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- Chief Executive Officer Mary Barra speaks during the opening of contract talks with the United Auto Workers on July 16, 2019, in Detroit. Barra was the second highest paid woman CEO in a survey done by AP and Equilar. She received a base salary of $2.1 million, a $6.3 million performance-based bonus, $1.1 million in perks and $19.5 million in stock and option awards, for a total pay package of $29 million. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
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GM's electric vehicles will gain access to Tesla's vast charging network
By TOM KRISHER - AP Auto Writer
Thu,06/08/23-3:33PM , 238 Reads
DETROIT (AP) — Electric vehicles made by General Motors will be able to use much of Tesla's extensive charging network beginning early next year.

In addition, GM will adopt Tesla's connector, the plug that links an electric vehicle to a charging station.
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- A 2023 Volvo C40 electric vehicle is displayed at a dealership, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, in Exeter, N.H. Leasing is starting to look like the cheapest way to get an electric vehicle, because the U.S. government is giving it a big advantage. Dealers can apply up to the full $7,500 U.S. tax credit to leases of all electric vehicles regardless of where they're made.(AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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The easiest way to get a $7,500 tax credit for an electric vehicle? Consider leasing.
By TOM KRISHER - AP Auto Writer
Tue,05/30/23-9:02AM , 531 Reads
DETROIT (AP) — Thanks to a boost from the government, leasing — not buying — is becoming the most affordable way to get your hands on an electric vehicle.
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- A Tesla auto charges on May 10, 2023, in Westlake, Calif. All of Ford Motor Co.'s current and future electric vehicles will have access to about 12,000 Tesla Supercharger stations starting in 2024, according to an announcement Thursday, May 25, 2023, by Ford CEO Jim Farley and Tesla CEO Elon Musk. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)
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Ford electric vehicle owners to get access to Tesla Supercharger network starting next spring
By TOM KRISHER - AP Auto Writer
Thu,05/25/23-5:05PM , 346 Reads
DETROIT (AP) — All of Ford Motor Co.'s current and future electric vehicles will have access to about 12,000 Tesla Supercharger stations in the U.S. and Canada starting next spring.

Ford CEO Jim Farley and Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced the agreement Thursday during a “Twitter Spaces” audio chat.
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- Automobile traffic jams Route 93 South, Wednesday, July 14, 2021, in Boston. More than 33 million people in the United States are driving vehicles that contain a potentially deadly threat: Airbag inflators that in rare cases can explode in a collision and spew shrapnel. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
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More than 30 million US drivers don't know if they're at risk from a rare but dangerous airbag blast
By TOM KRISHER - AP Auto Writer
Thu,05/18/23-10:56AM , 792 Reads
DETROIT (AP) — More than 33 million people in the United States are driving vehicles that contain a potentially deadly threat: Airbag inflators that in rare cases can explode in a collision and spew shrapnel.

Few of them know it.
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