FILE PHOTO: The corporate logo of Ford is seen at Brussels Motor Show, Belgium January 9, 2020. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir DETROIT (Reuters) – U.S. automakers General Motors Co (GM.N) and Ford Motor Co (F.N) said on Friday they will have most of their white-collar workforce working remotely as of Monday to protect against the spread of… Continue reading GM, Ford to have white-collar employees work remotely starting Monday
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@Ferrari: Ferrari introduces additional preventive measures to safeguard employee wellbeing
Maranello, 13 marzo 2020 – Ferrari has activated additional and even more rigorous preventive measures to guarantee the highest standards of health procedures, following the decree on COVID-19 issued by the Italian Government on March 11. The workforce present in Maranello and Modena plants has been reduced to a minimum, while remaining personnel is working… Continue reading @Ferrari: Ferrari introduces additional preventive measures to safeguard employee wellbeing
Europe’s auto industry shuts factories, cuts output as virus hits – CNBC
Fiat plant in Melfi, Italy Alessia Pierdomenico | Getty Images Europe’s major car and parts makers rushed on Wednesday to close factories and cut output in Italy and considered sending workers home elsewhere, in the first signs that coronavirus is disrupting the region’s struggling automotive industry. Fiat Chrysler said it was temporarily halting operations at… Continue reading Europe’s auto industry shuts factories, cuts output as virus hits – CNBC
UPDATE 1-Ford takes aim at Jeep with new Bronco SUVs
DETROIT (Reuters) – Nearly 55 years after the debut of the original Ford Bronco — and 24 years after the demise of the last one — Ford Motor Co. (F.N) is dusting off one of its treasured nameplates this spring in hopes of reviving a decades-old rivalry with Fiat Chrysler Automobile’s (FCHA.MI) popular Jeep brand.… Continue reading UPDATE 1-Ford takes aim at Jeep with new Bronco SUVs
Fiat Chrysler worker in Indiana has coronavirus, production continues
A Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV employee at a transmission plant in Indiana has tested positive for the coronavirus, but production will continue as normal, the automaker said Thursday. The Kokomo Transmission Plant employee is the first known person in the United States employed by one of Detroit’s three automakers to test positive for COVID-19, according… Continue reading Fiat Chrysler worker in Indiana has coronavirus, production continues
Fiat Chrysler worker tests positive for COVID-19 in Indiana; plant remains open
(Reuters) – Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (FCA) (FCHA.MI) said Thursday an employee had tested positive for COVID-19 at its Kokomo, Indiana, transmission plant but the location will remain open, raising the specter of U.S. shutdowns hitting the industry. The Italian-American automaker said the employee was receiving medical care and his immediate co-workers and others he… Continue reading Fiat Chrysler worker tests positive for COVID-19 in Indiana; plant remains open
Ford takes aim at Jeep with new Bronco SUVs
DETROIT (Reuters) – Nearly 55 years after the debut of the original Ford Bronco — and 24 years after the demise of the last one — Ford Motor Co. (F.N) is dusting off one of its treasured nameplates this spring in hopes of reviving a decades-old rivalry with Fiat Chrysler Automobile’s (FCHA.MI) popular Jeep brand.… Continue reading Ford takes aim at Jeep with new Bronco SUVs
UPDATE 2-Fiat Chrysler worker tests positive for COVID-19 in Indiana; plant remains open
(Reuters) – Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (FCA) (FCHA.MI) said Thursday an employee had tested positive for COVID-19 at its Kokomo, Indiana, transmission plant but the location will remain open, raising the specter of U.S. shutdowns hitting the industry. The Italian-American automaker said the employee was receiving medical care and his immediate co-workers and others he… Continue reading UPDATE 2-Fiat Chrysler worker tests positive for COVID-19 in Indiana; plant remains open
UPDATE 1-Fiat Chrysler worker tests positive for COVID-19 in Indiana; plant will remain open
(Reuters) – Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (FCHA.MI) said Thursday that an employee has tested positive for COVID-19 at its Kokomo, Indiana transmission plant, but the location will remain open. The Italian-American automaker said the company placed the employee and his immediate co-workers and others he may have come into direct contact with in home quarantine.… Continue reading UPDATE 1-Fiat Chrysler worker tests positive for COVID-19 in Indiana; plant will remain open
Fiat Chrysler idling Italian plants as coronavirus outbreak intensifies
A Jeep Renegade rolls down an assembly line at Fiat Chrysler’s Melfi assembly plant in Italy in 2015. Michael Wayland / CNBC Fiat Chrysler said Wednesday that it will “intensify measures” against the spread of the coronavirus in Italy, including temporarily closing plants there, where the government has implemented a national quarantine. The shutdowns are… Continue reading Fiat Chrysler idling Italian plants as coronavirus outbreak intensifies