Category: US Motoring Press

GM: FCA-UAW bribery scheme ‘targeted and directly harmed’ automaker

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV executives accused of bribing United Auto Workers officials “targeted” General Motors Co. in an attempt to do it harm, the Detroit automaker claimed Monday in its rebuttal to FCA’s request for the civil racketeering case against it be dismissed. In November, GM filed an unprecedented civil racketeering lawsuit against the Italian American automaker.… Continue reading GM: FCA-UAW bribery scheme ‘targeted and directly harmed’ automaker

GM unveils 11 future EVs, new batteries and its plan to beat Tesla

CLOSE General Motors Chairman and CEO Mary Barra addresses the gathering Wednesday at an event detailing GM’s electric vehicle technologies and upcoming products at the Tech Center campus in Warren.  (Photo: Steve Fecht, Steve Fecht for General Motors) General Motors wants to do better at telling the story of its electric vehicle development. So GM leaders invited about… Continue reading GM unveils 11 future EVs, new batteries and its plan to beat Tesla

General Motors tightens travel protocols as coronavirus spreads

Flags fly outside the General Motors world headquarters building. Bill Pugliano | Getty Images General Motors is tightening its travel protocols for employees as global cases of the coronavirus top 100,000, including at least 233 in the U.S.  Domestic and international travel for GM employees effective Friday “requires senior leader approval,” a company spokesman told CNBC.… Continue reading General Motors tightens travel protocols as coronavirus spreads

Head of Ram, Fiat Chrysler sales exits after his whistleblower lawsuit

The head of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV’s Ram truck brand and U.S. sales is leaving the company almost eight months after he filed a federal whistleblower lawsuit against his employer. Reid Bigland will leave effective April 3 to “pursue interests outside of FCA,” the Italian American automaker said Wednesday in a statement. His departure means the… Continue reading Head of Ram, Fiat Chrysler sales exits after his whistleblower lawsuit

UAW boss accused of embezzlement gives feds big smiles, bear-hugs ahead of guilty plea

Detroit — A senior United Auto Workers official accused of helping embezzle more than $1 million in union funds greeted federal prosecutors and agents with big smiles and bear-hugs Monday before he was scheduled to plead guilty. Edward “Nick” Robinson, a close aide to former President Gary Jones, left a private meeting with prosecutors on the first floor of… Continue reading UAW boss accused of embezzlement gives feds big smiles, bear-hugs ahead of guilty plea

GM to add 1,200 jobs to two Michigan assembly plants

CLOSE Penny Snow, 47, of Charlotte, Michigan works at adding screws underneath a Chevrolet Traverse at the General Motors Lansing Delta Township Assembly Plant in Delta Township, Michigan on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020.  (Photo: Eric Seals, Detroit Free Press) General Motors is hiring about 1,200 people at its plants in Lansing. GM said the manufacturing… Continue reading GM to add 1,200 jobs to two Michigan assembly plants

Fiat Chrysler to cut shift at Windsor Assembly Plant; move affects 1,500 workers

CLOSE A 2017 Chrysler Pacifica is on the skillet line at Fiat Chrysler’s Windsor Assembly Plant in May 2016. FCA announced Thursday that it would cut a shift at the plant this year, affecting 1,500 workers.  (Photo: Eric Seals, Detroit Free Press) Fiat Chrysler Automobiles plans to cut a shift this year at its Windsor… Continue reading Fiat Chrysler to cut shift at Windsor Assembly Plant; move affects 1,500 workers

GM to add shifts, 1,200 jobs at Lansing plants

Detroit — General Motors Co. will add more than 1,200 jobs at its Lansing factories to meet customer demand for its mid-size SUVs and to support the introduction of two all-new Cadillac sedans, the Detroit automaker said Friday. GM’s Lansing Grand River Assembly will get a second shift resulting in the addition of almost 400 employees to build the new Cadillac CT4 and… Continue reading GM to add shifts, 1,200 jobs at Lansing plants

Fiat Chrysler to cut Windsor’s 3rd shift as it drops Dodge Grand Caravan

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV said Thursday it will cut the third shift at Windsor Assembly this summer as it begins to phase out production of the Dodge Grand Caravan. The June 29 deadline is the fourth new deadline granted to the 1,500 employees working in the minivan plant. It comes as the company “works to align volumes… Continue reading Fiat Chrysler to cut Windsor’s 3rd shift as it drops Dodge Grand Caravan