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Chip Shortage Makes Big Dent in Automakers’ U.S. Sales

Four of the biggest sellers of cars and trucks in the United States said Friday that their sales had plunged recently, reflecting the intense squeeze that a global semiconductor shortage […]




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High Octane and a Stick Shift: Standout Cars as an Era Starts to End

For speed demons — or demons wedded to hellacious fossil-fuel power — the Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing checks off quite a list. A supercharged, 668-horsepower V-8. A top speed above 200 […]




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Ford Will Build 4 Factories in a Big Electric Vehicle Push

The top wage for a Ford assembly line worker represented by the United Auto Workers is $32 an hour under a contract the company and union reached in 2019. Unionized […]




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A Strange Voice on the Phone

Angela Merkel’s party comes up short in Germany. In yesterday’s election, the center-left Social Democratic Party led by Olaf Scholz won 1.6 percentage points more of the vote than Merkel’s […]




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Why Manheim Used Vehicle Index is Wall St.’s Leading Inflation Indicator

The hottest ride on Wall Street right now is the humble used car.The cost of clunkers and dealership trade-ins has suddenly become market-moving information, with analysts, economists and traders fixating […]




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Why Electric Cars Could Make American Roads Resemble Cuba

All those stories about Cubans keeping ancient American cars on the road are absolutely true. It is out of necessity: Trade embargoes prevent both U.S. cars and parts from making […]




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As Germany Election Nears, Merkel Leaves a Strong But Vulnerable Economy

Ms. Merkel’s supporters say that she has helped the German economy dodge some bullets. Her sharp political instincts proved valuable during a eurozone debt crisis that began in 2010 and […]