Category: Motor Age Articles
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For Silverado campaign, Chevy gets playful in print
Chevy believes much of Silverado’s future growth will come from new customers to the pickup segment, so it’s reaching out to nontraditional audiences.
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The man who would spoil the incentives party
Economic gadfly Greg LeRoy says giving automakers tax breaks doesn’t work.
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Self-funded insurance cuts dealer’s costs
Co-owner Joey Huang, a trained dentist, switched employees to a health plan that increased coverage while cutting premiums by thousands of dollars a year. The savings helped fuel an expansion.
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GM positions Cadillac as a pioneer again
GM President Mark Reuss described Cadillac as being “the tip of the corporate spear on EVs” in an effort that will be about beauty, innovation and leadership.
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Ghosn’s Japanese crisis spreads to America
Part of Nissan’s investigation into the Carlos Ghosn scandal focuses on how some U.S. dealerships were awarded.
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ZF autonomous EV venture to start output
German supplier ZF Friedrichshafen’s push into vehicle manufacturing will intensify as its joint venture for full-electric, connected and automated shuttles starts production of the e.GO Mover this year.
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Inventory levels in line with last 6 years
A strong selling rate in December pushed U.S. new-vehicle inventory levels back down to something more closely resembling an industry sweet spot to start the year.
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Mobile, Ala., may become export hub
A new port investment at Mobile could help Alabama challenge the East Coast for auto export, import traffic
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Unhappy with Ford’s performance, Hackett looks to rival for relief
Ford CEO Jim Hackett isn’t pleased with how things are going at the automaker. To afford the costly overhaul he’s embarking on, he’s on the verge of broadening an alliance with Volkswagen.
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Renault says widening probe examined pay to Ghosn aide Sepehri
As Carlos Ghosn gets pulled deeper into Japan’s legal system, the spotlight has once again turned to Renault, where a widening probe into the pay of top executives is drawing attention to Mouna Sepehri, one of the chairman’s closest advisers.