Months after Akron Auto Wrecking employees stopped a would-be thief with a forklift in October, Akron police arrested the same 28-year-old man for allegedly stealing a vehicle from the same auto shop Wednesday, according to an Akron Police Department news release. Officers responded to the shop on N. Arlington Street at about 11:37 a.m. after […]
China EV makers Li Auto (LI), Nio (NIO), XPeng (XPEV) and perhaps industry titan BYD (BYDDF) will reveal January deliveries on Thursday, with all indications that demand has been sluggish to start 2024. X Tesla announced new Model Y discounts in China on Feb. 1, following official price cuts on the Model Y and Model […]
TOKYO (AP) — Data from a Japanese auto industry association show that China overtook Japan as the world’s largest vehicle exporter last year. The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association reported Japan exported 4.42 million vehicles in 2023, up 16% from a year earlier, while domestic auto sales totaled nearly 4.78 million vehicles. According to figures released […]
Jan. 28—EAU CLAIRE — On Tuesday, Morrie’s Auto Group out of Minnesota announced their acquisition of Chilson Motors, including three locations within the Chippewa Valley. This acquisition includes Chilson Eau Claire Subaru, Chilson Chippewa Falls Chrysler Dodge Jeep RAM and Chilson Cadott Chrysler Dodge Jeep RAM, and expands Morrie’s coverage of Wisconsin and the Midwest. […]
On Friday, Action News Jax heard from the owner of a vehicle that had been stolen and used to ram into an Orange Park smoke shop earlier this month. Turns out, a couple of the suspects involved in this auto theft and burglary were the same people involved in the GameStop burglaries from earlier this […]
HEYCO-Werk USA Inc., an auto plastics manufacturer, is planning to spend more than $12 million on a new production facility in Gaston County, Gov. Roy Cooper announced Thursday. The German-based company will add 34 jobs to the Charlotte region, according to a news release from the governor’s office. HEYCO-Werk USA produces plastic molded parts for […]
DETROIT (AP) — More than 4,700 auto dealerships across the United States urged President Joe Biden in a letter Thursday to halt the Environmental Protection Agency’s efforts to enforce stricter vehicle-pollution standards. The missive comes just weeks before the agency’s expected ruling on its tailpipe-emissions proposal, which addresses both climate change and pollutants that are […]
(Bloomberg) — Unionized workers at the Audi plant in the central Mexican state of Puebla are on strike over wages, while the union representative continues negotiations in Mexico City. Most Read from Bloomberg The unionized workers went on strike on Wednesday mid-morning after rejecting the German automaker’s proposal of a 6.5% salary increase for this […]
The United Auto Workers endorsed President Joe Biden for reelection on Wednesday, putting a high-profile union behind the Democrat’s 2024 campaign well ahead of the general election. Shawn Fain, the union’s president, announced the UAW’s backing during the union’s convention in Washington, D.C. He said in a speech to members that Biden would give workers […]
WASHINGTON — The United Auto Workers union is expected to endorse President Joe Biden as early as Wednesday, according to three people familiar with the decision. Biden will address UAW members at their conference in Washington on Wednesday afternoon, where the endorsement of his 2024 bid will most likely come, the sources said. Last fall, […]
The powerful United Auto Workers (UAW) formally endorsed Joe Biden’s re-election campaign on Wednesday at the union’s national community action program conference in Washington DC. Both Biden and rival Donald Trump have courted the union and supported its successful strike action against the US’s big three automakers last year. Biden became the first president to […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will be the keynote speaker Wednesday at a United Auto Workers’ political convention as he works to sway blue-collar workers his way in critical auto-making swing states such as Michigan and Wisconsin. Biden will speak as the union closes out a three-day gathering in Washington to chart its political […]