Month: March 2022

A former General Motors manager was indicted with conspiracy to commit bribery after allegedly accepting $3.4 million from an international parts supplier. Hyoung Nam So, 46, who goes by Brian So, was a global purchasing and supply chain manager at GM who oversaw parts used to build interiors of North American vehicles. In October 2015,
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In this article TSLA Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory groundbreaking ceremony in Shanghai, China, January 7, 2019. Aly Song | Reuters SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced on Twitter on Monday that he has Covid. The announcement comes after Tesla’s factory in Shanghai faced regional Covid restrictions that reportedly require
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The Fisker Ocean electric crossover is getting 10-year/100,000-mile (whichever comes first) battery and powertrain warranties, Fisker confirmed over the weekend. The battery warranty covers up to 75% of the original battery capacity, according to Fisker’s website. For reference, Rivian offers 8-year/175,000-mile battery warranty, while Tesla’s longest warranty (for the Model S and Model X) is
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Buick appears to be rearranging its shields. The General Motors brand recently filed a trademark application that shows the three shields in its logo aligned horizontally instead of diagonally, and no longer overlapping. The shields also lose their diagonal stripe in favor of a curved line, and there’s no ring around the trio. (Jalopnik thinks
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6:38 AM ET Red Bull Formula One boss Christian Horner praised Mercedes rival Toto Wolff for speaking out about the mental health issues that he has dealt with for more than a decade during unprecedented success. Wolff, an Austrian, told the Sunday Times last week that he had been seeing a psychiatrist since 2004 and
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Federal officials have again argued that bundled Guaranteed Asset Protection coverage renders an auto loan subject to the Military Lending Act, raising a potential concern for dealerships and the auto finance industry. American Financial Services Association Senior Vice President Celia Winslow warned the group’s Vehicle Finance Conference & Expo on March 9 about the amicus
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