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Monday

Actress Doris Day starring in "Lover Come Back" in 1962. Day died at XX. Bettmann/Corbis hide caption

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Actress And Singer Doris Day, Hollywood's Girl Next Door, Dies At 97

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Wednesday

'Consumer Reports' Director Offers An Inside Take On The Car Testing Process

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Tuesday

How 'A Star Is Born' Became One Of Judy Garland's 'Biggest Heartbreaks'

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Friday

Martin Winterkorn, former CEO of the German car manufacturer Volkswagen, arrives for questioning at an investigation committee of the German federal parliament in Berlin, Germany, in January 2017. Michael Sohn/AP hide caption

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Former Volkswagen CEO Indicted Over Emissions Testing Scandal

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Thursday

Tesla Is Burning Through Cash At An Even Greater Rate Than Expected

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Thursday

Ford To Ditch Cars In North America, Focus On Trucks And SUVs

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Tuesday

Herbert Diess, Volkswagen's new CEO addresses, the media during a news conference at the company's plant in Wolfsburg, Germany, April 13. As the company turns the page from its diesel emissions cheating scandal, it says its future is electric. Fabian Bimmer/Reuters hide caption

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After Diesel Scandal, VW Turns To New Leadership And Electric Cars

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Monday

Saturday

Ads for tech companies like Apple and Netflix dominate billboards on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles. Linda Wang/NPR hide caption

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On LA's Sunset Strip, A New Golden Age Of Billboards

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Wednesday

A Cadillac salesmen talks with a potential customer at a shopping mall in Beijing in 2011. This week, China announced moves that could pave the way for new sales for some foreign automakers. Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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3 Problems With Selling A Car In China

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Tuesday

China Says It Will Follow Through With Promises To Open Up Its Auto Market

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Thursday

President Trump has continually called out China for its high tariffs and barriers to entry. But China isn't alone in zealously protecting its domestic auto market. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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German Chickens, Pickup Trucks, And De-Escalating The U.S.-China Trade War

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Thursday

A 2018 Ford Expedition goes through the assembly line at a Ford plant Oct. 27, in Louisville, Ky. Higher-profit SUVs and trucks are making up a larger share of auto sales, boosting the industry's fortunes. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images hide caption

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Auto Industry Healthy Enough To Withstand Next Downturn, Analysts Say

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Monday

Chevrolet Camaros are lined up at General Motors' Lansing Grand River Assembly Plant in Michigan in 2015. Automakers in the U.S. say if costs go up as a result of a renegotiated NAFTA, they would be less competitive. Rebecca Cook/Reuters hide caption

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Automakers Say Trump's Anti-NAFTA Push Could Upend Their Industry

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Tuesday

German Automakers Tested Emissions On Live Subjects

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Friday

What's New At The Detroit Auto Show

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Tuesday

Toyota Announces Makeover Of Its Flagship Car

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Thursday

Established Automakers Announce Bold Moves In Electrification

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Friday

The URB-E electric folding bicycle is displayed Nov. 28 inside the Technology Pavilion at the 2017 LA Auto Show. Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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New Wave Of Electric 2-Wheelers Hits U.S. City Streets

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Tuesday

Seeking to cut greenhouse gas emissions in California by 40 percent by 2030, state regulators have approved a plan that offers incentives for truck and bus fleets to go green. David McNew/Getty Images hide caption

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California's New Climate Plan Uses Incentives To Cut Vehicle Emissions

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Monday

Beyoncé performs at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Feb. 12. "Instead of me telling someone how good I look, I can just send them a picture of Beyoncé in a queen's outfit," Youth Radio's Robert Fisher says. Lucy Nicholson/Reuters hide caption

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What This Picture Of Beyoncé Tells Us About How Generation Z Connects

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Saturday

The Infiniti QX50 Crossover is displayed at the 2017 LA Auto Show in Los Angeles. The car features a new engine that shows automakers are still finding ways to improve the gasoline engine, even as electric vehicles are gaining in popularity. Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Thursday

The new Tesla Model 3 is displayed at the 2017 LA Auto Show. The company has struggled to meet its goal of producing thousands of the vehicles per week. Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Tesla Going At 'Warp Speed,' But Lags In Race To Produce Mass Market Electric Cars

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Friday

Has The Black Friday Madness Been Tamed?

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