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A long row of unsold 2024 Atlas utility vehicles is shown Sunday, July 28, 2024, at a Volkswagen dealership in Denver.
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The Metro: Auto industry taking an economic turn due to tariffs

Sam Corey, The Metro April 17, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. The stock market has rebounded somewhat since last week, but there...

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A scene from the Ford Motor Company display at the 2025 Detroit Auto Show.
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The Metro: How the Detroit Auto Show is shifting gears in an evolving market

The Metro, Sam Corey, John Filbrandt January 14, 2025

The North American International Auto Show — rebranded last summer as the Detroit Auto Show — has long been a...

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FILE - United Auto Workers members walk in the Labor Day parade in Detroit, Sept. 2, 2019.
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Created Equal: Will the UAW break the southern anti-union stronghold?

Created Equal April 18, 2024

The United Auto Workers union is close to organizing workers in Volkswagen’s auto plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Voting began on Wednesday,...

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FILE - United Auto Workers members walk in the Labor Day parade in Detroit, Sept. 2, 2019.
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UAW targeting 13 non-union automakers in latest organization efforts

Russ McNamara November 29, 2023

Fresh off the contract ratification with Detroit’s Big Three automakers, the United Auto Workers union is taking aim at organizing...

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Electric vehicles can be seen charging at a shopping center in Emeryville, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022.
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Detroit Today: Automakers struggle to charge up demand for electric vehicles

Detroit Today November 6, 2023

As the auto industry continues its transition to electric vehicles, EV sales are slowing down — creating a number of...

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GM Divorcing Itself From Russia

Quinn Klinefelter March 18, 2015

   Officials with General Motors say the company will cease production at a factory in Russia by this summer as...

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