by Joseph Szczesny | Jan 14, 2019
Once upon a time, they talked about the cars built in Detroit. But now pick-up trucks are the king of the road in the Motor City and the appearance of the 2019 Ram Heavy Duty pickup, with its blend of technology and power, fitted into a body that’s been...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jan 11, 2019
General Motors Co. expects earnings to grow in 2019 as it restructures, picks up the pace of moving towards what Chairman Mary Barra described as an “all-electric” future, and maintains its market share in China. “We will continue to strengthen our...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jan 11, 2019
Jaguar Land Rover is preparing to eliminate about 4,500 jobs worldwide as it responds to the decline of demand for diesels, the slowdown in the sales of new vehicles in China and the drag on sales created by Great Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union,...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jan 10, 2019
Workers at General Motors’ Oshawa Assembly Plant outside of Toronto have returned to work after a brief sit-down strike this week that began a few hours after GM rejected a plan proposed by their union to keep the plant open until the end of 2019. “The workers were so...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jan 9, 2019
Chevrolet has launched a broad new marketing campaign to bolster the sales of the all-new 2019 Silverado that includes an alliance with Amazon, the top retailer in the U.S. The marketing campaign began with a traditional television advertising blitz during the College...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jan 8, 2019
Daimler AG plans to invest $570 million and create 200 jobs at its truck-oriented technical center in Portland, Oregon, to expedite the development automated driving for heavy-duty commercial trucks. “As a leader of our industry, we’ve been pioneering...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jan 8, 2019
Hoping to follow in the footsteps of Mobileye, which has made its vision technology essential to automated vehicles, Israeli technology company Arbe is unveiling technology that could be used to enhance vehicle automation. The aforementioned Mobileye is now part of...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jan 7, 2019
As vehicles become ever more complex and ever more dependent on computer systems, cyber security has become an increasingly important part of vehicle engineering and will be one of the themes for automotive companies and their suppliers at this year’s Consumer...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jan 4, 2019
Toyota has offered a glimpse of an automated driving test vehicle it plans to show off next week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Toyota Research Institute plans to reveal the TRI-P4, which is based on the fifth-generation Lexus LS flagship sedan and...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jan 3, 2019
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles continued to post strong sales numbers during December as it finished 2018 on a high note, while rivals General Motors, Ford and Toyota reported sales declines despite a heavy marketing push during the holiday season. FCA enjoyed a 14% sales...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jan 2, 2019
Unifor, the union representing autoworkers in Canada, has launched an advertising campaign attacking General Motors’ decision to shutter plants and idle workers. Jerry Dias, Unifor president, the successor to the old CAW, hase advertising campaign objective is...
by Joseph Szczesny | Dec 27, 2018
The Russian and U.S. governments are discussing lifting the U.S. sanctions on a Russian automaker, GAZ, which is part of a holding company in which a prominent Russian oligarch, Oleg Deripaska, has a key stake. The talks aimed at lifting U.S. sanctions on Russian...
