by Michael Strong | Jun 25, 2019
General Motors continues to invest heavily in its full-size trucks and sport-utility vehicles, announcing plans Tuesday to spend $20 million on upgrades at its plant in Arlington, Texas, to facilitate the launch of its new family of full-size SUVs. The plant, which...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jun 21, 2019
The Japanese government played a central role in the breakdown of merger talks between Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and Group Renault earlier this month, according to a report by the Bloomberg news service. The agreement, proposed by FCA last month, was widely expected...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jun 21, 2019
The United Auto Workers and the French supplier Faurecia have reached a tentative agreement that ended a brief walkout at a critical parts plant in Saline, Michigan. Brian Rothenberg, UAW director of communications, confirmed that a tentative settlement had been...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jun 21, 2019
A Congressional subcommittee heard testimony this week that the Trump administration proposed changes to the existing emissions and fuel economy requirements would reduce employment in the auto industry and open the car business to junk science. Josh Nassar, the...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jun 17, 2019
The United Auto Workers narrowly lost its bid to organize blue-collar workers at the Volkswagen AG assembly plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The vote, 833 against the union to 776 for the UAW, was closer than the 2014 effort but still fell short. Some 51.8% of workers...
by Michael Strong | Jun 14, 2019
It’s going to come down to the wire. For the third time in the last half decade, hourly workers are Volkswagen’s plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, are voting to decide if they want the United Auto Workers union to represent them. It was a contentious vote the first...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jun 6, 2019
Less than two weeks after proposing a merger-of-equals with Renault that would have formed the world’s third-largest automaker, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles withdrew the offer late Wednesday citing government interference in the proposed deal. “We went in different...
by Michael Strong | Jun 5, 2019
After initially appearing to be excited by the prospect of a merger with Fiat Chrysler, Renault is now slow-playing its hand as its board delays a decision about merger talks. Renault’s board said Tuesday after meeting at its headquarters near Paris that it will meet...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jun 4, 2019
Renault’s board will meet on Tuesday afternoon to pore over the merger proposal offered late last month by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and reports from Europe suggest the response will be a positive one. Should the French automaker signal its approval it would surprise...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | May 30, 2019
With pickup sales continuing to skyrocket, despite the overall slowdown in the U.S. automotive market, General Motors said Thursday it will invest $24 million to boost production at the Fort Wayne, Indiana plant that produces two of its most profitable trucks. The...
by Michael Strong | May 30, 2019
The UAW is getting its another kick at the can when Volkswagen of America hourly workers in Tennessee will vote yet again to decide if they want to be represented by the Detroit-based union. Workers at the Chattanooga, Tennessee assembly plant will vote June 12, 13...
by Joseph Szczesny | May 10, 2019
General Motors Canada and Unifor have announced a plan to convert elements of the Oshawa Assembly plant into an arts-making operation, saving some 300 manufacturing jobs, and vehicle test center for autonomous and advanced vehicles. The “Transformation Agreement”...
