by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 12, 2021
South Korean battery makers LG Energy Solution and SK Innovation finally settled a two-year old dispute about intellectual property that had the potential to undermine efforts by Ford Motor Co. and Volkswagen AG to put electric vehicles on the road. The agreement came...
by Jim Stickford | Apr 7, 2021
Well, Tesla’s Elon Musk spoke — again — about “privacy” issues with its vehicles in China, reiterating that it’s nonsensical to think that the EV maker would be engaged in anything nefarious. The Chinese government banned Tesla vehicles from its facilities because of...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 7, 2021
Even before taking office in January, then President-elect Joe Biden faced heavy pressure to tighten federal tailpipe regulations, reversing cuts enacted by his predecessor, Donald Trump. Michael Regan, the new EPA administrator, said this week updated emissions...
by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 1, 2021
Despite the pandemic and an economic downturn, the United Auto Workers reported its membership numbers remained steady and its finances remained stable in 2020. These positive results came despite the costs linked to the scandal, which has engulfed the union. In fact,...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 26, 2021
Volkswagen will seek damages from a former CEO, as well as the one-time head of the Audi brand, holding them responsible for the diesel emissions scandal that so far has cost it $38 billion while also sullying the company’s global reputation. The claims stem from a...
by Joseph Szczesny | Mar 26, 2021
Tesla Inc. violated federal labor law when it fired a union supporter and moved to block a union organizing drive at its plant in Fremont, California, the National Labor Relations Board ruled this week. In addition, the NLRB found Tesla and the company’s freewheeling...
by Joseph Szczesny | Mar 22, 2021
Angry shareholders filed at least three lawsuits against Lordstown Motors for fraud in U.S. District Court, demanding compensation from the cash reserves the company says it is planning to use to launch its battery-electric pickup truck this fall. The startup company,...
by Joseph Szczesny | Mar 19, 2021
Uber has agreed to do something many thought it would never do — pay drivers a minimum wage and offer them traditional benefits — in the United Kingdom. The ride hailing giant said this week it planned to pay drivers a minimum wage of a bit more than $12 per hour and...
by Joseph Szczesny | Mar 18, 2021
General Motors has found itself entangled in a product liability lawsuit that raises new questions about the reforms the company said it instituted after the ignition-switch scandal that contributed to the deaths of 124 motorists and cost GM millions. The suit,...
by Joseph Szczesny | Mar 1, 2021
Representatives of FCA US L.L.C., Stellantis’ legal entity in the U.S. and one of Detroit’s three automobile manufacturers, stood in open court pleaded guilty to conspiring to violate the federal Taft-Hartley Act, by making illegal payments to officers of the United...
by Joseph Szczesny | Feb 23, 2021
A group within the United Auto Workers challenged the union’s established leadership, asking a federal judge for a larger voice in reforming the UAW. One of the key requests in the petition by the United All Workers for Democracy or UAWD is for a voice in the...
by Joseph Szczesny | Feb 3, 2021
The ink was not even dry on Pete Buttigieg’s confirmation as Secretary of Transportation by the U.S. Senate when several automakers announced they were “withdrawing” from the lawsuit filed by the Trump administration to roll back the State of California’s right to set...
