The Company That Builds the Silverado Just Shipped Its First Patriot Missile Parts
GM Defense delivered PAC-3 MSE housings to Lockheed Martin 22 days after signing a contract. A seven-year missile ramp wants…
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Stellantis Lined Up an Armored-Vehicle Builder for Brampton. Now It Needs the Union to Sign.
Stellantis has an armoured-vehicle maker lined up for its idle Brampton plant. The harder sell is Unifor, and the reason…
Drones Hit a Saudi Crude Pipeline. The Bill Is Landing in America’s Diesel Tanks.
The Sept. 10 strike on Saudi Arabia's Hormuz bypass hit crude, but the lasting damage is to diesel, the fuel…
Washington Just Put the 2021 Tire Duties on Trial. Taiwan Didn’t Even Show Up.
The ITC will run full five-year reviews of duties on tires from Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam, including Taiwan despite…
This 130-Year-Old German Supplier Made Parts Every EV Still Needs. It Filed for Insolvency Anyway.
Prinz-Mayweg made seat, dashboard and steering tubes that electric cars still need. Its insolvency shows what is really squeezing German…
JLR’s Suppliers Want Out of Cars and Into Aerospace. The Hard Part Isn’t the Metal.
JLR's Midlands suppliers want help moving into aerospace and defence. Their letter is really a forecast about UK car volume,…
The Steering Bolt Broke on Another Continent. Volkswagen Recalled 208,724 American SUVs Anyway.
Volkswagen is recalling 208,724 Atlas, Tiguan and Audi Q3 SUVs over a steering rack bolt that can corrode and snap.…
1,043 Radiators, Declared at $5.54 Each. The Parts Weren’t Fake — the Importer Was.
CBP seized 1,043 automotive radiators in Norfolk that were imported on a stolen American identity and declared at $5.54 each.…
Nobody Can Build A Refinery In 90 Days, So The Feds Just Let Fuel Truckers Drive 16-Hour Shifts
FMCSA just handed gasoline and diesel haulers a 90-day pass to run 16-hour days. The ceiling isn't new, the justification…
Honda’s New Jet Just Slipped Three Years — and the Wing Isn’t Why
Honda pushed the HondaJet Echelon from a 2028 certification to a 2031 first delivery and blamed tier-one suppliers. That one…
Hyundai and Kia Are Building Their Own Steel Mill. It Won’t Ship a Sheet Until 2029.
Hyundai and Kia don’t make steel. They buy it, like every other automaker, from mills...
Honda’s Rare-Earth-Free Magnet Bet Is Real. It’s Also the Smallest Check on the Table.
Honda did not just invest in a magnet company this month. It joined a line...
Recycled Carbon Fiber Is Growing Fast. New Carbon Fiber Is Growing Faster.
A new forecast puts recycled carbon fiber at $427 million by 2031. Virgin fiber is compounding faster, almost none of…
Nissan Says It Wants a Million Cars a Year From Japan. It Said That in 2015, Too.
Nissan’s Japanese reorganisation revives a one-million-unit target it first announced in 2015, at the same plant, on the same export…
Hansae Mobility Is Dropping $93 Million in Chesterfield. Michigan’s Measly $625,000 Grant Has Nothing to Do With It.
Hansae Mobility's $93.2 million move to Chesterfield Township isn't chasing a $625,000 state grant. It's beating an auto-parts tariff offset…