Autoworkers’ Tenuous Return a Ray of Hope in Jobs Crisis
Defying a wave of layoffs that has sent the U.S. job market into its worst catastrophe on record, at least one major industry is making a comeback: Tens of thousands of autoworkers are returning to factories that have been shuttered since mid-March due to fears of spreading the coronavirus.
Auto-State Lawmakers Mobilize Push to Help Revive Car Industry
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers from states with a large auto industry presence is mounting a push to aid the sector that has idled factories and seen car sales plummet due to the coronavirus.
Pickup Trucks Outsell Sedans in US for First Time
In all the years Chevy has sold Silverados and Ford trafficked in F-150s, few in Detroit ever dreamed the day would come that pickups would outsell passenger cars.
Detroit Automakers Look to Restart North America Plants May 18
Major U.S. automakers are planning to reopen North American factories within two weeks, potentially putting thousands of workers back on the assembly line as part of a gradual return to normality.
May 5, 2020Automakers Avoid Disaster With 0% Financing
Zero-percent auto financing deals hit a record last month as carmakers kept the U.S. auto market from collapsing.
Detroit Divided Over What It’ll Take to Make Cars Again
The safety measures that Ford Motor Co. has spent weeks preparing to resume North American production fell short of assuaging the United Auto Workers union, which could stand in the way of much of the industry’s plans to reopen.
Michigan’s Extended Order Keeps Auto Industry’s Restart in Limbo
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer extended her stay-home order another two weeks to May 15 and kept the state’s carmakers and suppliers in limbo over how soon they’ll be able to reopen.
Auto Plants Approach Reopenings, Putting Pressure on Detroit
Automakers are cautiously coalescing around plans to reopen North American assembly plants early next month following what will be a roughly six-week shutdown for virtually the entire industry.
April 23, 2020Carmakers Pledge 5 Million ‘Talking Cars’ in FCC Airwaves Bid
The U.S. auto industry will deploy millions more wireless systems to help prevent traffic collisions if the Federal Communications Commission abandons a proposal that would take away most of the radio frequencies reserved to carry those signals, according to an industry trade association.
Carmakers Headed for 50% Sales Dive Can Breathe Easier
Automakers are headed for a less drastic U.S. sales collapse than feared, according to market researchers.