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Traffic on the outbound Kennedy Expressway at Chicago Avenue builds during rush hour on Jan. 3, 2025, in Chicago. By creating more efficient traffic flows — from vehicles being able to communicate with each other and live information rerouting traffic when there's an accident, construction or other congestion — people could travel longer distances in shorter amounts of time. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)

Smart roads could lead the way to faster, safer travel — and successfully competing with China

April 23, 2025 at 4:19 p.m.

Smart roads that enable vehicles to communicate with traffic infrastructure could help goods and people travel faster and be the key to unlocking innovation to help the United States compete...

Stellantis workers leave the Warren Stamping Plant at shift change on April 4, 2025, in Warren, Michigan. (Bill Pugliano/Getty)

Stellantis chairman sounds alarm on Trump tariffs, emissions regulations

April 15, 2025 at 3:31 p.m.

The Stellantis chairman said the U.S. industry is currently "severely affected" by President Donald Trump's 25% tariffs on vehicle imports.

A large fleet of Cruise autonomous vehicles parked in downtown Austin, Texas, in 2023. (Bob Daemmrich/Zuma Press Wire)

Automakers promise more robotaxis, autonomous driving features

March 5, 2025 at 3:16 p.m.

Automakers will be faced with obstacles around safety concerns, affordability and a patchwork of state regulations surrounding autonomous driving features.

Attendees of the recent National Automobile Dealers Association Show in New Orleans peruse the expo area, where multiple companies pitched car dealers on artificial intelligence-powered products they could use in their businesses. (Luke Ramseth/The Detroit News/TNS)

‘Better than we can’: How AI is helping dealers sell more cars and book more repairs

February 17, 2025 at 2:07 p.m.

Companies with artificial intelligence-powered tools are pushing into all corners of the dealership experience, from car buying to the repair shop.

The Belvidere Assembly Plant on Nov. 9, 2023. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)

Stellantis will build pickup truck at reopened Illinois plant, executive tells employees

January 22, 2025 at 1:43 p.m.

The automaker says it will build the next-generation Dodge Durango SUV in Detroit and a midsize pickup truck at the currently closed assembly plant in Belvidere, Illinois.

The Chevrolet Equinox EV that starts at $33,600 was General Motors Co.'s best-selling EV in the fourth quarter. Consumers are emphasizing affordability in their purchases of new vehicles. (Jim Fets/Chevrolet/TNS)

Automakers face affordability challenge in 2025

January 7, 2025 at 2:06 p.m.

Although automakers have emphasized cost reductions and increased incentive spending, they've also sought to prioritize profit margins to fund investments in electrification and other future technology.

Detroit man charged in knife attack at park that left a 7-year-old Muslim girl wounded

October 11, 2024 at 4:52 p.m.

A 73-year-old Detroit man accused of slashing a young girl’s throat this week on the city’s west side has been charged, officials said.

Stellantis' Sterling Heights Assembly Plant in Michigan will lose 191 workers. (Stellantis/TNS)

Stellantis cuts temps and full-time workers at Michigan plant, more layoffs planned

September 25, 2024 at 2:44 p.m.

Stellantis NV is expected to terminate 191 workers at its Sterling Heights Assembly Plant by this weekend, according to the United Auto Workers. Some 177 of those affected are supplemental...

UAW Region 1 Associate Director Ray Pecoraro speaks during an Aug. 23 rally outside the Sterling Heights Assembly Plant, where union members called on Stellantis to keep a commitment to reopen the Belvidere Assembly Plant in Illinois in 2027 to build a midsize pickup. The union is threatening to strike over the automaker's plans to delay the restart of production. (Daniel Mears/The Detroit News/TNS)

UAW-Stellantis faceoff over Belvidere plant’s future centers on a single contract sentence

September 3, 2024 at 2:05 p.m.

One sentence in a contract document that runs more than 300 pages is drawing scrutiny as the United Auto Workers warns it could strike Stellantis NV over the automaker’s delays...

Delta to offer free wifi on most domestic flights

February 1, 2023 at 6:15 p.m.

Delta Air Lines Inc. on Wednesday launched free WiFi on 75% of its domestic mainline aircraft, an early step toward its overhaul of in-flight entertainment in favor of personalization and free...

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