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Automakers need to look 20 years down the road
6d ago00:00:58Tap to summarizeWWJ auto analyst John McElroy reports fewer people are buying new cars now, but automakers are planning to add eight new assembly plants in the next four years. (Photo by Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images)
Transcribe →The Yen crisis helps Japanese automakers
1w ago00:01:02Tap to summarizeWWJ auto analyst John McElroy reports the Yen has sunk to a 40 year low, but that's not hurting automakers.
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Automakers raise prices of cars, trucks with destination charges
1w ago00:01:09Tap to summarizeWWJ auto analyst John McElroy reports automakers are raising the prices of their destination charges on their cars and trucks far faster than the rate of inflation. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Transcribe →A lot of talk about solid state batteries, but where are they?
1w ago00:01:02Tap to summarizeWWJ auto analyst John McElroy reports the solid state batteries will double the range of EVs and need only five minutes to recharge, but automakers haven't been able to manufacture them at scale. So they are rolling out semi-solid state batteries.
Transcribe →Auto companies look to hydrogen for internal combustion engines
2w ago00:01:08Tap to summarizeWWJ auto analyst John McElroy says it isn't hard to get a gasoline engine to run on hydrogen, but there's one big problem--the cost of a gas tank.
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Report: Autonomous cars are safer than those driven by humans
2w ago00:01:00Tap to summarizeWWJ auto analyst John McElroy reports the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety studied Waymo's driverless cars and found they were involved in fewer crashes. (Photo credit: WWJ)
Transcribe →Time to replace the cabin filter in your vehicle
2w ago00:01:03Tap to summarizeWWJ auto analyst John McElroy reports the wildfire smoke that lingered over Michigan earlier in July has put a new focus on the air filter for the passenger cabin in your vehicle.
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How did Mercedes decide on the 3 point star for its logo?
2w ago00:01:09Tap to summarizeWWJ auto analyst John McElroy reports the three pointed star on every Mercedes Benz is one of the most recognizable logos in the world. (Photo: Getty Images)
Transcribe →The U.S. needs to rebuild the tool and die industry
3w ago00:00:56Tap to summarizeWWJ auto analyst John McElroy reports the U.S. automakers started offshoring tool and die work to China decades ago and now realize that was a mistake. John says it's a matter of national security.
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A '64 Ford concept car predicted the tech of today
3w ago00:01:11Tap to summarizeWWJ auto analyst John McElroy tells the story of a 1960s station wagon that did an amazing job of predicting the future technology in cars. (Photo: The 1964 Aurora station wagon was Ford's dream car of the future. Credit: Ford Motor Co.)
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