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In this Friday, Jan. 8, 2016 photo, Joaquin &quot;El Chapo&quot; Guzman is made to face the press as he's escorted to a helicopter in handcuffs by soldiers and marines at a federal hangar in Mexico City. Guzman's second prison escape in 2015 from a top security prison though a tunnel had embarrassed President Enrique Pena Nieto and made his capture a national priority. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

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In this April 27, 1966, file photo, Volkswagen workers drive their Beetle cars from the parking lot on their way home at the end of the workday at the world's largest single auto plant, the Volkswagen factory (seen in background) in Wolfsburg, Germany. Volkswagen is halting production of the last version of its Beetle model in July 2019 at its plant in Puebla, Mexico, the end of the road for a vehicle that has symbolized many things over a history spanning eight decades since 1938. (AP Photo, file)

Volkswagen is halting production of last version of its Beetle model

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This undated photo provided by Chevrolet shows the Traverse SUV. The Chevrolet Traverse offers a roomy cabin and the largest cargo space in its class. (General Motors via AP)

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Workers at Volkswagen’s plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, have voted against unionization

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Signs for and against unionization are in a roundabout along Volkswagen Drive in front of the Volkswagen plant Friday, June 14, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tenn. Workers voted against forming a factory-wide union, handing a setback to the United Auto Workers’ efforts to gain a foothold among foreign auto facilities in the South. (Erin O. Smith/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP)

Tennessee Volkswagen plant rejects unionization

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Volkswagen to take stake in battery cell maker Northvolt

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FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2017, file photo, workers produce vehicles at Volkswagen's U.S. plant in Chattanooga, Tenn. Top Tennessee Republicans are predicting economic harm if a vote to unionize Volkswagen's car assembly plant in Chattanooga passes. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig, File)

GOP officials rehash old fight against Volkswagen union vote

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Budget committee scraps charging station plan

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The Latest: FCA says French politics caused merger pullout

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Tennessee governor against union vote at Volkswagen plant

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Union vote next month at Volkswagen’s Tennessee plant

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The Fiat Chrysler Automobiles world headquarters is shown in Auburn Hills, Mich., Monday, May 27, 2019. Fiat Chrysler proposed on Monday to merge with France's Renault to create the world's third-biggest automaker, worth $40 billion, and combine forces in the race to make electric and autonomous vehicles. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Key challenges facing a Fiat Chrysler-Renault merger

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Germany’s Bosch fined $100 million over diesel scandal

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In this Tuesday, May 14, 2019 photo, robot arms stand at the assembly line during the reconstruction for the electrical car body construction at a press tour at the plant of the German manufacturer Volkswagen AG (VW) in Zwickau, Germany. Volkswagen will total shift into electric cars at the plant in Zwickau and the first vehicles are to roll off the assembly line at the end of 2019. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

Threat or promise? E-auto boom could cost industry jobs

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In this Dec. 4, 2015, file photo, a man walks through the employee parking lot at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig, File) **FILE**

Union files for new vote at Volkswagen’s Tennessee plant

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Herbert Diess, CEO of the Volkswagen stock company, poses next to a Volkswagen car prior to the company's annual general meeting in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, May 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Volkswagen to invest 1bn euros in battery production plant

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FILE - In this March 6, 2019, file photo, former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn rides in a car from a building in Tokyo, after posting 1 billion yen ($8.9 million) in bail once an appeal by prosecutors against his release was rejected. Nissan is seeing sales and profits tumble, as its once revered former chairman, Carlos Ghosn, awaits trial on charges of financial misconduct. The Japanese automaker says it is beefing up corporate governance and sticking with its alliance with French partner Renault SA. (Takuya Inaba/Kyodo News via AP)

Questions loom for Nissan with former chairman Ghosn gone

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Time banks build economies _ and communities _ sans money

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Volkswagen earnings upbeat despite diesel scandal charges

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This photo taken April 7, 2019, shows Jonas, the shop dog of the Bennett family, standing near a classic 1969 Chevrolet Camaro SS. (David Hungate/The Roanoke Times via AP)

Apprentices learn from masters of moonshine and hot rods

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