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Consumer Reports: Tesla and other domestic brands take big steps backwards in reliability rankings

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Every domestic automaker landed in the bottom-half of CR’s latest reliability rankings, which covers 29 brands this year—two more than 2017. Making air suspension and AWD standard in the 2017 model has added more complexity and more things that could potentially falter. —Jake Fisher.

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Chrysler Group files S-1 for IPO; snapshot of R&D priorities; exploring a light-duty hydraulic hybrid

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Chrysler plans to initiate fleet-wide integration of this fuel-saving start/stop technology on a global basis, including certain models in North America. This transmission is now in the new Ram 1500, the Jeep Grand Cherokee (including in the diesel version), and the Dodge Durango.

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