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Burning leaded gasoline releases toxic lead into the environment, and for 100 years people around the world have been dealing with the health effects. How did a century of toxic fuel come to be?
Ford’s electric F-150 pickup won’t roll off assembly lines until early 2022, but the company has received thousands of preorders already for a vehicle aimed at the mass market, not eco-buyers.
Volkswagen’s new integration of online and offline sales offers insight into the future of the showroom experience.
As the human costs of the Covid-19 virus epidemic continue to rise, the virus is also taking its toll on global economy, with disrupted supply chains across a wide variety of industries.
President Trump and Democrats recently agreed on a deal to pass the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. A trade scholar explains what’s new.
Democratic candidates are keen to burnish their climate credentials by calling for grand electric vehicle plans. But there are both economic and political reasons for going slowly.
One of the questions I’m asked most frequently is: how can you make sense of Tesla’s wild strategies?
The odds are stacked against the striking workers at General Motors. A sociologist who’s studied the decline of the US auto industry explains why.
Ensuring no industry becomes too big to fail can be achieved by changing the way companies are run. The aim is to develop a sustainable model for corporations.
The US and Mexico announced a bilateral trade deal that pointedly excludes Canada. A economic law expert explains what it means.
Going private would help Tesla reestablish its luxury status.
The motorcycle maker angered Trump after it said it plans to move some production overseas to avoid EU tariffs – just a few months after the president praised the company for being a ‘true American icon.’
For 30 years, it’s been the best-selling vehicle in the US.
The implications, economic and otherwise, of this massive policy change are only beginning to sink in.
Shifting to plug-in cars wouldn’t be enough to max out global oil consumption by 2040. But it could help make that happen if cities pitch in and ride-sharing doesn’t crowd out public transportation.
Volvo might be the first car company to go all-electric, but it’s far from the market leader and petrol will continue to be relied upon.
Auctioneers have put a record price tag on the ultimate symbol of 60s counterculture and vintage nostalgia.
The French group might well manage to turn around General Motors’ struggling division, but plants will close, and the UK looks vulnerable.
The vacuum cleaner maker faces the same challenges as Elon Musk against the big auto players – so maybe it’s time to try a different road.
Top contributors
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Senior Lecturer and Co-Director, Electric Vehicle Centre of Excellence (EVCE), Cardiff University
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Executive Director of Postgraduate Programmes, Surrey Business School, Royal Holloway University of London
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Professor of Enterprise and Competitiveness, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Business Economics, University of Birmingham
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Executive Dean, UniSA Business, University of South Australia
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Professor of Law, Drake University
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Professor of Marketing, University of Southampton
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Distinguished Professor of History and Environmental Studies, Penn State
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Senior Lecturer, The University of Western Australia
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Senior Lecturer in Product Design, Nottingham Trent University
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Research professor, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
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Professor of Communication, Radford University
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Emeritus Professor, Centre for Automotive Management, Loughborough University
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Co-director, STEPS (Sustainable Transportation Energy Pathways), University of California, Davis
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FedEx Research Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University
