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Chevrolet takes the driver’s seat for sales in 2025

Staff report Chevrolet is the go-to brand across northern Ohio for 2025, the Greater Cleveland Automobile Dealers’ Association reported earlier this month. Franchised dealers in the association’s 21-county region reported 33,079 new Chevys were sold last year. The automaker also outpaced the field in December with 2,616 new vehicle sales. Dealers reported 229,118 new cars, trucks and SUVs were sold in 2025. Compared to 2024, sales growth rounded out the year ahead by 4.52%. Last month, 18,298 new vehicles moved off the lots. Comparing sales to the same month a year prior, ...

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Apple calls on Google to help smarten up Siri, bring AI features to iPhone

Apple will rely on Google to help finish its efforts to smarten up its virtual assistant Siri and bring other artificial intelligence features to the iPhone as the trendsetting company plays catch up in technology’s latest craze. The deal allowing Apple to tap into Google’s AI technology was disclosed Monday in a joint statement from the Silicon Valley powerhouses. The partnership will draw upon Google’s Gemini technology to customize a suite of AI features dubbed “Apple Intelligence” on the iPhone and other products. After Google and others took the early lead in the AI ...

In recent years, a shortage of vehicles, rising prices and high borrowing costs have made it challenging for some people to purchase a new or used vehicle. Thankfully, the automotive market is shifting in ways that could be beneficial if you’re planning to buy a vehicle in the next few months. The auto experts at Edmunds have identified five car shopping trends that you can expect to see in 2026 and have advice on how to take advantage of them to get the best deal. More holdout shoppers are returning, boosting used car selection Many consumers delayed buying a new car over ...

At Detroit auto show, spotlight dims for EVs

DETROIT (AP) — At the North American International Auto Show, tires squeal as gearheads put shiny new vehicles through their paces on a pair of indoor tracks that sprawl across the event space. One of those tracks used to be set aside exclusively for electric vehicles as U.S. automakers sought to quickly build out the cars of the future. But no longer. This year, both strips are open to hybrids and gas-powered vehicles as Detroit continues a pivot away from EVs since President Donald Trump returned to the White House with a pro-fossil fuels agenda. “The show will always reflect ...

Just 198,000 Americans filed jobless claims last week

WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as U.S. layoffs remain low despite growing concern about a weakening job market. U.S. filings for jobless aid for the week ending Jan. 10 fell by 9,000 to 198,000, down from 207,000 the previous week, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The figure was significantly less than the 215,000 that analysts polled by the data firm FactSet were expecting. Applications for unemployment benefits are viewed as a proxy for layoffs and are close to a real-time indicator of the health of the job market. Last ...