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• Politics

GM chairman to meet with U.S. lawmakers from Maryland and other states over recent plant closure decisions

General Motors' CEO to meet with U.S. lawmakers from Maryland and other states this week. Maryland lawmakers say the decision to end operations at its White Marsh facility demonstrates "extremely poor corporate citizenship.” The meeting is scheduled for Wednesday night in Washington.

By Jeff Barker

Dec 3, 2018

• Opinion

The pickup truck: an American icon

For a sizable contingent of Americans, the pickup truck has emerged as a means of establishing their ties to a distinctly blue-collar identity in the course of flaunting their bourgeois prosperity. And the pickup’s political implications have most commonly skewed right, even far right.

• Maryland

Two arrested for car theft, suspected in series of Westminster vehicle break-ins

A Taneytown man and woman were arrested while allegedly attempting to steal a vehicle. The two are suspects in a series of vehicle break-ins in Westminster that were reported in the past few days. 

• Harford

Assault, taunting in Darlington being investigated as possible hate crime

The assault and taunting of a Pennsylvania man who was driving through Harford County earlier this week is being investigated as a potential hate crime and Maryland State Police troopers are asking for the public's help in identifying the suspects involved.

• Maryland

Trucks face off at annual Buckwild Truck and Tractor Classic

While Dominic Toretto and the street racers of "The Fast and the Furious" live their lives a quarter-mile at a time, the drag racers at the annual Buckwild Truck and Tractor Classic are given just 250 feet to prove their worth. The show — featuring drag races, tractor and truck pulls, a car and truck show, and more — is an annual fundraiser for the Carroll County Agriculture Center, and helps keep the facility maintained and running throughout a year of events and celebrations held

• Business

Ask the experts: Debuts, tech advancements and zero-emissions engineering at the Baltimore auto show

 Auto companies are making big advancements, and big promises.

By Kalani Gordon

Feb 10, 2017

• Maryland

Trucks get shined, polished for Buckwild Truck and Tractor Classic

Using a clean white rag to spiff up a multipurpose hauler, C.J. Miller LLC driver Bobby Warfield readied his rig for the third annual Carroll County Buckwild Truck and Tractor Classic.

• Opinion

Let's lose the folding chairs

Baltimore's tradition of using folding chairs and other junk to reserve street parking after a snow storm must end

• Opinion

Zero emission vehicles by 2050 in Maryland

This month, five countries and eight U.S. states — including Maryland — announced a pledge for all new passenger cars sold by 2050 to be zero emission vehicles. This was a big symbolic announcement. Indeed, transportation accounts for 25 to 30 percent of total greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. and Europe, and most of these emissions are from the oil we burn in our vehicles.

• Automotive Industry

Fiat Chrysler settlement raises questions for dealers, drivers

After years of massive recalls across the auto industry, car dealerships and drivers are in new territory with the announcement that Fiat Chrysler must buy back some defective Ram pickups and Dodge and Chrysler SUVs.

• Drones

University of Maryland drone test site open for business

The pickup truck speeds down the runway of the airfield here on the Eastern Shore, a small, unmanned aircraft in its payload. And then the aircraft takes flight, banking over the heads of the spectators.

By Ian Duncan

Dec 7, 2014

• Baltimore City Paper

Hot Grease

• Opinion

Diesel's day has arrived

• Baltimore City

Mechanics promise to find good home for station wagon, unless we buy it back first

• Maryland

The Roadrunners, Elvis tribute artist performing at sock hop

• Automotive Industry

Obama calls for cars to get 54.5 mpg

• Automotive Industry

Fuel mileage standards: Washington gets something right

• Opinion

Electric car industry kicking into gear

• Trucks

Thieves' favorite ride? Cadillac Escalade

• Anne Arundel

DNA link in 3 attacks prompts hunt for serial rapist

• Automotive Industry

On the hook

• Automotive Industry

Let's nationalize GM

• Automotive Industry

Regaining traction

• Automotive Industry

SPINNING THEIR WHEELS

• Automotive Industry

GM has worst sales month since 1975

• Automotive Industry

As gas prices fall, will we go back to guzzling?

• Trucks

Directors affirm support for GM chief

• Automotive Industry

GM reports a stunning loss of $15.5 billion

• Trucks

GM sets sales record in Europe

• Automotive Industry

Love, at $120 a tank

• Automotive Industry

White Marsh GM plant returning to work

• Automotive Industry

Sales tally may show small cars in front

• Automotive Industry

General Motors shares drop to lowest price since 1982

• Automotive Industry

Owners trying to unload gas guzzlers

• Automotive Industry

Car dealers hit sales dead end

• Automotive Industry

Auto dealers' incentives creeping up

• General Motors

GM sets layoff at White Marsh

• Automotive Industry

Not guzzling but still thirsty

• Automotive Industry

Electric cars to hit road

• Automotive Industry

On hybrids and the future

• Automotive Industry

Price could determine success of hybrid SUVs

• Automotive Industry

State pledges shift to buying biofuel vehicles

• Automotive Industry

GM to reduce truck-making capacity by 1,100 jobs

• Theft

An 'under' job: They stole the what?

• Automotive Industry

'New' Chrysler, old problems

• Trucks

On world's roads, a much worse peril than terrorism

• Automotive Industry

Detroit autos are hit again

• Automotive Industry

Ford posts 1st profit in 2 years

• Automotive Industry

Senate votes to increase vehicles' fuel efficiency

• Automotive Industry

Retooling for Chrysler