Manufacturing
Latest Manufacturing Stories
Widespread Testing Will Be the New Normal as Automakers Get Back to Work
By Patrick George / Updated Apr 20, 2020
Lots of Testing, Lots of Masks: How Car Companies Hope to Restart Production
By Patrick George / Updated Apr 9, 2020
Outbreak Threatens to Torpedo 2020’s Most Important New Car Debuts
By Patrick George / Updated Apr 8, 2020
Ford’s Flat Rock Assembly Plant Will Now Build Respirators Instead of Mustangs
By Rob Stumpf / Updated Apr 1, 2020
GM Deal for Ventilators Pauses Over Cost, White House Shops Around (Updated: It’s A Go)
By Patrick George / Updated Mar 27, 2020
Ford Aims to Restart North American Car Production in April
By Patrick George / Updated Mar 26, 2020
Tesla Caves to Pressure, Will Shut Down US Production on Monday
By Rob Stumpf / Updated Mar 20, 2020
What the ‘Historic And Unprecedented’ Auto Plant Shutdowns Mean for Workers
By Patrick George / Updated Mar 19, 2020
Ford, General Motors, and FCA Halt US Production of New Cars: Report
By Rob Stumpf / Updated Mar 18, 2020
Fiat Chrysler, Volkswagen Production in Europe Winds Down Amid Outbreak
By Patrick George / Updated Mar 16, 2020
The Europe Travel Ban Will Not Affect Cargo, or Car Shipments
By Jerry Perez / Updated Mar 12, 2020
Chinese Manufacturing Slowly Begins Recovery From Coronavirus Disruption
By Patrick George / Updated Mar 9, 2020
Nissan Deals 6,400 Layoffs With More Coming as Profits Plummet Nearly 99 Percent
By James Gilboy / Updated Jul 25, 2019
Chevy Corvette C8 Price Kept Under $60,000 Thanks to New Platform and Axing Manual
By Rob Stumpf / Updated Jul 24, 2019
No More Than Two Identical Porsche 911 Sports Cars Are Built Every Year: Report
By Chris Tsui / Updated Jul 14, 2019
VW Tarek Will Replace Beetle’s Newly Vacated Spot in Mexico Assembly Plant: Report
By Rob Stumpf / Updated Jul 11, 2019
Mesmerizing Video Shows Lamborghini’s Brand-New Paint Shop Bring Bulls to Life
By Rob Stumpf / Updated Jul 9, 2019
Automakers Turn into Chipmakers
By Bertel Schmitt / Updated Jul 3, 2019
Elon Musk Wants Tesla Gigafactory Employees to Live on Site in Mobile Homes
By Rob Stumpf / Updated Jun 11, 2019
Construction Begins at Site of Multibillion-Dollar Tesla Gigafactory 3 in China
By Marco Margaritoff / Updated Jun 11, 2019
Tesla Air Quality Compliance Violations Center On Troubled Paint Shop
By Edward Niedermeyer / Updated Jun 3, 2019
Documents Show Persistent Air Quality Non-Compliance At Tesla Factory
By Edward Niedermeyer / Updated Jun 3, 2019
Tesla Had 3 Times as Many OSHA Violations as the 10 Largest US Plants Combined
By Rob Stumpf / Updated May 29, 2019
Inside Toyota’s Takaoka #2 Line: The Most Flexible Line In The World
By Bertel Schmitt / Updated May 24, 2019
Tesla Finalizes Land Purchase for Its Upcoming Gigafactory in Shanghai, China
By Jerry Perez / Updated May 24, 2019
Ford Continues Cost-Saving Efforts By Slashing 7,000 Jobs and 3 Plants
By Jonathon Klein / Updated May 20, 2019
US Senate Moves to Encourage EV Battery Mineral Mining Stateside
By James Gilboy / Updated May 15, 2019
Ferrari Will Stop Supplying Maserati With Engines by the End of 2022, CEO Says
By James Gilboy / Updated May 10, 2019
Tesla Expects EV Battery Shortage Due to Limited Battery Minerals: Report
By James Gilboy / Updated May 6, 2019
First-Ever Mercedes-Benz EQC Electric SUV Rolls Off Production Line in Germany
By Rob Stumpf / Updated May 6, 2019
Toyota Gears Up To Become Global EV Systems Supplier
By Bertel Schmitt / Updated May 2, 2019
GM CEO Mary Barra to Confirm Second Shift at Corvette Plant to Keep Up With C8 Demand: Report
By Jerry Perez / Updated Apr 24, 2019
GM Plant Workers Underwent Civil Rights Training After Racial Harassment Allegations
By Chris Tsui / Updated Mar 30, 2019
General Motors Employee Retires After Record-Setting 67 Years With Company
By Caleb Jacobs / Updated Mar 29, 2019
Fiat Chrysler to Idle Dodge Challenger and Charger Plants in April Due to Dwindling Demand
By Chris Tsui / Updated Mar 28, 2019
First 2020 Toyota Supra Rolls off Assembly Line at Magna Steyr Plant in Austria
By Rob Stumpf / Updated Mar 25, 2019
GM to Invest $300M in Michigan Plant for EVs and Autonomous Vehicles: Report
By Stephen Edelstein / Updated Mar 22, 2019
Ford Will Split Electric Vehicle Manufacturing Between Mexico and United States
By Rob Stumpf / Updated Mar 20, 2019
First Jeep Gladiator Pickup Truck Rolls off Assembly Line at Toledo Plant
By Caleb Jacobs / Updated Mar 20, 2019
Noose Found Hanging at Ram Truck Assembly Plant
By Caleb Jacobs / Updated Mar 20, 2019
Volkswagen Will Slash 7,000 Automatable Jobs and Hire Software Engineers Instead
By Rob Stumpf / Updated Mar 14, 2019
Ford Parks 8,000 Mustangs With Temporary Steering Wheels Over Labor Strike
By Chris Tsui / Updated Feb 27, 2019
Cobalt’s “Perfect Storm” Rattles Electric Car Supply Chain
By Edward Niedermeyer / Updated Feb 27, 2019
GM’s Hamtramck Plant Closure Delayed, Cadillac CT6-V Gets Stay of Execution as Result
By James Gilboy / Updated Feb 25, 2019
Honda Civic Factories in the UK and Turkey to Be Shuttered Due to Global Restructuring
By Jerry Perez / Updated Feb 19, 2019
Demand for Rolls-Royce Cullinan Is Through the Roof, Production Line Can’t Keep Up
By Jerry Perez / Updated Feb 18, 2019
Dyson’s Electric Cars Will Be Built in Singapore Instead of UK, Brexit Not the Reason
By Chris Tsui / Updated Feb 5, 2019
GM Closes 11 Michigan Plants Over Natural Gas Shortage, Ford and FCA Also Affected
By Chris Tsui / Updated Jan 31, 2019
Tooling for Tesla Model Y Production Readies at Nevada Gigafactory, Musk Says
By Rob Stumpf / Updated Jan 31, 2019
General Motors Now Builds Over 25 Percent of Its North American Cars in Mexico
By Jerry Perez / Updated Jan 29, 2019
Japanese Subaru Plant Re-Opens after Twelve-Day Shutdown Tied to Steering Defect
By Talon Homer / Updated Jan 28, 2019
Booming Demand Forces Porsche to Increase Taycan Production
By Chris Tsui / Updated Jan 25, 2019
Nissan Slashes Titan Pickup Truck and NV Van Production Amid Poor Sales
By Chad Kirchner / Updated Jan 18, 2019
Jaguar Land Rover Blames ‘Transformation’ for Slashing 4,500 UK Jobs
By Stef Schrader / Updated Jan 11, 2019
Tesla Could ‘Make a Gazillion Bucks’ Thanks to New Chinese Gigafactory, Expert Says
By Brian Evans / Updated Jan 8, 2019
Mid-Engined C8 Chevrolet Corvette Delayed 6 Months Over Electrical Issue: Report
By Chris Tsui / Updated Dec 13, 2018
FCA to Revive Idled Detroit Factory to Build Three-Row Jeep Grand Cherokee: Report
By Eric Brandt / Updated Dec 7, 2018
Rising Cost of Raw Materials for Battery Production Could Curtail EV Sales: Report
By Stephen Edelstein / Updated Dec 5, 2018
Ford CEO Denies Allegations of GM-Eclipsing Layoff Plans
By James Gilboy / Updated Dec 5, 2018
General Motors’ Job-Killing Plans Trigger Political Firestorm in Washington
By Lawrence Ulrich / Updated Nov 28, 2018
General Motors’ Global Restructuring Plan Will Axe Upward of 14,000 Jobs
By Rob Stumpf / Updated Nov 26, 2018
GM to Halt Production At Five Plants in U.S. and Canada Amid Worldwide Restructuring
By Cam VanDerHorst / Updated Nov 26, 2018