Jerry Hirsch has joined Automotive News as a news editor. He is part of the growing mobility team that covers technology and trends reshaping transportation. Hirsch previously was editor of Trucks.com and covered the auto industry for the Los Angeles Times. His work also has appeared in dozens of U.S. newspapers. Hirsch, 64, has a
Month: July 2022
In this article GM GM Chair and CEO Mary Barra addresses investors Oct. 6, 2021 at the GM Tech Center in Warren, Michigan. Photo by Steve Fecht for General Motors DETROIT — In September 2017, General Motors CEO Mary Barra and her top executives visited the automaker’s design dome, considered hallowed ground within the company
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Volkswagen Group’s dramatic move to oust its combative CEO, Herbert Diess, was set in motion a week ago, when his backing from the billionaire Porsche and Piech family began to crumble. Unwavering support from the reclusive clan that majority-owns VW had helped Diess survive frequent clashes with powerful worker representatives. But as key project failures
9:12 PM ET Associated Press SONOMA, Calif. — Funny Car leader Robert Hight took the No. 1 qualifying position Saturday in the Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals in a bid to become first NHRA driver to win four straight races at Sonoma Raceway. Hight’s run of 3.825 seconds at 332.75 mph in a Chevrolet Camaro held
General Motors was busy this week with the reveal of two electric vehicles based on the flexible Ultium platform. The first was the 2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV which arrives next year priced from $44,995 and offering up to 557 hp. Cadillac Celestiq concept The second was Cadillac’s Celestiq flagship. It’s a big hatch with hand-built
In a time when labor shortages are leaving many job openings unfilled, dealerships have had to compete for employees at every position. What Dave Wright Nissan-Subaru in Hiawatha, Iowa, is doing to recruit workers is simple: creating talent from within. The Tech 120 Program is an all-expenses-paid technician recruitment and development program designed to help
Parking is a pain point that technology has tried to solve with solutions such as automated attendants, cameras and even sensors on cars used to recognize empty on-street spaces. But beyond app-based payments, technology has not moved the needle in terms of transforming parking the way, say, ride-share has altered the taxi industry. For those
Amazon is beginning to roll out some of the electric delivery vans that it developed with Rivian Automotive, the companies announced Thursday. In September 2019, Amazon founder and then-CEO Jeff Bezos stood on stage at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., to announce that the company had purchased 100,000 electric vehicles from the startup
Daimler Truck announced the start of series production of its second all-electric truck model, the Mercedes-Benz eEconic. The Mercedes-Benz eEconic is envisioned for inner-city municipal applications. The vehicle is based on the same architecture as the Mercedes-Benz eActros, which has entered production in October 2021. Both models are produced at the Wörth plant in Germany.
FRANKFURT — The appointment of Oliver Blume as the next boss of Volkswagen Group heralds a change in management style that is expected to replace the erratic and unpredictable attitude of his predecessor with a more team-based culture. A long-time Volkswagen executive who joined the carmaker in 1994, the 54-year-old Blume has hammered home the
5:18 PM ET Associated Press LONG POND, Pa. — Denny Hamlin turned the fastest lap at Pocono Raceway and will lead the NASCAR Cup Series field to green Sunday at Pocono Raceway. Hamlin is joined on the front row by Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch. Hamlin went 169.991 mph on the 2½-mile tri-oval track
Tesla has been ordered to pay $10.5 million in the wake of a fatal 2018 crash involving a Model S, despite only being found to be 1 per cent negligent in the fatal incident. The federal jury in Fort Lauderdale heard the story of Barrett Riley who was driving at 116 mph (187 km/h) around
Pro driver Randy Pobst hot laps the 2017 Audi R8 V10 (Plus) around Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca for Motor Trend’s 2016 Best Driver’s Car Powered by Mothers. The Audi R8 V10 (Plus) is one of 12 contenders competing for the title of 2016 Best Driver’s Car. The winner will be announced on Thursday, September 22nd
Herbert Diess took over at Volkswagen Groupfour years ago when the German automaker was in crisis, under pressure to make dramatic changes in strategy and culture, and the former BMW executive offered a new vision. Prominent among them, Diess’s effort to create a Germany-centered software business, CARIAD, within Volkswagen, and a promised stock market listing
Cadillac is looking back and forward in creating what it says will be the brand’s most advanced vehicle ever. The hand-built Celestiq show car, introduced Friday, previews Cadillac’s vision for advanced electric vehicles. It is engineered and designed to place the brand equally alongside the latest luxury EVs from upstarts such as Lucid and longtime
In this article GM The Cadillac Celestiq show car previews an upcoming electric sedan for General Motors. GM DETROIT – General Motors on Friday previewed what its most expensive Cadillac ever will look like as the automaker attempts to redefine the quintessential American luxury brand into an electric vehicle leader. The Detroit automaker unveiled a
By Joey Klender Posted on July 22, 2022 Volkswagen AG CEO Herert Diess has reportedly informed the company that he plans to leave at the end of August, a new report from German media outlet n-tv said. Volkswagen’s board reportedly has agreed with Diess in terms of the departure, the report suggests. In the short
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