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GM to close Brownstown battery plant as lease ends in 2027
General Motors will close its Brownstown Battery Assembly plant in Michigan when the facility's lease expires next summer, ending operations at a…
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Electric vehicles, safety recalls, and the industry reshaping how we move.
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A fleet manager taps one screen to set a Super Duty truck’s top speed, and the new cap can reach the engine without a single shop visit
A box truck rolls out of a depot at dawn. Hundreds of miles away, someone watching a laptop screen already knows exactly…
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A Massachusetts school bus pumped 10.8 megawatt hours back into the grid one summer, and the district banked nearly $12,000 for parking it the right way
Rows of yellow school buses sit motionless in a fenced lot long after the last student steps off.Most nights, their batteries just…
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Ford opens sign-up list for $28,350 Fathom electric pickup
Ford Motor Company opened an online interest list this week for its upcoming Fathom electric pickup, a midsize truck the automaker says…
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A Detroit automaker booked $1.3 billion from a single quarter’s tariff ruling, and its paperwork points to $3 billion in total reimbursements by year end
A stack of customs paperwork sits on a desk in Dearborn, each page tied to a shipment that crossed a border months…
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Ford launches first certified used program for work trucks
Ford Pro launched a certified pre-owned program for commercial trucks and vans nationwide on Oct. 5, offering businesses factory-backed used Class 1…
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A half-ton pickup advertises 13,200 pounds of towing on the showroom sticker, but its real payload often leaves barely 1,500 pounds before the hitch even loads up
A truck salesman points at a sticker on the window and promises thirteen thousand pounds of towing muscle.The buyer pictures a boat,…
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Canada auto tariff deadline nears with no US trade deal in sight
A threatened 50 percent US tariff on Canadian-built cars, trucks and auto parts is set to take effect January 1, 2027, and…
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A pickup brand sold 134,072 trucks in one US quarter, edging past its longtime Stellantis stablemate SUV brand for the first time since Ram split from Dodge seventeen years ago
A dealership lot in the Midwest tells the story without a single spreadsheet: rows of pickup trucks now stretch further than the…
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Rivian recalls 98,828 R1S, R1T and R2 models over camera glitch
Rivian Automotive is recalling 98,828 of its R1S, R1T and R2 vehicles because a software notification can briefly cover the rearview camera…
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A Lucid Air recall touched 27,185 cars for a wiring fire risk, but a wireless update alone had already fixed 20,719 of them before a single owner saw a dealer
A dashboard notification pops up overnight, and by morning the car behaves differently, with no appointment ever booked.No tow truck. No loaner.…
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GM heads into Q3 earnings after two 2026 guidance raises
General Motors is scheduled to release its third-quarter 2026 financial results before the market opens on Tuesday, October 20, capping a year…