Camila Domonoske Camila Flamiano Domonoske covers cars, energy and the future of mobility for NPR's Business Desk.
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Camila Flamiano Domonoske covers cars, energy and the future of mobility for NPR's Business Desk.

She covers the automotive supply chain, reporting from the salt piles of an active lithium mine and the floor of a vehicle assembly plant. She reports on what cars mean to the daily lives of the American public — whether they're buying cars, maintaining cars or walking and biking on streets dominated by cars. And she is closely tracking the automotive industry's transformative shift toward zero-emission vehicles.

She monitors the gyrations of global energy markets, explaining why price movements are happening and what it means for the world. She tracks the profits and investments of some of the world's largest energy producers. As global urgency around climate change mounts, she has reported on how companies are — and are not — responding to calls for a rapid energy transition. She has reported on why a country that is remarkably vulnerable to climate change would embrace oil production, and why investors, for reasons unrelated to climate change, have pushed companies to curb their output.

Before she joined the business desk, Domonoske was a general assignment reporter and a web producer for NPR. She has covered hurricanes and elections, walruses and circuses. She has written about language, race, gender and history. In a career highlight, she helped NPR win a pie-eating contest in the summer of 2018.

Domonoske graduated from Davidson College in North Carolina, where she majored in English, with a focus on modern poetry.

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Thursday

United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain posed with UAW members as they strike the General Motors Lansing Delta Assembly Plant in Michigan in late September. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images hide caption

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Big 3 autoworkers vote 'yes' to historic UAW contracts

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Monday

UAW's new contract helps other car companies' workers — but what about Tesla?

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Sunday

UAW members attend a solidarity rally in Detroit on Sept 15, 2023. The union struck lucrative new deals with each of the Big Three automakers. The UAW now wants to use the momentum to unionize foreign automakers as well as Tesla. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images hide caption

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Monday

UAW members strike the General Motors Lansing Delta Assembly Plant in Lansing, Mich., on Sept. 29, 2023. The UAW clinched a deal with GM more than six weeks after the start of the auto strike. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images hide caption

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UAW president calls tentative deals with Ford and Stellantis big wins

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Sunday

UAW reaches a tentative deal with Chrysler, expands strike at General Motors

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Saturday

GM workers strike outside the General Motors Wentzville Assembly Plant in Wentzville, Missouri, on Sept. 15, 2023. Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images hide caption

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Tuesday

An EV future, paid for by gas

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Friday

UAW members strike at the General Motors Lansing Delta Assembly Plant in Lansing, Mich., on Sept. 29, 2023. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images hide caption

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A family inspects the engine of a new Toyota Prius model during the Electrify Expo In D.C. in Washington, D.C., on July 23, 2023. Getting an electric vehicle tax credit of up to $7,500 will get a lot easier next year. Nathan Howard/Getty Images hide caption

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Wednesday

Ford workers meet with United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain at the Ford Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Mich., on July 12, 2023. The UAW is fighting hard to regain the things they gave up before and during the 2008 Global Financial Crisis. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images hide caption

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Why this fight is so personal for the UAW workers on strike

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Tuesday

Why oil prices are relatively high right now

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Friday

UAW members strike at GM's Lansing-Delta Assembly Plant in Lansing, Mich., on Sept. 29, 2023. The UAW on Friday expanded its strike against GM and Ford, but not Stellantis. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images hide caption

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UAW once again expands its historic strike, hitting two of the Big 3 automakers

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The strike against automakers by members of the UAW hits the 2 week mark

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Saturday

UAW workers picket outside of the Stellantis Mopar parts facility in Naperville, Ill., on Sept. 22, 2023. The UAW strike against Big Three automakers may not have much of an impact on car shoppers, though that could change. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption

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Friday

The United Auto Workers strike expands to more facilities

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Wednesday

UAW members attend a solidarity rally as the UAW strikes the Big Three automakers on Sept. 15 in Detroit. GM announced temporary layoffs on Wednesday, blaming the strikes. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images hide caption

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How a protracted UAW strike could impact what people pay for new and used cars

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Saturday

Friday

From the ground at the historic UAW strike rally in Detroit

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Members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) union march through the streets of downtown Detroit following a rally on the first day of the UAW strike in Detroit on Friday. Workers at the "Big Three" U.S. auto manufacturers went on strike on Sept. 15. Mathew Hatcher/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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A historic strike against the Big 3 automakers got underway at midnight

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Thursday

Autoworkers are set to strike if their contract demands aren't met by midnight

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