Engineering
Automakers send office workers home to prevent COVID-19 spread
Ford, GM, FCA, Nissan impose work from home policies, Hyundai, Toyota limiting travel. Detroit automakers, UAW set up best practices task force.
Category: Cars/Light trucks
Manufacturing
New York auto show moved to August
COVID-19 spreading in New York, forcing second major auto show cancellation in March.
Manufacturing
GM announces battery technology, EV production plans
Automaker plans to launch several electric vehicles with lower-cost batteries within the next three years.
Manufacturing
FCA spending $400M in Indiana on engines
Converting idle transmission plants will create U.S. source for turbocharged 4-cylinder engines.
Manufacturing
Geneva-ish motor show roundup
The show might have been cancelled, but automakers still showed off several upcoming electric vehicles.
Vehicle Tech
February auto sales in record territory, but…
Calendar quirks combine to create ideal sales conditions, so take the results with a massive grain of salt.
Manufacturing
Electric pickup startup Lordstown Motors gets 250-truck order (Video)
Ohio utility company FirstEnergy plans to buy early production run.
Manufacturing
GM killing off Holden, exits Thailand, Australia, New Zealand
Sale of Thai plant to China’s Great Wall Motors part of pullback from Asia, Oceania.
Manufacturing
GM reviving Hummer brand name as a GMC electric pickup
Former symbol of the SUV craze run amok, Hummer EV to compete against Tesla, Ford, Rivian electric vehicles.
Manufacturing
Tesla beats manufacturing, earnings expectations
Electric car maker calls 2019 a turning point, predicts 500,000 deliveries for 2020.
Manufacturing
BorgWarner plans to buy Delphi for $3.3 billion
Absorbing Delphi will expand BorgWarner’s electrical systems and controls offerings, diversifying the company as it prepares for more electrification demand.