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Byline: Brent Snavely, Detroit Free Press Someday, the Domino's pizza you order might show up in a car that drives itself. Domino's and Ford Motor began testing Tuesday in Ann [...]

Byline: Brent Snavely, and Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press A Chinese automaker is 'deeply interested' in buying Jeep, an iconic American brand, from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles in a move [...]

Byline: Nathan Bomey, USA TODAY, Brent Snavely Hobbled by a deadly air bag scandal, Japanese auto supplier Takata filed for bankruptcy protection late Sunday as it continues to navigate the [...]

Byline: Brent Snavely, Detroit Free Press Ford Motor CEO Jim Hackett knows the clock is already ticking on his tenure and intends to make a difference in his first 100 [...]

Byline: Brent Snavely, Detroit Free Press General Motors said Tuesday it has finished making 130 self-driving Chevrolet Bolt test vehicles, an achievement the automaker says will help put it at [...]

Byline: Eric D. Lawrence, and Brent Snavely, Detroit Free Press The Justice Department filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Fiat Chrysler Automobiles for allegedly building and selling diesel engines that violated [...]

Byline: Nathan Bomey, and Brent Snavely, USA TODAY and Detroit Free Press In a move that takes dead aim at Silicon Valley, Ford replaced its CEO on Monday with a [...]

Byline: Brent Snavely, Detroit Free Press Ford, saddled with a corporate strategy that has failed to ignite investor confidence, is sending signals to Wall Street that it's willing to make [...]

Byline: Brent Snavely, Detroit Free Press In a single word, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles CEO Sergio Marchionne dropped a bombshell. Marchionne was asked whether the automaker's Jeep and Ram brands, either [...]

Byline: Brent Snavely, Detroit Free Press The automotive industry is making it clear that it is strongly opposed to the so-called border adjustment tax, saying it would raise the cost [...]

Byline: Brent Snavely, and John Gallagher, Detroit Free Press General Motors once again finds itself in the middle of a high-stakes, high-finance battle with one of the titans of Wall [...]

Byline: Brent Snavely, Detroit Free Press For automakers, President's Trump's announcement that his administration is going to take a hard new look at tougher fuel-economy standards was what they were [...]

Byline: Brent Snavely, and Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press President Trump is planning to hold an event at a new center for self-driving cars in the Detroit suburbs Wednesday to [...]

Byline: Brent Snavely, and Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press Fiat Chrysler Automobiles CEO Sergio Marchionne is questioning General Motors' decision this week to sell most of its European operations [...]

Byline: Brent Snavely, Detroit Free Press Japan's Takata, one of the world's largest automotive suppliers, pleaded guilty Monday as a corporation in federal court, agreed to a $1 billion plea [...]

Byline: Brent Snavely, Detroit Free Press A legendary but relatively little-known British luxury brand, Aston Martin, has set out to raise its profile as it begins a new-model offensive unlike [...]

Byline: Brent Snavely, Detroit Free Press General Motors said Tuesday it will invest an additional $1 billion at several plants in the U.S., a move that comes just a week [...]

Byline: Brent Snavely, Detroit Free Press Fiat Chrysler Automobiles plans to bring back the Dodge Demon, a muscle car from the 1970s, with an engine that kicks out even more [...]

Byline: Mike Snider, and Brent Snavely, USA TODAY and Detroit Free Press Fiat Chrysler Automobiles revealed a new, semi-autonomous electric vehicle Monday designed for young families that also provides a [...]

Byline: Brent Snavely, Detroit Free Press Ford will debut an upgraded version of its self-driving Ford Fusion Hybrid sedan next week in Las Vegas at the Consumer Electronics Show, the [...]

Byline: Brent Snavely, @BrentSnavely, Detroit Free Press Ford is giving its popular small Fiesta its biggest overhaul in six years. The Dearborn, Mich., automaker revealed the redesigned Ford Fiesta before [...]

Byline: Nathan Bomey, and Brent Snavely, USA TODAY and Detroit Free Press Buoyed by renewed economic confidence following the presidential election, Americans snapped up new vehicles at a rapid pace [...]

Byline: Brent Snavely, Detroit Free Press The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday it has determined automakers can meet fuel economy and emissions standards currently in place through 2025 even [...]

Byline: Brent Snavely, Detroit Free Press The Chevrolet Bolt EV, Tesla Model 3 and electric vehicles in general face a radically new regulatory and political playing field as a professed [...]

Byline: Brent Snavely, Detroit Free Press Ford is moving fast to seize opportunities to reduce traffic congestion in cities as it strives toward becoming a mobility company. The Dearborn, Mich.-based [...]

Byline: Brent Snavely, Detroit Free Press The rebirth of the Alfa Romeo in the U.S. is finally starting to look real. While the brand's reintroduction has been delayed many times [...]

Byline: Brent Snavely, Detroit Free Press Ford Motors CEO Mark Fields said Tuesday that a 35% tariff on cars and trucks imported from Mexico -- an idea promoted by President-elect [...]

Byline: Brent Snavely, Detroit Free Press Ford revealed a new, small addition to its SUV lineup Monday leading up to the Los Angeles Show. And the introduction came with a [...]

Byline: Brent Snavely, and Nathan Bomey, Detroit Free Press and USA TODAY Not quite a station wagon, not quite a SUV, the boxy Ford Flex appears to be headed out. [...]

Byline: Brent Snavely, @BrentSnavely, Detroit Free Press Consumer Reports ranked Tesla 25 out of 29 brands on its annual automotive reliability survey, placing the luxury electric automaker near the bottom [...]

Byline: Brent Snavely, Detroit Free Press After years of waiting, Alfa Romeo finally appears poised to make a full return to the U.S. By the first quarter of next year, [...]

Byline: Brent Snavely, @BrentSnavely, Detroit Free Press Buick has become the first auto brand from Detroit's Big 3 automakers to place in the top three in Consumer Reports' annual ranking [...]

Byline: Brent Snavely, @BrentSnavely, Detroit Free Press After a long boom since the recession, the auto industry is sending mixed signals. Earnings reports this week should shed more light on [...]

Byline: Brent Snavely, Detroit Free Press The Toyota Prius is, by far, the most popular hybrid car ever and has morphed, over the years, into a family of four variants. [...]

Byline: Brent Snavely, Detroit Free Press Toyota isn't just relocating its U.S. headquarters from Southern California to Texas, it's fundamentally changing the way it operates its businesses in North America, [...]

Byline: Brent Snavely, @BrentSnavely, Detroit Free Press Honda is increasing production capacity for its Honda CR-V as it launches a redesigned version of its popular compact SUV that has a [...]

Byline: Brent Snavely, @BrentSnavely, Detroit Free Press Since embracing tough new fuel economy standards in 2012, automakers have spent billions of dollars to develop more fuel-efficient vehicles and have been [...]

Byline: Brent Snavely, @BrentSnavely, Detroit Free Press Tesla's sales model of selling cars directly to consumers would eventually lead to higher prices if the electric-car maker is allowed to move [...]

Byline: Matthew Dolan, Brent Snavely and Chris Woodyard, Detroit Free Press and USA TODAY At a time when Donald Trump is making loss of jobs in the Midwest a top [...]

Byline: Brent Snavely, @BrentSnavely, Detroit Free Press Electric automaker Tesla Motors filed a lawsuit Thursday against Michigan state officials, escalating its multiyear battle to sell vehicles directly to consumers. The [...]

Byline: Greg Gardner, and Brent Snavely, Detroit Free Press Ford Motor said Wednesday that it will shift all of its U.S. small car production to Mexico, a development that drew [...]

Byline: Brent Snavely, @BrentSnavely, Detroit Free Press Three members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee are urging government regulators to give automakers more time to respond to a report [...]

Byline: Brent Snavely, @BrentSnavely, Detroit Free Press A company founded in 1984 to produce high-end audio systems now is on the vanguard of the self-driving vehicle frontier with key financial [...]

Byline: Brent Snavely, @BrentSnavely, Detroit Free Press A simmering debate that normally occurs behind closed doors over whether changes should be made to fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions standards [...]

Byline: Brent Snavely, Detroit Free Press Some of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles' U.S. dealers are getting subpoenas from the federal government related to an investigation into how the automaker reports monthly [...]

Byline: Brent Snavely, Detroit Free Press Fiat Chrysler Automobiles on Tuesday said it has revised the way it counts monthly sales figures of new cars and trucks and now says [...]

Byline: Brent Snavely, @BrentSnavely, Detroit Free Press Two federal agencies said Monday U.S. automakers have made tremendous strides toward improving fuel economy and reducing emissions and project that they are [...]

Byline: Nathan Bomey, and Brent Snavely, @NathanBomey, @BrentSnavely Federal authorities are investigating Fiat Chrysler Automobiles after accusations by at least two dealers that the company conspired to inflate sales. The [...]

Byline: Chris Woodyard, and Brent Snavely, USA TODAY and Detroit Free Press Sure, electric cars such as those from Tesla and hybrids such as Toyota's Prius grab the headlines. But [...]