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Crunch Time in Detroit

With the UAW strike in its fifth week, there’s mounting worry in Detroit about the future of the US-based auto industry, which already is at a big cost disadvantage in making electric vehicles.  Ford executive chairman Bill Ford says there is an urgent need for a settlement, that the future of the US-based auto industry is at stake.  Speaking (October 16) at Ford’s Rouge plant … Continue reading Crunch Time in Detroit

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Are Electric Vehicles the Future of Driving?

DETROIT: This isn’t the first-time electric vehicles have been popular. In 1914 Clara Ford, Henry Ford’s wife, opted to drive a Model 47 Brougham from Detroit Electric (above photo) instead of her husband’s Model T that had been on the market since 1908.  The reason was simple. She didn’t have to turn a crank to start the car and there were no troublesome gears to fiddle … Continue reading Are Electric Vehicles the Future of Driving?

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