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Average U.S. vehicle age hits record 12.6 years as high prices force people to keep them longer

By TOM KRISHER
May 22, 2024 12:33 pm - DETROIT — Cars, trucks and SUVs in the U.S. keep getting older, hitting a record average age of 12.6 years in 2024 as people hang on to their vehicles largely because new...
GM’s Cruise to start testing robotaxis in Phoenix area with human safety drivers on board

May 13, 2024 3:24 pm - DETROIT — General Motors' troubled Cruise autonomous vehicle unit said Monday it will start testing robotaxis in Arizona this week with human safety drivers on board. Cru...
Small, well-built Chinese EV called the Seagull poses a big threat to the U.S. auto industry

By TOM KRISHER and KEN MORITSUGU
May 13, 2024 7:40 am - LIVONIA, Mich. — A tiny, low-priced electric car called the Seagull has American automakers and politicians trembling. The car, launched last year by Chinese automaker BY...
Edmunds: Trade or sell your car? What’s best might surprise you

By JOSH JACQUOT
May 11, 2024 11:01 pm - According to a recent Edmunds used vehicle report, demand for used cars is dropping and so are their values as the new-car market rebounds from pandemic-induced shortages...
You can now get a $7,500 upfront discount for buying an EV

Nicolás Rivero, The Washington Post
May 03, 2024 9:46 am - For nearly 90,000 car buyers, one small change in U.S. tax policy meant thousands of dollars off the sticker price of their new EVs. As of Jan. 1, Americans who buy certa...
Tractor-trailers with no one aboard? The future is near for self-driving trucks on U.S. roads

By TOM KRISHER
Apr 29, 2024 7:04 am - PITTSBURGH — On a three-lane test track along the Monongahela River, an 18-wheel tractor-trailer rounded a curve. No one was on board. A quarter-mile ahead, the truck's ...
Climate change concerns grow, but few think Biden's climate law will help, an AP-NORC poll finds

By ALEXA ST. JOHN and LINLEY SANDERS
Apr 18, 2024 7:39 am - Like many Americans, Ron Theusch is getting more worried about climate change. A resident of Alden, Minnesota, Theusch has noticed increasingly dry and mild winters punct...
Tesla wants shareholders to reinstate $56 billion pay package for Musk rejected by Delaware judge

By TOM KRISHER and MICHELLE CHAPMAN
Apr 17, 2024 11:10 am - DETROIT — Tesla will ask shareholders to reinstate a $56 billion compensation package for CEO Elon Musk that was rejected by a judge in Delaware this year, and to move th...
Illinois Senate to consider bill that would make EV chargers more accessible

By Jenny Whidden
Apr 10, 2024 6:12 am - As electric vehicle charging networks are taking shape across the country and in Illinois, state Sen. Dan McConchie wants to ensure the infrastructure is accessible to al...
From overcapacity to TikTok, the issues covered during Janet Yellen's trip to China

By FATIMA HUSSEIN
Apr 09, 2024 8:31 am - BEIJING — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and her team are leaving China and returning to Washington after trying to tackle the major questions of the day between th...

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