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NAIAS 2015 Day One Recap

Day one of the 2015 North American International Auto Show (or NAIAS, or the Detroit Auto Show) is behind us, and we've racked up a significant number of steps on our FitBit...
Chris Haak
12 Jan, 15
Ethanol Mandate
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EPA Shrinks Ethanol Mandate as Biofuels Lose Favor

In a giant blow to the ethanol/corn belt lobby, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed to reduce the ethanol mandate of incorporating 14 billion gallons of...
Chris Haak
15 Nov, 13
Cadillac Sixteen
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GM Shelves Plans For Production Cadillac Sixteen, Presses On With 7 Series

We've thrown a few barbs at Cadillac over the years for the brand's slippage from the true Standard of the World to a brand that eventually sold a barely-upgraded version of the...
Chris Haak
30 Jun, 13
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GM Tops J.D. Power IQS Thanks To Old Cars and Not Actually Measuring Quality

Yesterday's news that GM had topped the J.D. Power and Associates Initial Quality Survey (IQS) came as a surprise to many observers.  GM earned a well-deserved reputation over...
Chris Haak
20 Jun, 13
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China Should Skip Internal Combustion Altogether

If you're a car industry fanatic like many of us are, you may recall that in the early days of the U.S. auto industry, there were far more than only three companies (or a few more...
Chris Haak
19 Jun, 13
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Why Waze Is a Little Scary

Several of us at Full Metal Autos use Waze, the popular crowd-sourced navigation and traffic app for smartphones.  While with Autosavant, my colleagues were among the first to...
Chris Haak
15 Jun, 13
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GM and Ford Should Exit Europe

Want to see GM's stock price recover to something closer to the IPO price or - gasp - closer to the price at which Treasury would actually break even on its bailout of GM?...
Chris Haak
22 Mar, 13
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When Not To File An Insurance Claim

Regular readers of Full Metal Autos might notice that "my wife" and "accident" are common themes in my writing. Unfortunately.  Back in December, my wife was in a minor accident...
Chris Haak
07 Mar, 13
Editorials

Intellectual-Property Theft Will Impact China’s Auto Industry Development

It's well-known that China has some serious issues with protecting intellectual property.  From cars that are knockoffs of the name brand models (the Brilliance H530 is so...
Chris Haak
07 Mar, 13
Editorials

BNSF Railway Will Switch Some Locomotives to Natural Gas Power In Pilot Program

As you know, we don't usually deviate much from our core mission of covering cars and the car business here at Full Metal Autos.  But this morning, an article in the Wall Street...
Chris Haak
06 Mar, 13
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