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The Internal Combustion Engine Is Not Dead Yet

Batteries and electrified motors will have a major role in powering cars and trucks of our future. But gas engines have a lot of life left.

By NORMAN MAYERSOHN

Toyota to Take five Percent Stake in Mazda and Build Joint U.S. Plant

The factory’s location has not been determined, but the automakers said that it would most likely cost $1.6 billion and would employ about Four,000 workers.

By JONATHAN SOBLE and PATRICIA COHEN

Auto Sales Contract as Request Stalls for Trucks and S.U.V.s

The July falloff for the Big three automakers exceeded expectations, and the overall decline was the steepest in a string that began in January.

By NEAL E. BOUDETTE

Wheels

Spanking paddle Shifters Budge From the Rapid Track to the H.O.V. Lane

Designed to permit racecar drivers to switch gears quickly, spanking paddle shifters are increasingly found in standard vehicles, but their usefulness for commuters is debatable.

By STEPHEN WILLIAMS

Wheels

How to Alleviate Luxury-Car Buyers: Add Perks and Subtract Haggling

Several automakers aim to switch the shopping practice with stationary prices, after-sale care and even ways to avoid the dealership altogether.

Luxury Cars Suggest More Models, but Find Fewer Buyers

Automakers like BMW and Mercedes-Benz have failed to expand their market share by suggesting more multiplicity, joining the industry’s overall sales decline.

By NEAL E. BOUDETTE

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Movie Review: Doing the Math on Toyota’s Prius Prime Hybrid

Toyota’s 2nd attempt at a plug-in hybrid more than doubles the electrified range. Just make sure to crunch the numbers before passing on the competition.

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two thousand seventeen Toyota Prius Prime

Charge the battery and the Prime drives like an electrical car. Once the battery is spent, after about twenty five miles, the car drives like any other Prius.

The Contest That Defines a Championship in Auto Racing

A competition that has been held each June since one thousand nine hundred twenty three on France’s Circuit de la Sarthe will be held this year on June seventeen and Eighteen.

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Movie Review: With Fresh Ioniq, Hyundai Goes After Prius

The hybrid model gets two more miles to the gallon than the Toyota Prius, and it looks and drives more like a regular gas-powered car.

Wheels

Very first Came the Hydrogen Cars. Now, the Refilling Stations.

California has thirty hydrogen refilling stations, and automakers are poised to add stations in the Northeast, from Fresh York to Boston.

By NEAL E. BOUDETTE

Toyota to Invest $1.Three Billion in Kentucky Plant

While the upgrade will not add jobs, it is the latest stir by an automaker to enhance its American manufacturing and was endorsed by President Trump.

Driven

Movie Review: Not-So-Standard Equipment on the Otherwise Standard Corolla

Toyota is adding lifesaving technology to the two thousand seventeen sedan and many of its other passenger cars.

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Driven | two thousand seventeen Toyota Corolla

The popular Corolla has long provided basic transportation, but there is nothing basic about the safety technology that now comes standard.

For three Indiana Brothers, ‘America First’ Cuts two Ways

As President Trump rewrites trade policy, the influence will be felt in places like Evansville, Ind., where the likely winners and losers live side by side.

By Excursion GABRIEL

Automakers Knew of Takata Airbag Hazard for Years, Suit Says

Plaintiffs in a class act say internal documents from at least four automakers display that they continued to use the flawed airbags to save on costs.

By HIROKO TABUCHI and NEAL E. BOUDETTE

Economic View

Pressure From Trump May Delay a Factory’s Exit, but It Won’t Stop It

The president has pressured companies to keep jobs in the United States. However it may seem to be working, it is an illusion and might undermine manufacturing.

By JUSTIN WOLFERS

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As S.U.V.s Take Over, Fresh Camry Gets a Quiet Welcoming

An all-new Camry used to be a momentous event for the industry. Not so much anymore.

By NEAL BOUDETTE

Trump’s Twitter Warning to Toyota Unsettles Japanese Carmakers

Shares in Toyota fell and Japanese officials hustled to react after Donald J. Trump threatened a “big border tax” on the company if it added a plant in Mexico.

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We Trust You

In the early 1980s, Toyota transformed one of the world’s worst auto plants into one of the best, using the exact same workers. In the 2nd installment of The Art of Better series, Charles Duhigg sheds light on the importance of entrusting workers with responsibility and authority.

By CHARLES DUHIGG, AARON BYRD and SAMANTHA STARK

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