Category: Motor Age Articles

Executives at the major U.S. automakers are pressing the Trump administration and California to agree on standards for fuel efficiency and carbon emissions through 2025, as risks increase that a deadline for setting national standards will pass without…

Trophy Automotive, the California retailer under review by Nissan as part of its investigation of ousted boss Carlos Ghosn, says it is unaware of such a review and maintains that its operations are separate from any businesses embroiled in the scandal.

VW may build Transit vans in Poland, while Ford could start output of the Transporter van in Turkey as the automakers plan a partnership to boost profits in that segment.

The budding alliance between Ford and Volkswagen eventually could include a vehicle program in the U.S., said Jim Farley, Ford’s president of global markets.

About 100 workers at supplier Inteva Products in Canada walked off the job at 8:30 a.m. ET on Tuesday in protest of GM’s decision to close its Oshawa assembly plant. 

About 100 workers at supplier Inteva Products in Canada returned to work on Wednesday after walking off the job Tuesday in protest of GM’s decision to close its Oshawa assembly plant. 

The French government is moving to dismiss Renault’s scandal-hit CEO Carlos Ghosn and has requested a board meeting to consider candidates to replace him, sources told Reuters.

GM extended its streak as the top manufacturer in IHS Markit’s Loyalty Awards program to a fourth year, with Ford customers displaying the most loyalty to a specific make.

Speaking Tuesday at the Wolfe Research Global Auto Industry Conference in Detroit, Hau Thai-Tang said Ford’s battery-electric offerings will be “contribution margin positive.”

The problems associated with electrification are small, said CEO Adrian Hallmark, but they’re new for the brand.