by Michael Strong | Feb 3, 2020
The television network hosting the Super Bowl wants an exciting close game to draw viewers to drive up advertising rates, and the automakers that ran ads in this year’s big game want that to sales of whatever vehicle is featured in the commercial. Automakers not only...
by Joseph Szczesny | Feb 3, 2020
General Motors and the United Auto Workers have agreed to mandatory Sunday overtime at the General Motors pickup truck plant in Flint, Michigan, to keep pace with demand for GM’s heavy-duty Chevrolet and GMC pickup trucks, according to a memo signed by both company...
by Michael Strong | Jan 31, 2020
The UAW continued its separation from its recent dark past by beginning the process of expelling eight former executives from the union. Subject the union’s Article 31 charges, the former executives were caught up in the federal government’s criminal investigation of...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 31, 2020
After several years of rapid growth, EV sales flattened out last year, raising concerns about the tens of billions of dollars automakers like Ford, General Motors and Volkswagen are spending on their electrification efforts. A few years ago, Xavier Mosquet might have...
by Michael Strong | Jan 31, 2020
Struggling luxury automaker Aston Martin received the financial lifeline it’s been searching for in hopes of offsetting lower-than-expected sales in the last 18 months. Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll agreed to spend 182 million pounds, or about $240.2 million,...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 31, 2020
Stretching for nearly a mile from one end to the other, the Frankfurt Messe, the city’s convention center complex, is one massive affair. And, yet, for decades the auto industry filled up almost every inch of the complex, even setting up additional, temporary display...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jan 31, 2020
The new trade agreement with Mexico and Canada will bring as many as 80,000 new manufacturing jobs to the United States because new rules of origin will require more companies to build cars and parts in the United States, President Donald Trump said during an...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jan 31, 2020
In another sign suggesting consolidation is the order of the day in the car business, two of the industry’s top suppliers plan to merge. BorgWarner will acquire rival automotive supplier Delphi Technologies in an all-stock transaction valued at $3.3 billion that...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 30, 2020
Once the most popular model in the Lincoln line-up, the MKZ sedan is set to breathe its last, a victim of both declining sales and the need to change over production at parent Ford Motor Co.’s Hermosillo, Mexico assembly plant. It also hasn’t helped that Lincoln is...
by Michael Strong | Jan 30, 2020
Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed the company will begin delivering its new Model Y small sport-utility vehicle in March and that the company is on the cusp of delivering a car with a 400-mile range. Musk’s news about the earlier-than-expected delivery dates for the Model...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jan 30, 2020
Lexus, initially built its reputation by building quiet, poised sedans that effortlessly eased the owners into the lap of luxury. Customers raved about its sophisticated crossover that set the pace for competitors that scrambled to keep pace. Throughout the years,...
by Michael Strong | Jan 30, 2020
Looking for ways to become more efficient, UPS is eliminating delivery drivers through a new partnership with Waymo in the Phoenix area. The pilot program will have the delivery giant using Waymo’s self-driving Chrysler Pacifica minivans to deliver packages from UPS...
