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FILE – In this April 15, 2018 file photo, unsold 2018 Pacifica minivans sit on a Chrysler dealer’s lot in the south Denver suburb of Englewood, Colo. Americans are being presented with two starkly different and inaccurate accounts of the state of the auto industry, one from President Donald Trump and the other from Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) WX105 WX105

July 19, 2019 at 11:15 am

AP FACT CHECK: Trump, Harris both wrong about auto sector

DETROIT (AP) — Renaissance or ruin? Americans are being presented with two starkly different accounts of the state of the auto industry, one from President...

Michael Stumo, left, and Paul Njoroge, right, hold up photos of the Njoroge family before the start of a House Transportation subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 17, 2019, on aviation safety. Njoroge lost his wife and three young children on Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 and Stumo lost his daughter on the same flight. The plane was a Boeing 737 MAX. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) DCSW104 DCSW104

July 17, 2019 at 8:10 am

Men who lost family members in Max crash seek safety changes VIEW

Two men who lost family members in the crash of a Boeing 737 Max airliner in Ethiopia called on Congress to change Federal Aviation Administration...

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July 15, 2019 at 3:11 am

After years of plenty, auto workers want a bigger slice VIEW

DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Contract talks between the United Auto Workers and Detroit's three automakers kicked off with the union president departing from the traditionally...

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July 12, 2019 at 4:49 am

VW, Ford team up to make autonomous, electric vehicles VIEW

NEW YORK (AP) — Volkswagen will invest $2.6 billion into a Pittsburgh autonomous vehicle company that's mostly owned by Ford as the automakers who were...

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July 11, 2019 at 9:28 am

Feds: Truck driver likely caused self-driving shuttle crash

A collision between an experimental self-driving shuttle and a semi in downtown Las Vegas was probably the truck driver's fault, but the shuttle operator didn't...

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July 10, 2019 at 7:38 am

Senate committee approves FAA nominee over Dem objections

President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Federal Aviation Administration won approval from a Senate committee Wednesday despite objections from Democrats who questioned the actions...

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July 8, 2019 at 9:25 pm

Inslee, 22 other governors back California in showdown with Trump over fuel-efficient cars

WASHINGTON (AP) — California's air pollution control boss says she's open to compromise with the Trump administration over its efforts to relax mileage standards, as...

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July 6, 2019 at 7:00 am

Trump’s nominee to lead FAA faces questions about safety during his tenure at Delta

The Senate Commerce Committee is scheduled to vote Wednesday on the nomination of President Trump's FAA pick, Stephen Dickson. Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington, the...

July 3, 2019 at 4:10 am

Lee Iacocca, engineer of Chrysler’s turnaround, dies at 94 VIEW

DETROIT (AP) — Lee Iacocca, the auto executive and master pitchman who put the Mustang in Ford's lineup in the 1960s and became a corporate...

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Lee Iacocca speaks at the 70th Luncheon of the Metro-Detroit Book and Author Society in Livonia, Mich., Monday, May 21, 2007. In his new book, “Where Have All the Leaders Gone?,” the former Chrysler chairman says he tells readers what to look for in a leader. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) MIPS102

July 2, 2019 at 7:20 pm

Former Chrysler CEO Lee Iacocca has died at age 94 VIEW

DETROIT (AP) — Lee Iacocca, the auto executive and master pitchman who put the Mustang in Ford's lineup in the 1960s and became a corporate...

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