General Motors has started production of the Chevrolet Silverado pickup at the Oshawa Assembly plant in Ontario. The first Silverado, a 2022 heavy-duty High Country trim in red, rolled off the assembly line around 11:45 a.m. Monday, but GM announced it publicly on Wednesday, said Monte Doran, GM spokesman. It is a remarkable feat considering the plant was slated… Continue reading GM’s Oshawa Assembly plant builds its first Chevy Silverado pickup
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Ford CEO Jim Farley gave us big clue automaker’s stock was going to surge
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GM’s Lansing Delta Township plant to idle for nearly 3 months next year
General Motors will idle its Lansing Delta Township Assembly plant for about three months total over the next year as it prepares the plant to build the GMC Acadia SUV. In a memo obtained by the Detroit Free Press, the automaker notified employees of Lansing Delta Township Assembly on Thursday that the plant would take an 11-week… Continue reading GM’s Lansing Delta Township plant to idle for nearly 3 months next year
I drove a Ford Mustang Mach-E for 10 days — and it was incredible
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Ford promotes 308 workers to full time ahead of schedule at Flat Rock, Ohio Assembly
Ford has notified 308 UAW members who work in Michigan and Ohio that they will be “immediately” changed from temporary to full-time status, the Free Press has learned. Ahead of the schedule outlined by its negotiated labor contract, Ford will be promoting 79 workers at the Flat Rock Assembly Plant in Flat Rock that builds the… Continue reading Ford promotes 308 workers to full time ahead of schedule at Flat Rock, Ohio Assembly
2023 Corvette Z06 extends legend with radical new engine, 2.6-second 0-60 dash
If General Motors’ shift to electric vehicles spells the end of the legendary Chevy small-block V8, the engine that powered many of its greatest vehicles is going out with a roar and a record: the most powerful naturally aspirated V8 ever in a production car, the 2023 Corvette Z06. The 670-horsepower 5.5L V8 snarled to life… Continue reading 2023 Corvette Z06 extends legend with radical new engine, 2.6-second 0-60 dash
Little auto supplier Globe Tech in Plymouth makes big parts for US military
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GM reinventing Cadillac brand with new financing arm
General Motors’ luxury brand Cadillac will soon get its own financing arm for customers as it continues to head toward a future of all-electric vehicles. Cadillac Financial, an arm of GM Financial, is expected to launch around the middle of next year, Cadillac spokesman Michael Albano said Friday and as was reported earlier this week by Automotive News. Cadillac dealers have been requesting it… Continue reading GM reinventing Cadillac brand with new financing arm
Private moments with Ford CEO Jim Farley reveal how he works
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UAW fight organizes Stellantis supplier in Marysville, adds 350 members immediately
A labor fight in Marysville that included a one-week strike at a multibillion-dollar global supplier to Stellantis ended with an agreement Friday to recognize UAW representation. What was once a union shop under Auburn Hills-based Fiat Chrysler Automobiles partnership will continue to be a union shop as now-Stellantis transitions out of the operation, turning it over completely to ZF control. … Continue reading UAW fight organizes Stellantis supplier in Marysville, adds 350 members immediately