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- A row of new Ford Fusions are for sale on the lot at Butler County Ford in Butler, Pa., Nov. 19, 2015. A shortage of computer chips and other parts hobbled the U.S. auto industry in 2022, slowing factories and contributing to an expected 8% decline in sales from the previous year. And although supplies are improving and prices are coming down a little, auto factories aren't likely to get back to full production until next year. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)
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Supply chain woes caused US auto sales to fall 8% last year
By TOM KRISHER - AP Auto Writer
Wed,01/04/23-5:37PM , 1,887 Reads
DETROIT (AP) — Shortages of computer chips and other parts continued to hobble the U.S. auto industry last year, contributing to vehicle sales dropping 8% from 2021 to their lowest level in more than a decade.
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- The 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV RST is shown in Detroit, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022. General Motors expects its portfolio of electric vehicles to turn a profit in North America by 2025. That will come as it boosts battery and assembly plant capacity to build over 1 million EVs per year. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
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GM CEO Barra says electric vehicles to be profitable by 2025
By TOM KRISHER - AP Auto Writer
Thu,11/17/22-12:31PM , 675 Reads
General Motors says it expects its portfolio of electric vehicles to turn a profit in North America by 2025 as it boosts battery and assembly plant capacity to build over 1 million EVs per year.

CEO Mary Barra used the pledge to kick off the company’s investor day event Thursday in New York.
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- This Sunday, June 25, 2017, photo shows TK Holdings Inc. headquarters in Auburn Hills, Mich. Stellantis is warning owners of 276,000 older vehicles to stop driving them, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022, after Takata driver’s air bags apparently exploded, killing three more people. The company, formerly Fiat Chrysler, is telling people to stop driving Dodge Magnum wagons, Dodge Challenger and Charger muscle cars and Chrysler 300 sedans from the 2005 through 2010 model years. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
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Stellantis: Park older models due to 3 Takata air bag deaths
By TOM KRISHER - AP Auto Writer
Thu,11/03/22-9:03AM , 256 Reads
DETROIT (AP) — Stellantis and the U.S. government on Thursday warned owners of 276,000 older vehicles to stop driving them after Takata air bags apparently exploded in three more vehicles, killing the drivers.
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- Cars for sale line the road at a used auto dealership in Philadelphia, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. The prices of new and used vehicles in the United States have begun inching down from their eye-watering record highs as more vehicles have become gradually available at dealerships. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, FILE)
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Auto prices finally begin to creep down from inflated highs
By TOM KRISHER - AP Auto Writer
Thu,10/27/22-10:26AM , 241 Reads
DETROIT (AP) — All summer long, Aleen Hudson kept looking for a new minivan or SUV for her growing passenger shuttle service.
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