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Why Detroit is going all-in on heavy-duty trucks

by Ben Bradford
Feb 6, 2019
General Motors this week announced plans to build a new heavy-duty Chevy Silverado pickup truck in Michigan as it cut 4,000 jobs.
The heavy-duty chassis of the new General Motors 2020 Chevy Silverado HD is shown at the GM Flint Assembly Plant on February 5, 2019 in Flint, Michigan.
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Your foreign car may be as "Made in America" as a Chevy

by Jed Kim
Jul 24, 2018
Tariffs against car parts would impact all vehicles, even ones widely recognized to be American.
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Will a national charging-station network boost electric vehicle sales?

by Scott Tong
Nov 3, 2016
Low EV sales has sparked action from the White House.
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Homes and trucks: friends forever?

by Mark Garrison
Jul 28, 2015
How pick-up truck sales are affecting the housing and construction industry.
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Final Note

The World Series MVP got a recently recalled truck

by Kai Ryssdal
Oct 30, 2014
Sometimes even when you win, you lose.
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Income Upshot

Subcompact cars and the income divide

by Noel King
Aug 6, 2013
As breaking into the middle class becomes harder, car companies are finding new ways to attract an expanding base of less-affluent consumers. They're offering more small car models with better features than ever before.
Edgar Perez sells cars at Bunnin Chevrolet in Culver City, California. Perez owns a compact car and says he'll keep buying small cars even after he gets his MBA. 
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Chevy Impala: The great American car?

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Jul 26, 2013
Move aside Lexus, and make way for the first American car to top "Consumer Reports" list in decades.
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Back to the future for car names

by Stacey Vanek Smith
Oct 31, 2012
If you’re looking to buy a car anytime soon, you may get a case of déjà vu: Carmakers keep recycling old names.
If you’re looking to buy a car anytime soon, you may get a case of déjà vu: Carmakers keep recycling old names.
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The sweet deal

by Lori Stassi
Sep 15, 2008
No surprise the dollar fell today after the news of the shake-ups on Wall Street. But a good pie is still worth... well, at least a '72 Chevy pick...
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