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Andrew J. Hawkins @ The Verge 1 place · today 14:52 EDT

America is at risk of becoming an automotive backwater

For decades, America's auto industry was the envy of the world, driven by mass production, the rise of Detroit's Big Three automakers, and the iconic stylings of the 1950s and '60s. Then, through a series of blunders and missteps, things started to unravel. There was the fuel crisis of the 1970s, which led to an […]

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