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What will the Chevy Bolt recall mean for the electric car market?

Aug 23, 2021
People will often accept risks posed by things they know — like gas-powered cars — but not things that are new to them.
A Chevy Bolt electric vehicle on display at a 2016 auto show. General Motors is recalling the car after at least 10 documented battery fires.
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Tesla's Cybertruck tries to make a dent in a tough market

Nov 28, 2019
Detroit dominates U.S. pickup truck sales. Traditionally it's been hard for newcomers to break in.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveils the all-electric battery-powered Tesla Cybertruck.
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Your foreign car may be as "Made in America" as a Chevy

Jul 24, 2018
Tariffs against car parts would impact all vehicles, even ones widely recognized to be American.
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It's all about the hardware at Detroit auto show

Jan 12, 2015
Another auto-show trend: Everything's going to be 'kind of environmentally responsible.'

The story of a 1957 Chevy

Sep 1, 2014
Lizzie O'Leary talks to Earl Swift about his book "Auto Biography."

U.S. production falls, Chevy Silverado stalls

Feb 15, 2013
The Federal Reserve said this morning that production at U.S. factories declined last month after two months of gains. Industrial production fell by 0.4 percent.

A roundup of the 'micro' news

Jul 10, 2012
Small apartments and even smaller CEO tenures make for a "micro" news day.

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