by Michael Strong | Feb 17, 2020
This story has been updated with new information. Former United Auto Workers President Owen Bieber died Monday. Bieber, who was the second-longest serving president, was 90. Bieber, whose passing was announced by the union, was the UAW’s seventh president and led the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Feb 17, 2020
When it comes to SUVs, Kia has been on a tear, rapidly expanding its line-up with new offerings like the compact Seltos and the big Telluride, the latter being named North American Utility Vehicle of the Year last month. The Korean carmaker hasn’t ignored its existing...
by Joseph Szczesny | Feb 17, 2020
Maserati is planning to use hybrid and battery-electric propulsion systems on future models even as its operations remain firmly planted in Italy. The brand’s electrification initiatives begin this year and the first hybrid car to be built will be the new Maserati...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Feb 17, 2020
General Motors will accelerate its global retrenchment by shutting down its Australian brand Holden, the automaker announced Monday, while also pulling the Chevrolet brand out of Thailand and selling its manufacturing complex there to China’s Great Wall Motors. The...
by Michael Strong | Feb 14, 2020
Already facing a tough start to 2020 due to the Lunar New Year holidays, China’s auto sales plummeted 18% due to the aforementioned holiday and the coronavirus outbreak that forced people into their homes crashing auto production and sales. The decline marked the 19th...
by Michael Strong | Feb 14, 2020
Not long ago, General Motors informed its 44,000 hourly workers that they’d be taking home as much as $8,000 in profit-sharing payments. Now it’s the company’s nearly 69,000 salaried employees turn to be rewarded. The company will be paying bonuses to its “white...
by TDB Staff | Feb 14, 2020
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by Joseph Szczesny | Feb 14, 2020
The popularity of trucks and sport-utility vehicles have trimmed the sales of subcompact cars and causing some carmakers to flee the segment. But the subcompact segment is not dead yet and Nissan has put a bit of a spark in it with the introduction of the 2020 Nissan...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Feb 14, 2020
Hyundai Motor Co. is making big plans for electrifying its line-up, the automaker recently announcing plans to invest $87 billion during the next five years while bringing 44 battery and fuel-cell vehicles to market — and the concept vehicle it plans to debut at the...
by Joseph Szczesny | Feb 14, 2020
United Auto Workers officials in Flint, Michigan, representing workers at the General Motors truck assembly plant in Flint, Michigan, have taken to social media to warn of potential parts shortages at the General Motors truck assembly plant created by the medical...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Feb 13, 2020
Luxury knows no boundaries, it seems, as high-line automakers extend their brands to take in everything from designer sunglasses to exclusive condominium complexes. Then there’s Mercedes-AMG, Daimler’s high-performance brand announcing today that it is teaming up for...
by Michael Strong | Feb 13, 2020
Tesla officials have maintained for some time that they have no plans to raise any new funds, including through a new stock sale. So naturally, the company is now issuing $2 billion in new shares. The EV maker’s stock price has increased dramatically – by triple – in...
