Robots Are Looking Better to Detroit as Labor Costs Rise
Automakers are looking to an old friend to help offset rising labor costs: robots.For decades, car companies have increased automation...
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Chevy Blazer Troubles Add to GM’s EV Growing Pains
As one of the nation’s first owners of General Motors’ new electric Chevrolet Blazer, James Hattin was loving the SUV—before...
Mary Barra Spent a Decade Transforming GM. It Hasn’t Been Enough.
Updated Dec. 16, 2023 12:04 am ETListen to article(2 minutes)At a 2018 meeting with a senior General Motors team, Chief...
North Carolina’s Billion-Dollar Bet on an EV Outsider
Updated Dec. 11, 2023 12:13 am ETHAIPHONG, Vietnam—When electric-car startup VinFast Auto was looking to build a factory in the...
GM Plans $10 Billion Stock Buyback in Bid to Assuage Investors
Updated Nov. 29, 2023 8:59 am ETGeneral Motors plans to sharply increase cash return to shareholders, as Chief Executive Mary...
GM’s Self-Driving Car Unit Skids Off Course
Cruise was once one of the bright spots in the tenure of GM CEO Mary Barra. Now both of its...
Cruise Recalls Driverless Vehicles Over Software Issue
Cruise, the self-driving vehicle unit of General Motors, has issued a voluntary software recall after California regulators suspended the company’s...
The UAW’s Next Challenge: Getting Workers to Vote Yes
United Auto Workers leaders bargained for months and called a historic strike before clinching tentative agreements with Detroit’s automakers. Now,...
Detroit Is Paying Up to End the UAW Strike. Now Carmakers Will Live With the Costs.
Updated Oct. 30, 2023 12:50 pm ETThe United Auto Workers campaign against Detroit’s three automakers can be described as one...
UAW Strike Expansion With GM Shows Union Strategy: Surprise and Misdirection
Updated Oct. 29, 2023 5:46 pm ETThe decision by the United Auto Workers on Saturday to call a fresh strike...
GM Scales Back EV Plans as Buyers Hesitate
Updated Oct. 24, 2023 12:28 pm ETGeneral Motors is abandoning a self-imposed target to build 400,000 electric vehicles by mid-2024,...
UAW Strikes Spare Automakers From Financial Pain—for Now
The union’s pop-up walkouts at selected sites are designed to keep workers energized and companies off-balance. Source link
U.S. Car Sales Expected to Increase Again in the Third Quarter
The car market has yet to see an impact from UAW strike-related factory shutdowns. Source link
PG&E’s $6 Billion Plan to Prevent Wildfires Is in Peril
California regulators are likely to significantly restrict the number of power lines the company can bury in the coming years...
UAW Expands Strike to GM Plant in Michigan, Ford Factory in Chicago
Union President Shawn Fain cited a lack of progress at the bargaining table as walkouts enter their third week. Source...
UAW Strike Collides With Biden’s Manufacturing Agenda
The administration is caught between support for unions and the need to make U.S. auto industry more competitive. Source link
Talks Resume in Detroit Amid Threat of Expanding Strike
Wages remain focal point, and investors already are sizing up the potential hits to the automakers’ bottom lines. Source link
Whatever the UAW Strike Outcome, Elon Musk Has Already Won
The Detroit automakers entered labor talks at a cost disadvantage to Tesla. Source link
UAW Goes on Strike Against GM, Ford and Stellantis
The walkouts are the first to hit all three automakers at the same time and affect factories in Missouri, Ohio...
UAW, Automakers Remain ‘Far Apart’ in Contract Talks, Union President Says
The union’s president said the United Auto Workers are preparing walkouts at select factories when contracts expire late Thursday. Source...
