by Joseph Szczesny | Jun 21, 2018
Volvo Cars showed off the new S60 sedan and a subscription service that will ease the hassle of having a car at the company’s first-ever U.S.-based assembly plant just outside Charleston, South Carolina. The 2019 S60, the first Volvo to be made in the U.S., will be...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jun 21, 2018
The new S60 rolling down the line wasn’t the entire story during the official opening of new Volvo Cars factory outside Charleston, South Carolina, as complaints about trade and tariffs nearly stole the show. With U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley sitting close by, Karin...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jun 20, 2018
Volvo Cars opened its first manufacturing plant in the U.S. near Charleston, South Carolina, as it expands its global manufacturing footprint beyond Europe and Asia for the first time. Volvo officials said the establishment of the plant in South Carolina follows the...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jun 19, 2018
While Akio Toyoda spoke of transforming the company that bears his family name from an automaker into a mobility company, Toyota’s engineers and scientists have steadily expanded their research and development efforts to include mobility solutions and technology...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jun 19, 2018
Apple has hired one of Waymo’s top engineers, Jamie Waydo, to work on its secretive self-driving car program named Project Titan. According to Silicon Valley news site, The Information, the tech giant Waydo, who was focused on making sure software and hardware worked...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jun 18, 2018
The taxi business is about to get more competitive as Ford prepares to introduce two new taxis: the new 2019 Transit Connect Taxi with a diesel engine and the 2019 Fusion Hybrid Taxi. “Taxi operators want vehicles that are reliable, efficient and comfortable,” said...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jun 15, 2018
In one of his first moves, Gary Jones, the newly elected United Auto Workers president, tapped three new vice presidents to handle day-to-day relations and negotiations with Detroit three auto workers, and the choices included a few surprises. Jones shifted Cindy...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jun 15, 2018
The United Auto Workers installed a new president this week as Gary Jones replaced Dennis Williams in the corner office at union headquarters in Solidarity House in Detroit. During its quadrennial Constitutional Convention, the union also installed a new Secretary...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jun 14, 2018
The diesel cheating scandal is almost three years old, but it just seems to keep getting bigger. Daimler AG has been hit by the German government with an order to recall 238,000 vehicles in Germany after they were identified has being equipped with illegal software...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jun 13, 2018
The battery-electric version of the Kona, Hyundai’s new crossover utility vehicle, will have a range of 250 miles when it goes on sale next fall. Michael O’Brien, Hyundai vice president of corporate, product and digital planning, said during a media gathering in...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jun 13, 2018
General Motors Co. said will increase production of its Bolt battery-electric vehicle this year in response to global demand, according to 2017 sustainability report it released ahead of the company’s annual shareholders meeting. The Bolt EV is built at...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jun 12, 2018
Tariffs on aluminum and steel are already beginning to push up costs General Motors top executive acknowledged before the company’s annual shareholders meeting in Detroit. GM is beginning to see cost increases as a result of the tariffs imposed on aluminum and steel...
