by Michael Strong | Mar 22, 2019
One of the issues limiting the appeal of electric vehicles is recharging, but Oslo, Norway will be the world’s first city to mitigate that problem as it will install wireless charging systems for taxi cabs. The city is requiring all of its taxis be zero-emission...
by Joseph Szczesny | Mar 22, 2019
Former UAW Vice President Norwood Jewell is expected to U.S. District Court early next month to plead guilty on charges of violating federal labor law and could be sentenced to up to five years in prison. Jewell, who abruptly quit his UAW post in December 2017, months...
by Michael Strong | Mar 21, 2019
Just days after bragging about the company’s plans in China, Tesla CEO Elon Musk is suing former employees for stealing from the EV maker as they left to join Chinese automakers Zoox and Xiopeng Motors. The company filed two suits against separate sets of former...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 19, 2019
Federal regulators have shot back at Tesla CEO Elon Musk in their battle over a contempt-of-court lawsuit, claiming the 47-year-old executive’s legal argument “borders on the ridiculous.” The case stems from a tweet Musk filed last month declaring that Tesla would...
by Michael Strong | Mar 18, 2019
Just days after rallying the troops in Detroit for the upcoming contract negotiations, the UAW received another black eye as former UAW Vice President Norwood Jewell was charged Monday by federal prosecutors for violating the Labor Management Relations Act. Jewell,...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 13, 2019
A federal judge has given the SEC permission to fire the next shot in an ongoing battle that could determine not only whether Tesla CEO Elon Musk can continue tweeting about company business but whether he may face new penalties for allegedly violating terms of a...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 5, 2019
A Japanese court has finally approved bail for former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn, potentially opening the door for him to step out of the Tokyo Detention Center for the first time since his arrest on charges of corruption on November 19. But the release of the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 4, 2019
As part of its plan to prevent all deaths in future products, Volvo said Monday that it will limit the top speed to a maximum 180 kmh, or 112 mph starting with all models produced in 2021. The automaker has laid out a strategy, dubbed Vision 2020, that aims to prevent...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 1, 2019
Pedestrian deaths continued to rise at an alarming rate last year, reaching a 28-year high, according to new government data. While a variety of factors appear to be responsible, including the use of smartphones by both drivers and pedestrians, the Governor’s Highway...
by Michael Strong | Feb 26, 2019
The United Auto Workers union took its protest of the closing of three General Motors’ plants in Michigan, Ohio and Maryland to another level Tuesday filing suit against the company to prevent the shutting down of the facilities and preventing the elimination of...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Feb 26, 2019
Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s fondness for tweeting has already caused him serious problems, from lawsuits to the loss of his job as the automaker’s chairman, but he now faces the possibility a federal court could hold him in contempt for violating a settlement reached last...
by Michael Strong | Feb 22, 2019
Ford Motor Co. may be suffering from déjà vu, the automaker announcing it is in the midst of self-imposed investigation of its fuel economy and testing procedures that may have produced incorrect mileage and emissions data. The query has been going on since last fall...
