Ryan Felton
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Detroit, MI, United States
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The Would-Be Auto Worker Caught Up In A Detroit Prison Snitch Scandal
This story was originally published on April 26, 2017 → Read More
The Car Loans That Never Die
Some credit companies have been shaking down car buyers for decades. → Read More
We sampled tap water across the US – and found arsenic, lead and toxic chemicals
Forever chemicals, arsenic and lead were found in samples taken by volunteers for Consumer Reports and the Guardian → Read More
Bottle-fed babies most at risk as study shows high lead exposure in US water
Researchers say Black infants may be more at risk while about 80% of homes had detectable levels of lead in tap water → Read More
High levels of arsenic found in US Whole Foods’ bottled water brand
Tests by Consumer Reports find toxic metal in Starkey Spring Water, which was previously recalled for exceeding federal limits, and is sold on Amazon → Read More
How Pepsi and Coke make millions bottling tap water, as residents face shutoffs
The drinks giants were allowed to keep bottling in Detroit, despite substantial unpaid water bills, a Consumer Reports investigation finds → Read More
Tesla Employee Claims It's Still Preventing Union Organizing
Tesla has kept up practices to prevent workers from organizing a union, even as it battles with a U.S. labor agency over allegations that its management violated federal labor laws, a new complaint alleges. → Read More
FCA to Open a New Assembly Plant in Detroit to Build a New Three-Row Jeep Grand Cherokee
Just days after General Motors took many by surprise with an announcement that it might close a factory in Detroit, there’s some encouraging news in the Motor City: Fiat Chrysler is expected to open a new factory in the city, according to a report from The Detroit News. A source familiar with the plans confirmed the news to Jalopnik. → Read More
Mary Barra Faces Heat From Congress on the GM Plant Closings but Isn’t Backing Down
Mary Barra goes to Congress, Tesla’s China factory plans start to firm up, and a theory on Carlos Ghosn. All of this and more in The Morning Shift for Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. → Read More
Waymo Launches the First Commercial Self-Driving Taxi Service—With Caveats
Waymo, Google’s self-driving car project, hit another milestone on Wednesday by launching an Uber-like service in Arizona that’s driven by a fleet of autonomous taxis. But there’s some caveats to the service. → Read More
Faraday Future Puts More Employees on Furlough as Financial Situation Worsens
Electric car startup Faraday Future announced Tuesday that it’s planning to furlough more employees due to its worsening financial condition, which stems from an ongoing battle with a Chinese investor. → Read More
Here's What Could Be In Congress's Last-Minute Push For Autonomous Car Legislation
U.S. senators are making a last-ditch effort to pass self-driving car legislation just before the new year, and have made a number of changes to earlier versions in an attempt to appease critics, according to a copy of the draft bill obtained by Jalopnik. But safety exports say the effort doesn’t go far nearly far enough. → Read More
The White House Wants to End the $7,500 EV Tax Credit as Early as 2020
President Donald Trump has been teasing a super vague threat to end “all” of General Motors’ tax subsidies, in response to the automaker’s plan to cut 14,000 jobs and potentially close four U.S. plants. On Monday, Trump economic advisor Larry Kudlow elaborated that the White House would like to happen by 2020 at the earliest. But the administration will need help from Congress to pull that off. → Read More
There's Only 12,000 Remaining Ford Focus Sedans Left for Sale in the U.S.: Report
Ford’s plan to kill off its sedans in North America has been known for some time, and it’s a moment that’s creeping up relatively fast. One exec reportedly said Monday that only 12,000 Focus sedans are left in Ford’s U.S. inventory. → Read More
Tesla Model S Appeared to Drive Seven Miles on Autopilot While Drunk Driver Slept: Police
Police in California on Friday arrested a 45-year-old man who was spotted by officers cruising in a Tesla Model S down highway 101, fast asleep behind the wheel, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. It’s unclear if the car was in Autopilot mode at the time, but authorities believe that had to be the case, as it took seven minutes, over several miles, to successfully stop the Model S. → Read More
Tesla's $35,000 Model 3 Would Cost $38,000 to Make Right Now, Elon Musk Reportedly Says
The long-promised $35,000 Tesla Model 3 is supposed to materialize early next year, but at this point, the automaker would lose money on every base model that rolls off the line. That’s what CEO Elon Musk reportedly told employees this week. → Read More
China Is Constantly Monitoring the Location of EV Drivers
This’ll surely give anyone concerned about privacy the creeps. More than 200 manufacturers—including Volkswagen, Ford, General Motors, BMW, and Tesla—submit precise locations of vehicles to the Chinese government, according to an eye-popping story from the Associated Press. → Read More
The Big Cow Is a Car
After Knickers, a giant cow, captured the spirt of the darkened pit of hell we call the internet, The Washington Post showed up Tuesday to rain on the parade. Knickers, the Post says, is not a cow. Whatever. Here’s another take to unpack, you pedantic jerks: Knickers is a car. → Read More
A Part of Detroit Was Destroyed in the 1980s So GM Could Build a Plant It Now Might Close
When General Motors announced today that it planned to cut up to 14,000 jobs and might close five U.S. plants, the scope of the restructuring plan caught practically everyone by surprise. It also reopened a particularly sore wound in Detroit, which actually helped destroy parts of the city in the 1980s to make way for one of the factories GM now says faces possible closure. → Read More
Here's Everything GM Is Closing Down As It 'Invests In The Future'
General Motors confirmed news of a major restructuring underway Monday, announcing that five North American plants will be closed, while up to 15 percent of its salaried workforce will be slashed. It marks the end of the plant that makes the Chevrolet Cruze in Ohio, the death of the Chevrolet Volt hybrid and the closure of the iconic Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Plant. → Read More