A slightly different take on GM's discredited CEOAuto News

For nearly 17 years Richard Wagoner was either in command and control at GM or else part of a tiny klatch of executives running the company. Not since Alfred P. Sloan had one executive held so much power for so long at GM.



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A long history of ignition problemsAuto News

General Motors and its suppliers repeatedly botched a basic function of the Chevrolet Cobalt and Saturn Ion #8212; the system that turns the cars on and off #8212; leading to multiple redesigns of the ignitions.



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Marchionne commits to 9-speed, says technology keeps evolvingAuto News

Chrysler was forced to delay the launch of its 2014 Jeep Cherokee by two months last fall as engineers struggled with a software flaw in the SUV's nine-speed automatic.



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Tesla, citing environment, to use North American materials for battery plantAuto News

Tesla plans to source all the raw materials for its proposed $5 billion U.S. battery factory in North America.



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UAW membership rises for 4th straight year as industry reboundsAuto News

The UAW said its membership rolls expanded by 2.3 percent to 391,415 last year, aided by rising production at the Detroit 3. The tally marked the fourth straight year of increases.



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GM issues 2 more recalls, covering 662,000 new trucks, CruzesAuto News

General Motors issued two more safety recalls late Friday, covering 490,000 new full-sized pickups and SUVs as well as 172,000 Chevrolet Cruze models, bringing the total number of GM callbacks this month to six.



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Ferrari, 21-year-old racer tussle for control of Facebook pageAuto News

Sammy Wasem was 15 when he started a Ferrari fan page that would become one of the most popular car sites on Facebook.



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Is a hacker's access to a Tesla just a password away?Auto News

Tesla's electric vehicles can be located and unlocked by criminals remotely simply by cracking a six-character password using traditional hacking techniques, according to newly released research.



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Flawed entry-level GM cars, young drivers: A combination with deadly consequencesAuto News

When Bill Trautwein offered to buy his daughter a car to drive to college classes, she went for the blue one -- a used 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt that matched the color on the Florida Gators uniform her big brother wore on the way to two national...



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