by Joseph Szczesny | Jul 17, 2018
During England’s annual Goodwood Festival of Speed, Mini presented the Mini Electric Concept, which offers an early look at both of Mini’s first fully electric model scheduled for release in 2019. The first fully electric model from the history-rich British...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jul 16, 2018
The widow of a former top United Auto Workers official was sentenced to 18 months in jail for tax evasion uncovered during a federal investigation of the illicit diversion from training funds set up jointly by the UAW and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. Monica Morgan,...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jul 13, 2018
(This story has been updated.) The World Cup will be decided this weekend but Italian auto workers are threatening to go on strike at a Fiat plant in Southern Italy over the Agnelli family’s decision to pay the equivalent $117 million for the services one of...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jul 13, 2018
Up until now, China, Mexico, Canada and Germany have all been at the heart of unfolding controversy about trade and tariffs. But a new report also suggests that tariffs could destabilize manufacturing base that the South Korean auto giant, Hyundai, has developed in...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jul 12, 2018
Electra Meccanica Vehicles Corp., one of the emerging companies building electric vehicles, has launched production of its new three-wheeled EV. The first single-passenger, all-electric Solo rolled off the assembly line in Canada and arrived in Vancouver, British...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jul 12, 2018
General Motors posted a slight gain in sales in China during the second quarter, but Ford Motor Co. continued to stumble with a double-digit decline that deepened its woes in the world’s largest market for new vehicles. In what is described as a slow market, GM...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jul 11, 2018
BMW has signed three new agreements with key partners in China that it says will bolster the company’s presence in the world’s largest automotive market. The BMW Group and the Chinese manufacturer Great Wall Motor inked an agreement to produce Mini...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jul 10, 2018
A California proposition to require voter approval of fuel and vehicle taxes will be on the November ballot now that the secretary of state has certified the requisite number of petition signatures. As drafted, Proposition 6 would apply retroactively to recently...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jul 10, 2018
Even as it prepares to halt sales of one Chevrolet van by the end of the year, General Motors plans to upgrade 2019 Chevy Express models, including the Cargo, Cutaway and Passenger version, with new safety features, including lane departure warning, forward collision...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jul 9, 2018
The promise of fuel cells has intrigued carmakers for years because they promise to liberate the automotive business from the petroleum industry but expensive batteries needing rare minerals and complicated manufacturing processes. But as the well-worn joke about fuel...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jul 6, 2018
Trucks are keeping sales of new vehicles afloat in the U.S. and the traditional full-size pickup trucks is king of the road. But General Motors is experimenting with new downsized pickup trucks in China. The SAIC-GM-Wuling has added the new Wuling Rong Guang...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jul 5, 2018
Magna Steyr has received the contract to build the new sports cars developed jointly by BMW and Toyota. Magna has confirmed its that it has signed a contract with BMW and Toyota to produce the new BMW Z4/Toyota Supra starting at the end of 2018. It said that...
