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‘Europe’s Detroit’ is losing its shine as an automotive powerhouse
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‘Europe’s Detroit’ is losing its shine as an automotive powerhouse

A Kia Sportage automobile in the quality control inspection area at the Kia Slovakia sro plant in Zilina, Slovakia, on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Slovakia, a small landlocked country in the heart of Europe, faces a perfect storm as it seeks to protect its enviable automotive reputation. From the […]

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Southwest beats earnings estimates, forecasts strong demand for rest of the year
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Southwest beats earnings estimates, forecasts strong demand for rest of the year

A Southwest Airlines jet approaches Midway Airport on Dec. 15, 2023, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) John J. Kim | Chicago Tribune | Getty Images Southwest Airlines on Wednesday posted a surprise profit for the third quarter and forecast better travel demand and higher fares for the fourth quarter. […]

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GM plans to launch eyes-off driving, Google AI and other new in-vehicle tech by 2028
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GM plans to launch eyes-off driving, Google AI and other new in-vehicle tech by 2028

Mary Barra speaks onstage during WSJ’s Future of Everything 2025 at The Glasshouse on May 28, 2025 in New York City. Dia Dipasupil | Getty Images NEW YORK — General Motors is targeting a suite of new software initiatives for its vehicles over the next three years, including an in-vehicle artificial intelligence assistant from Google […]

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Auto giant Volkswagen warns of output stoppages amid Nexperia chip disruption
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Auto giant Volkswagen warns of output stoppages amid Nexperia chip disruption

A new Volkswagen ID.3 electric car prepares to pass final inspection at the Volkswagen plant on May 14, 2025 in Dresden, Germany. Sean Gallup | Getty Images News | Getty Images German auto giant Volkswagen on Wednesday warned of temporary production outages citing China’s export restrictions on semiconductors made by Nexperia. The update comes shortly […]

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Musk blasts Duffy after Artemis contract spat: He ‘is trying to kill NASA!’
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Musk blasts Duffy after Artemis contract spat: He ‘is trying to kill NASA!’

Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, attends the Viva Technology conference at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris on June 16, 2023. Gonzalo Fuentes | Reuters SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk criticized acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy after he told media outlets this week that the billionaire’s space company is falling […]

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GM expects next year’s results to top 2025 earnings
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GM expects next year’s results to top 2025 earnings

The GM logo is seen on the facade of the General Motors headquarters in Detroit on March 16, 2021. Rebecca Cook | Reuters DETROIT — General Motors CFO Paul Jacobson on Tuesday said the company expects earnings next year to top its 2025 results, which have performed far better than Wall Street’s expectations. Investors had […]

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General Motors is set to report earnings before the bell. Here’s what Wall Street expects
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General Motors is set to report earnings before the bell. Here’s what Wall Street expects

A General Motors Co. Chevrolet Silverado truck at a dealership in Upland, California, US, on Wednesday, Oct 15, 2025. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty Images DETROIT — General Motors is set to report its third-quarter earnings before the bell Tuesday amid a litany of challenges facing the automotive industry. Here is what Wall Street […]

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Transportation Secretary Duffy says Musk’s SpaceX is behind on moon trip and he will reopen contracts
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Transportation Secretary Duffy says Musk’s SpaceX is behind on moon trip and he will reopen contracts

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Monday that Elon Musk’s SpaceX is falling “behind” the U.S. timeline to return to the moon with Artemis and he will open the contract to other companies. “We’re not going to wait for one company,” Duffy, who is currently the acting NASA administrator, told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Monday. “We’re […]

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Cargo plane slides off runway and falls into sea in Hong Kong, killing two airport staff
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Cargo plane slides off runway and falls into sea in Hong Kong, killing two airport staff

escue workers approach a cargo aircraft that skidded off a Hong Kong runway on Monday, Oct. 20, 2025. Chan Long Hei | AP Two Hong Kong airport security staff were killed early on Monday after a cargo plane from Dubai skidded off the runway on landing, collided with their security patrol vehicle and pushed it […]

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Cost and ‘chaos’ continue to test resiliency of U.S. auto industry  
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Cost and ‘chaos’ continue to test resiliency of U.S. auto industry  

A worker at Ford’s Kentucky Truck Plant on April 30, 2025. Michael Wayland | CNBC DETROIT — “A lot of cost and a lot of chaos.” That’s how Ford Motor CEO Jim Farley described the state of the automotive industry earlier this year amid geopolitical tensions, tariffs, inflation and other disruptions. All those factors created […]

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