Category: Motor Age Articles
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From Cadillac, an Escalade ‘scaled for everyday life’
Cadillac is filling a yawning product gap between the midsize XT5 and the truck-based Escalade SUV with the all-new XT6. The crossover was designed to have “the stance and presence” of an Escalade but “scaled for everyday life,” Cadillac design chief A…
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Redesigned Explorer leans more on its rugged roots
With SUV sales stronger than ever, the Explorer is returning to a brawnier rear-wheel-drive platform and leveraging its roots as a go-anywhere, ready-for-adventure vehicle.
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Shutdown adds to industry’s trade headaches
Many automakers and suppliers are applying for exemptions from tariffs, but no one is there to process those requests.
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Tesla’s growth needs have developers salivating
Tesla remains a low-volume manufacturer, but it is keeping economic development officials guessing what it’s next production needs might be.
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Former ZF executive Weller named CEO of supplier Chassix
Auto supplier Chassix hired Andreas Weller, a strategy and operations ace, as its next president and CEO.
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Unifor threatens to protest GM at Detroit auto show
Unifor President Jerry Dias said he and his members would be “coming soon to a theater near you” and promised to get GM’s attention “in front of 8,000 reporters” at the Detroit auto show.
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EU trade official hopeful U.S. won’t pursue auto tariffs
WASHINGTON — Cecilia Malmström, European commissioner for trade, expressed confidence after meeting with U.S. officials here this week that the U.S. would not impose tariffs on auto imports from the European Union, as the sides agreed in Ju…
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JLR staff reductions will include North America
The 4,500 layoffs Jaguar Land Rover announced this week will impact an undisclosed number of employees in the company’s North American operations.
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Chevy’s latest ‘Real People, Not Actors’ ad disputed by advocates
Chevrolet’s “Real People, Not Actors” TV ad involving vehicle reliability isn’t sitting well with a consumer advocate group.
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Tesla uninterested in GM plants because of UAW, Barra says
GM CEO Mary Barra confirmed Friday that the company has discussed selling assembly operations — potentially slated for closure this year — to Tesla Inc.