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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GM issues 2 more recalls, covering 662,00 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 callbacks issued by the automaker this month to six.



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Toyota's major midcycle revamp aims to keep Camry on topAuto News

It has been the best-selling car in the United States for 12 years, but the Toyota Camry is losing ground in the industry's escalating mid-sized sedan wars.



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Major midcycle revamp aims to keep Camry on topAuto News

It has been the best-selling car in the United States for 12 years, but the Toyota Camry is losing ground in the industry's escalating mid-sized sedan wars.



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Ram van falls a few fridges shy of cargo claimAuto News

When Ram converted the Fiat Ducato last fall into the 2014 Ram ProMaster for the United States, it also converted the van's cargo capacity from Europe: 15 cubic meters to 530 cubic feet.



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GM expands ignition switch recall in U.S. by 824,000 vehiclesAuto News

GM is expanding its ignition switch recall to include another 824,000 U.S. models to ensure that owners of cars that may have been repaired over the years using faulty switches can get them replaced.



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Tesla reaches deal to keep 5 N.Y. storesAuto News

Tesla Motors Inc. and New York auto dealer lobbying groups reached an agreement that allows the electric-car maker to keep its five company-owned stores in the state, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said today.



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GM expands ignition switch recall to include 824,000 additional U.S. vehiclesAuto News

GM is expanding its ignition switch recall to include another 824,000 U.S. models to ensure that owners of cars that may have been repaired over the years using faulty switches can get them replaced.



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GM expands ignition-switch recall by 971,000 cars, including 824,000 in U.S., to cover all 2008-10 Saturn Ion, Sky; Pontiac G5, Solstice; Chevy HHR; and 2008-11 Chevy Cobalt modelsAuto News

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Ford vs. Cadillac: C-Max video spoofs rich-guy ELR spot, speaking to the common manAuto News

Instead of portraying an ELR buyer as smug and boastful, Ford hits on the same themes that Cadillac did -- hard work, entrepreneurship and environmentalism --- and paints the buyer of a C-Max Energi as someone who wants to make a difference.



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BMW's Spartanburg plant will be company's biggest Auto News

BMW is investing $1 billion in its Spartanburg, S.C., factory by 2016 to expand capacity by 100,000 units and add production of a fifth crossover, the X7 -- making the plant its biggest worldwide.



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Texas dealers argue against altering franchise laws to lure Tesla plantAuto News

Texas dealers defended the state's franchise laws today, just days after Gov. Rick Perry suggested that the laws should be reviewed and perhaps changed to let Tesla Motors sell its electric vehicles directly to consumers.



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