by Joseph Szczesny | Sep 22, 2019
Another retired United Auto Workers official has been charged with accepting a $123,000 kickback from a vendor doing business with the multimillion-dollar training fund operated jointly by the United Auto Workers and General Motors. Jeff Pietrzyk, 74, was charged with...
by Michael Strong | Sep 20, 2019
It didn’t take long for California to make good on its promise to the Trump administration if it revoked its ability to set its own automotive emissions standards. “Mr. President, we’ll see you in court,” California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said in a statement....
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 20, 2019
During a news conference in Washington on Thursday, U.S. Department of Transportation Sec. Elaine Chao derided EVs as “cars that American consumers do not want to buy or drive.” True, all forms of electrified vehicles – from conventional hybrids up to pure...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 19, 2019
California will lose its ability to set tougher fuel economy standards than those set by Washington, two senior members of the Trump administration announced Thursday morning, proclaiming that move, along with a planned rollback of federal mileage rules, will result...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 18, 2019
President Donald Trump issued a clear signal that his administration will move forward with plans to both rollback federal fuel economy standards and strip California of the right to set its own emissions standards, something that was first approved by Congress nearly...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 17, 2019
Gliding through downtown Detroit, the Jaguar I-Pace is so quiet that it can take pedestrians by surprise, especially those with a visual impairment. And with pedestrian deaths already on the rise in recent years, that’s the sort of situation that worries officials...
by Joseph Szczesny | Sep 13, 2019
An active member of the United Auto Workers executive board was charged with money laundering, conspiracy and falsifying reports required by the U.S. Department of Labor while embezzling as much as $1 million. The charges against Vance Pearson, director of UAW Region...
by Michael Strong | Sep 11, 2019
General Motors is recalling more than 3.4 million full-size pickups and sport-utility vehicles due to a problem that makes it hard to brake and has led to 113 crashes and 13 injuries. The recall is to resolve problems with vacuum pumps on 2014-2018 model year...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 9, 2019
Barely a week after acknowledging he received more than $440,000 in excess pay, Nissan CEO Hiroto Saikawa said he will step down on Sept. 16, ending a rein marked by controversy and scandal, as well as declining global sales and earnings. Saikawa will be replaced, at...
by Michael Strong | Sep 6, 2019
The Trump administration was displeased when California reached a deal with four automakers on fuel economy and emissions standards last month tougher than those proposed by the administration. Not so fast. Another wing of the federal government has now become...
by Michael Strong | Sep 5, 2019
The National Transportation Safety Board’s finding Wednesday that the design of Tesla Inc.’s Autopilot “permitted the driver to disengage” from driving the vehicle enflamed critics of the technology, who renewed their call for its ban. “NTSB has done its job by...
by Joseph Szczesny | Sep 4, 2019
A former United Auto Workers official pleaded guilty Wednesday to charge of abusing his position to solicit kickbacks from vendors and supplier working for the joint General Motors-UAW Human Resources Center in Detroit. Michael Grimes, who played a key role in the...
