A symbol of German industrial power, Volkswagen is facing major financial difficulties. How did the emblem of “deutsche Qualität” get to this point? And can it pull through?

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04.05.2024

What’s in a VIN? How to decode the vehicle identification number, your car’s unique fingerprint

VINs can tell a story if you know what to look for.

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09.03.2024

UAW’s Southern strategy: Union revs up drive to get workers employed by foreign automakers to join its ranks

Despite intermittent efforts over the past three decades, the UAW union has been unable to organize employees of foreign-based automakers in states such as Alabama and Tennessee.

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02.03.2024

Remembering the 1932 Ford Hunger March: Detroit park honors labor and environmental history

On March 7, workers at the Ford Rouge River plant marched for better working conditions, sparking America’s labor movement. Almost a century later, a quiet park honors their memory.

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13.02.2024

A brief history of Dearborn, Michigan – the first Arab-American majority city in the US

The city often becomes a magnet for anti-Arab sentiment during election years and global conflicts; however, the more interesting story is what happens in the city when the spotlight is turned off.

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07.02.2024

Driving the best possible bargain now isn’t the best long-term strategy, according to game theory

‘Winning’ in negotiations isn’t always the best approach.

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26.01.2024

What UAW backing means for Biden − and why the union’s endorsement took so long

In close races, support from the United Auto Workers and the rest of organized labor could prove decisive.

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16.10.2023

Cars are a 'privacy nightmare on wheels'. Here’s how they get away with collecting and sharing your data

Cars can collect data via cameras, microphones, sensors, and connected phones and apps. Our privacy laws need urgent reform if these data are to be kept safe.

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13.10.2023

Union and execs need to shift gears fast once UAW strike is over – transition to EV manufacturing requires their teamwork

Building an auto industry for the future that serves the needs of workers, companies and consumers alike will require innovative partnerships between the union and management.

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15.09.2023

US autoworkers launch historic strike: 3 questions answered

A work stoppage hitting the three largest American automakers at the same time is unprecedented.

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09.08.2023

The new technology that is making cars easier for criminals to steal, or crash

The connected vehicles of the future could make our cars and data more vulnerable to theft and malicious attack.

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07.08.2023

US autoworkers may wage a historic strike against Detroit’s 3 biggest automakers – with wages at EV battery plants a key roadblock to agreement

A strike would shake up the auto industry even though both the union’s ranks and the share of the US automotive market controlled by GM, Ford and Stellantis have been shrinking for decades.

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02.06.2023

Car thieves are using increasingly sophisticated methods, and most new vehicles are vulnerable

The new techniques go far beyond hacking your car’s key fob system.

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19.01.2023

Britishvolt: more evidence UK is falling far behind in race to capture growing EV market

The UK needs an industrial strategy to counter the rise of EU battery manufacturing.

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30.11.2022

'I couldn't see a future': what ex-automotive workers told us about job loss, shutdowns, and communities on the edge

Our interviews with ex-automotive workers reveal how economic change interrupts lives, casting people into new worlds of precarious work and long, indefinite journeys in search of security.

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30.11.2022

Car-free Paris? It was already a dream in 1790

The debate over the place of cars in cities may seem recent, but pamphlets published during the French Revolution show that the battle was raging before the first automobile even saw the light of day.

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30.11.2022

The Volkswagen scandal: will the US justice system change managers' behaviour?

How could a company like Volkswagen knowingly violate US air-pollution standards despite the senseless risks to which it was exposing its reputation? The case method can provide an answer.

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30.11.2022

Indonesia's car sales tax cut may harm the environment, requiring another policy to reduce emissions

Indonesia’s car sales tax cut could damage the environment as more cars on the streets will increase carbon emissions.

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30.11.2022

How a 'hard' Brexit would harm US banks, carmakers and drug companies

American companies still face enormous uncertainty about how they’ll be doing business in the UK and EU in the coming years, particularly as the April 12 Brexit deadline draws closer.

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30.11.2022

How the federal government came to control your car's fuel economy

The Trump administration’s move to freeze fuel economy standards reflects a sea change in American energy policy first born during an era of oil shortages and environmental crises.

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30.11.2022

Switching to electric vehicles could save the US billions, but timing is everything

Ensuring that everyone doesn’t charge their cars simultaneously will make a big difference.

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30.11.2022

Why South Africa should revert to greater protection for some of its industries

South Africa’s economic reforms of the 1990s were overdone, destroying some industries and thus impacting economic growth and job creation. A re-balancing of industrial policy is called for.

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30.11.2022

Could steam-powered cars decrease the CO2 in the atmosphere and help with climate change?

This technology, popular when automobiles first caught on, had a short resurgence in the 1970s.

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30.11.2022

Honda closure: Brexit is tipping the UK's car industry over the edge

Globally, the car industry is struggling. But Brexit is pushing manufacturers out of the UK.

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30.11.2022

Keep on trucking: Trucks must keep moving across Canada-U.S. border amid coronavirus

Canada and the United States have opted to keep its border open to commercial trucking during the coronavirus pandemic. The decision is important to the economies of both countries.

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30.11.2022

GM closures: Oshawa needs more than 'thoughts and prayers'

General Motors has announced it’s closing plants in Canada and the U.S. Many of the towns have built cars for decades or longer. A plant closing shatters people’s sense of belonging and identity.

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30.11.2022

A global semiconductor shortage highlights a troubling trend: A small and shrinking number of the world's computer chips are made in the US

The high cost and long lead times for building computer chip factories makes it difficult for the U.S. to reverse the steady decline of its domestic semiconductor manufacturing capacity.

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30.11.2022

Carlos Ghosn, algorithms and ‘gilets jaunes’: becoming responsible

What do the Carlos Ghosn scandal, the rising power of algorithms and the “gilets jaunes” have in common? The need to extend the spatial and temporal definitions of responsibility.

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30.11.2022

The electric vehicle revolution will come from China, not the US

Chinese electric vehicle sales already amount to more than half of the world’s total – and car makers and battery manufacturers are working hard to grow even faster.

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30.11.2022

The government aims to boost ethanol without evidence that it saves money or helps the environment

Vehicles made before 2001 could suffer fuel system or engine damage if they’re run on E15.

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30.11.2022

Canada must once again grab its share of the auto industry, despite U.S. protectionism

A look back at how Canada secured auto investment in the past shows how a peripheral economy gained a major auto sector — and how it might hold onto it even in the face of U.S. protectionism on EVs.

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30.11.2022

What are automotive 'over-the-air' updates? A marketing professor explains

Whether safety-related fixes demand a software upgrade or a trip to the dealership, carmakers must notify the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and all affected drivers

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30.11.2022

China is on course to build the best cars in the world

China used to only make Soviet cars under licence. Now it’s taking on Tesla.

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30.11.2022

Why reducing carbon emissions from cars and trucks will be so hard

Only a small share of the vehicles Americans buy are electric. Even if all of them were, it would take until 2040 to phase out the fossil fuels used to power personal travel and road-bound freight.

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30.11.2022

Volkswagen’s climate activist won’t be able to change the green credentials of the company any time soon

After ‘Dieselgate’, Volkswagen appears keen to rescue its public image. Now it’s looking to hire its own ‘Greta Thunberg’.

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30.11.2022

Ford Bridgend closure: the UK's car industry could stage a revival by recycling rare earths

To become an attractive prospect for electric car manufacturers, the UK needs to sort out its supplies of rare earths – Brexit, or no Brexit.

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30.11.2022

The flagging UK car industry is moving too slowly on battery production to compete on the global market

The road ahead needs electricity.

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30.11.2022

Autonomous cars could revolutionise transport for disabled people – if we change the way we design

Driverless cars create an opportunity for more inclusive design – so why aren’t more companies using it?

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30.11.2022

Millennials drive for 8% fewer trips than older generations

Research shows that millennials don’t drive as much as previous generations, largely because of their beliefs.

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Jaguar Type 00: the controversial pink car is more in step with the brand’s history than detractors think

Volkswagen: the end of a German industrial myth?

What’s in a VIN? How to decode the vehicle identification number, your car’s unique fingerprint

UAW’s Southern strategy: Union revs up drive to get workers employed by foreign automakers to join its ranks

Remembering the 1932 Ford Hunger March: Detroit park honors labor and environmental history

A brief history of Dearborn, Michigan – the first Arab-American majority city in the US

Driving the best possible bargain now isn’t the best long-term strategy, according to game theory

What UAW backing means for Biden − and why the union’s endorsement took so long

Cars are a 'privacy nightmare on wheels'. Here’s how they get away with collecting and sharing your data

Union and execs need to shift gears fast once UAW strike is over – transition to EV manufacturing requires their teamwork

US autoworkers launch historic strike: 3 questions answered

The new technology that is making cars easier for criminals to steal, or crash

US autoworkers may wage a historic strike against Detroit’s 3 biggest automakers – with wages at EV battery plants a key roadblock to agreement

Car thieves are using increasingly sophisticated methods, and most new vehicles are vulnerable

Britishvolt: more evidence UK is falling far behind in race to capture growing EV market

'I couldn't see a future': what ex-automotive workers told us about job loss, shutdowns, and communities on the edge

Car-free Paris? It was already a dream in 1790

The Volkswagen scandal: will the US justice system change managers' behaviour?

Indonesia's car sales tax cut may harm the environment, requiring another policy to reduce emissions

How a 'hard' Brexit would harm US banks, carmakers and drug companies

How the federal government came to control your car's fuel economy

Switching to electric vehicles could save the US billions, but timing is everything

Why South Africa should revert to greater protection for some of its industries

Could steam-powered cars decrease the CO2 in the atmosphere and help with climate change?

Honda closure: Brexit is tipping the UK's car industry over the edge

Keep on trucking: Trucks must keep moving across Canada-U.S. border amid coronavirus

GM closures: Oshawa needs more than 'thoughts and prayers'

A global semiconductor shortage highlights a troubling trend: A small and shrinking number of the world's computer chips are made in the US

Carlos Ghosn, algorithms and ‘gilets jaunes’: becoming responsible

The electric vehicle revolution will come from China, not the US

The government aims to boost ethanol without evidence that it saves money or helps the environment

Canada must once again grab its share of the auto industry, despite U.S. protectionism

What are automotive 'over-the-air' updates? A marketing professor explains

China is on course to build the best cars in the world

Why reducing carbon emissions from cars and trucks will be so hard

Volkswagen’s climate activist won’t be able to change the green credentials of the company any time soon

Ford Bridgend closure: the UK's car industry could stage a revival by recycling rare earths

The flagging UK car industry is moving too slowly on battery production to compete on the global market

Autonomous cars could revolutionise transport for disabled people – if we change the way we design

Millennials drive for 8% fewer trips than older generations

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