by Joseph Szczesny | Aug 1, 2019
The group interested in purchasing General Motors’ now-closed assembly plant in Lordstown, Ohio, is close to completing the deal, according to Vice President Mike Pence. But a spokesman for the United Auto Workers said the union’s current labor agreement with GM gives...
by Joseph Szczesny | Aug 1, 2019
Ford Motor Co., following a path blazed by many companies in Silicon Valley, is beefing up its technical expertise through acquisitions. In a blog post, Randy Visintainer, chief technical officer, Ford Autonomous Vehicles LLC, confirmed this week that it had acquired,...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jul 31, 2019
The top lobbyist for Detroit’s automakers has renewed efforts to win Congressional approval of the U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement, or USMCA, that the Trump administration wants to replace NAFTA. Matt Blunt, president of the American Automotive Policy Council, the...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jul 31, 2019
General Motors’ Warren (Michigan) Transmission plant will close this week, the automaker confirmed, after the few remaining employees in the plant fill out orders for replacements parts. The plant will move into an unallocated category now occupied by GM’s plants in...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jul 30, 2019
Honda is rightfully proud of passenger cars such as the Civic and Accord, but its SUVs aren’t too shabby. The Honda CR-V and Honda Pilot are the cornerstones of the Honda line-up and the 2020 Pilot, which is now arriving in dealership, comes with additional technology...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jul 29, 2019
French automaker Renault and German auto supplier Robert Bosch GmbH are pointing to a broad slowdown in the global auto industry. Renault warned the company’s revenue may decline this year as it revised its guidance, after first-half profit was hit by weakening car...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jul 26, 2019
The BMW Group is planning to sink $10 million into its plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina, to double its capacity for battery assembly prior to the debuts of the plug-in hybrid electric variants of its popular X3 and X5 models. The investment comes amid continuing...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jul 25, 2019
Judging by the sales totals, it looks as if someone will have to soon organize a campaign to save the family car or have it covered by the Endangered Species Act, which is too bad because carmakers have worked diligently for more than century to build the perfect...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jul 25, 2019
Edmunds, the vehicle buying service, is predicting a small increase in sales for the first time in several months when the industry releases a partial list of sales numbers next week. The forecast by Edmunds estimates sales will total 1.38 million new cars and trucks...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jul 24, 2019
In a report likely to send shock waves through the industry, Daimler AG, the parent company of Mercedes-Benz Cars, earnings plunged during the second quarter as the German auto giant posted a loss of 1.2 billion euros, or $1.34 billion, for the second quarter, a steep...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jul 23, 2019
Daimler AG and Robert Bosch GmbH have gained approval to experiment with an automated driving system that won’t employ a “safety driver.” Until now, experiments with self-driving vehicles by companies such as Waymo, Uber and Cruise Automation, GM’s automated-driving...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jul 22, 2019
Ford Motor Co. is preparing to trim production and idle 200 employees in September at its Canadian assembly plant in Oakville, Ontario, building utility vehicles and could idle more employees at the plant in January 2020. Ford said cuts follow a slowdown in sales of...
