Category: US Motoring Press

Fiat Chrysler’s Windsor workers shut down line over virus scare

Detroit — Production at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV’s Windsor Assembly Plant came to a standstill mid-afternoon Thursday after employees there have refused to work because a worker there is in self-quarantine amid the new coronavirus pandemic. Production at Fiat Chrysler’s Windsor Assembly plant came to a standstill Thursday because employees there refused to work after one employee was put in self-quarantine… Continue reading Fiat Chrysler’s Windsor workers shut down line over virus scare

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 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

Fiat Chrysler shuts down Italy plants to prevent coronavirus spread

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV on Wednesday said it is temporarily halting production at four Italian plants, two of which produce vehicles for the United States, to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The measures come in support of expanded government directives this week in Italy, whose 10,000 infections is the largest outside of China, where the… Continue reading Fiat Chrysler shuts down Italy plants to prevent coronavirus spread

Marelli plans new headquarters in Southfield, moving from Auburn Hills, Farmington Hills

CLOSE Less than a year after Fiat Chrysler Automobiles sold its Magneti Marelli components business, the new iteration of the supplier is planning to open a North American headquarters for 500 employees in Southfield in the old Federal-Mogul building. Marelli, the new name for the supplier, plans to consolidate its operations — currently two facilities in… Continue reading Marelli plans new headquarters in Southfield, moving from Auburn Hills, Farmington Hills

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