by Joseph Szczesny | May 18, 2020
This story has been updated with new information. As armed protests at Michigan’s state capitol in Lansing calling for an end to stay-home orders capture attention around the world, auto workers are expressing serious apprehension about going back to work despite...
by Joseph Szczesny | May 15, 2020
Cruise Automation is cutting some employees, but the company remains tightly focused on its objective of developing self-driving vehicles, GM Chairman Mary Barra said during a web conference. Barra confirmed earlier reports from California that Cruise would be...
by Joseph Szczesny | May 15, 2020
Midsized cars, once at the heart of new vehicle sales across the United States, have dwindled as consumers have moved towards pickup trucks and utility vehicles. But the 2020 Nissan Altima shows how and why midsized cars still have a place in the changing automotive...
by Joseph Szczesny | May 15, 2020
Mazda Motor Corp reported its fiscal year 2020 net income slid 81% to 12 billion yen, or $111.9 million – an eight-year low – and due to the coronavirus pandemic the Japanese automaker has a large build-up in its U.S. vehicle inventory that has undercut efforts to...
by Joseph Szczesny | May 14, 2020
The fallout from pandemic created by COVID-19 will weigh heavily on Ford Motor Co.’s results for the second quarter but the company is moving forward with plans that will put the company on much stronger footing in the future, Ford executives told stockholders during...
by Joseph Szczesny | May 14, 2020
A new report from the Fitch Group, the financial analysis and debt-rating service, says that manufacturers are moving away from China as a source for critical components but the size and scope the Chinese sales market exerts is an almost irresistible allure to car...
by Joseph Szczesny | May 14, 2020
Toyota Motor Corp. ended its 2020 fiscal year, which ended March 31 with 10% increase despite a small dip in global sales, but officials warned annual profit for 2021 would drop by 80%. Toyota’s consolidated vehicle sales were 8.9 million units, down 18,000 from the...
by Joseph Szczesny | May 13, 2020
Former UAW President Gary Jones will be arraigned Thursday on charges he conspired with key aides to embezzle more than $1 million dollars in union funds. Jones also was charged with failing to pay income taxes on the money stolen from the United Auto Workers. The...
by Joseph Szczesny | May 12, 2020
Lotus and British energy company Centrica plc plan to use a new electric vehicle platform as the new model for future EV ownership that includes at home charging and energy storage. The new partnership between Lotus and Centrica’s British Gas subsidiary will help...
by Joseph Szczesny | May 11, 2020
Honda has unveiled plans for resuming automobile, engine and transmission production at its plants in the U.S. and Canada this week. Salaried and support associates who have been on furlough from Honda operations in the U.S. began returning late last week, depending...
by Joseph Szczesny | May 8, 2020
This weekend marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Walter Reuther, the legendary leader of the United Auto Workers, who built the union into a significant force in American life. Reuther’s death in May 1970 came at a tumultuous time. The four students had been...
by Joseph Szczesny | May 8, 2020
Nissan has decided to delay the restart of the bulk of its manufacturing operations in the United States, while the company’s top executives in Japan continue to revise the company’s strategy. “We’ve extended downtime at our manufacturing facilities for further...
