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Hyundai to slash domestic output

Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea's largest automaker, will slash production between 25 percent and 30 percent at its domestic plants during the first quarter amid falling...

Car showrooms empty, dealers' margins lean

Outside the Lehmer's GMC, Pontiac and Buick dealership in Concord, traffic bustles by on Market Street. Inside the showroom...

Detroit auto show strips out glitz

The streets of downtown Detroit will be free of cattle this year, and there won't be any Jeeps flying through the windows of the convention center...

A 1969 Mustang serves as a daily driver

Fred Feller is an attorney specializing in civil litigation. He lives and works in Berkeley, where he is a partner in the firm of Buresh, Kaplan, Jang & Feller...

Why are auto shows still important?

Despite the auto industry's slumping sales and questions about the financial future of the U.S.-based companies, auto shows like the one getting under way in Detroit remain important global...

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Changing gas prices upset carmakers' plans

Deep inside the research centers of General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler LLC, the companies...

Tesla developing electric Smart cars

Tesla Motors Inc. and Daimler AG said Tuesday they are developing an electric Smart microcar, with plans to initially make 1,000 of the vehicles available...

E-car startups try to compete

Several startup automakers are in hot pursuit of electric-powered vehicles, but they face an uphill road as they challenge major car companies like...

GM plans big battery factory in Michigan

General Motors Corp., a wounded company living on cash borrowed from the government, didn't behave like one Monday as it announced ambitious plans...

Ford plans to sell electric car by 2011

Ford Motor Co. is planning to put a fully electric car in showrooms by 2011 that will get up to 100 miles on a single charge and plans to offer plug-in...

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