Today in Automotive History: GM Was Founded on September 16, 1908 — On a Bet Henry Ford Refused to Copy
On September 16, 1908, a Flint carriage salesman who once called automobiles “noisy, smelly, and...
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Stellantis Is Reportedly Spending €1 Billion in France to Do Work Its Suppliers Already Do
The headline is a new van at Hordain. The detail worth reading is that part of the money reportedly brings…
Stellantis Pulled the Jeep Out of Brampton. Five Days Later It Unveiled an Armoured Ram With the Company Now Buying the Plant.
Canada told Stellantis that abandoning Brampton would be a default and started a recovery process ten months ago. It has…
The Cybertruck’s Federal Recall File Is a Masterclass in Why Factories Beat Prototypes
Elon Musk has been saying a version of the same thing for six years, and...
Today in Automotive History: The 1970 GM Strike Began September 15 — and So Did the Next Two
The 1970 GM strike began September 15 and idled hundreds of thousands of workers. What it won still shapes what…
McLaren Won’t Confirm Its £450 Million Plan. Its Careers Page Already Has.
Somewhere in Woking, a hiring manager posted a job listing this week for a “Head...
Stellantis’s $13 Billion Bet: America Isn’t Like Everywhere Else Anymore
A year ago, Stellantis’ North American business was the company’s biggest problem. Today, it’s the...
Recycled Carbon Fiber Is Forecast to Nearly Double by 2033 — BMW Just Cut It From the Car That Made It Famous
BMW’s new i3 started rolling out of Plant Munich last month, and it carries a...
Four LLCs, One Factory: Inside an Auto Supplier’s $620,000 Discrimination Settlement
A federal jury in Nashville never got to hear this case, and that absence is...
Ford’s Record China Exports Aren’t Growth. They’re a Hedge Against China Itself
Jim Farley flew to China this week to shake hands with the partner Ford has...
Modern Cars Aren’t Welded Together Anymore. They’re Glued — And That’s Exactly Why Fender-Benders Are Totaling EVs
A market research firm dropped a press release this week with a number attached: $12.36...
Volkswagen’s Old Beetle Factory Is About to Build Iron Dome Parts. The Real Story Is Why It Had To.
Volkswagen just agreed to sell a car factory to an Israeli investment firm so it...
Jaguar Land Rover Is Cutting 4,000 Jobs, and Somehow Not One Is on the Assembly Line
Jaguar Land Rover just confirmed it is eliminating 4,000 jobs, roughly one in ten people...
BYD’s Pakistan Factory Missed Its Deadline Again — And BYD Isn’t The One Who Should Be Sweating
A car factory in the Sindh desert just blew through another deadline. On its own,...
Volkswagen Is Killing Seat To Save Its Own Spinoff — and Just Admitted To 2,600 Different Car Seat Designs
Volkswagen's plan to halve its lineup by 2030 also kills the Seat brand — and reveals a stranger number buried…