Jamie Butters
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Detroit, MI, United States
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Honda to stop Ohio shift to prepare for electrified autos
Honda will stop second-shift production on one assembly line at its flagship Marysville, Ohio, complex in August so the factory can be refurbished and retooled to make electrified vehicles. No layoffs are planned. → Read More
Tesla Bull Has ‘Dream’ Tim Cook Will Help Elon Musk Run Company
A bull can always dream. → Read More
Elon Musk Pledges to Pay for Clean Water to Homes in Flint, Michigan
Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc. and Space Exploration Technologies Corp., vowed to pay to secure fresh water for Flint, Michigan, homes. → Read More
How China’s 36th-Best Car Company Saved Volvo
Volvo would be dead if it weren’t for a formerly obscure Chinese billionaire named Li Shufu. → Read More
How China’s 36th-Best Car Company Saved Volvo
The auto industry is littered with failed marriages, but the stars aligned for Geely and the Swedish automaker. → Read More
Toyota Sustains Supplier Relations Lead While Rivals Fall
Toyota Motor Corp., the world’s top-valued automaker, built on its lead as the most popular customer for North American auto suppliers, helped by falling scores for its rivals. → Read More
Fleet Sales May Help Explain Why Nissan Faltered, Fiat Chrysler Beat
Nissan Motor Co. and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV’s U.S. sales surprises last month are easier to understand with data that few carmakers release: how many vehicles they shipped to fleet customers. → Read More
Tesla Is in an Open Feud With NTSB Over Crash Probe
Tesla Inc.’s tense relationship with the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board boiled over Thursday with both sides accusing the other of making improper disclosures regarding a fatal accident under investigation. → Read More
Tesla In Open Feud With U.S. Safety Board Over Crash Probe
Tesla Inc.’s tense relationship with the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board boiled over Thursday with both sides accusing the other of making improper disclosures regarding a fatal accident under investigation. → Read More
Marchionne's Exit Puts Fiat Chrysler in Play for Merger Deal
Sergio Marchionne spent the last 14 years transforming Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV through a series of spinoffs and mergers from a near-bankrupt Italian conglomerate into the best-performing U.S. automaker. His pending exit may open the door for the next big deal. → Read More
Navistar Surges as VW CEO Change May Lead to Truck Unit Shakeup
Navistar International Corp. jumped the most this year after Volkswagen AG changed chief executive officers, a move that could portend further deal-making between the the U.S. truck manufacturer and its second-biggest shareholder. → Read More
Subprime New-Car Buyers Going Missing From U.S. Showrooms
The American consumers who were stretching themselves to buy or lease a new car are starting to go missing from showrooms. → Read More
Nissan Slows Output After U.S. Demand Drop Led to Bloated Supply
Nissan Motor Co. is slowing production at several assembly plants to keep the supply of vehicles on U.S. dealers’ lots in check after being caught off guard by weaker consumer demand. → Read More
Jeep Sales Grow With a Long Way to Go in ‘Incredibly Busy’ 2018
Jeep has had a hot start to the year thanks to growth around the globe, but it may not be enough to meet Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV CEO Sergio Marchionne’s goal of selling 2 million of the sport utility vehicles this year. → Read More
Volvo, Toyota Quiet on What Uber Crash Means for Them
Carmakers who’ve linked their autonomous futures to Uber Technologies Inc. could feel the effects after a self-driving car from the ride-hailing giant hit and killed a woman in Tempe, Arizona, on Sunday evening. → Read More
Car-Dealer Group Warns ‘No One Wins’ a Trade War After Trump’s Tweet
President Donald Trump’s threat to tax vehicles imported from Europe has the American International Automobile Dealers Association sounding the alarm. → Read More
U.S. Car Loan Rates Rise to Highest in Eight Years
It’s getting more costly for most Americans to buy a new car or truck. Not only are vehicles getting more expensive, but so is the money needed to finance one. → Read More
Luxury Brands Are the Winners in the U.S. Auto Market
The U.S. auto market is supposed to be contracting, but it seems nobody told premium carmakers. → Read More
Trump's Tariffs Deal a Blow to Already-Shrinking U.S. Auto Sales
The auto industry is warning that U.S. sales declines, which have become routine over the last year, may continue thanks to the tariffs President Donald Trump plans to slap on steel and aluminum imports. → Read More
Detroit Pickup Sales Drop With U.S. Auto Demand Poised to Slow
General Motors Co. and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV reported hefty sales declines for their big trucks, a troubling sign for a lucrative segment that had been holding up well as the broader U.S. auto market shrinks. → Read More