General Motors says dwindling sales of large trucks and SUVs are a reason it plans to close its factory in Janesville.Some see it as a signal that the price of gas has risen to the point where people are changing their buying and driving habits.Since Americans live in a car-culture…they say the auto industry must develop new technologies to keep them on the roads.Patty Murray reports….
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