.
Automakers kick into high gear
Apr 2, 2013
The 'big three' automakers -- Chrysler, GM, and Ford -- are reporting sharp gains in sales for the month of March. Chrysler says the latest month was their best since 2007.
For public good, not for profit.
New York Auto Show opens on industry high note
by
Molly Wood
Mar 29, 2013
Automobile Magazine's New York editor Jamie Kitman joins Marketplace from the floor of the New York Auto Show to discuss the car market and how relaxed credit terms have customers buying again.
When cars themselves are backseat drivers
by
Beth Teitell
Mar 18, 2013
Commentator Beth Teitell on the downsides of increasingly intelligent car technology.
Volkswagen keeps getting bugged out by U.S. market
Mar 14, 2013
The people’s carmaker has said it wants to be the biggest auto company in the world, but to do that, Volkswagen must first figure out the U.S. market.