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Proper Group Holdings LLC is planning to close its plastic tooling and molding plant near Detroit and lay off 130 workers due to financial hardship and a private equity takeover that went sideways. Proper Tooling will close its manufacturing plant in Warren, Mich., by March 31 after a series of employee terminations— unless it can […]

VinFast is celebrating the arrival of its first electric vehicle on U.S. shores, the VF 8 midsize crossover. But it’s also getting pushback for introducing a $56,700 vehicle with just 179 miles of battery range. And that’s not all of its struggles. The Vietnamese automaker, which moved quickly into the U.S. after first showing the

Carvana Co. will lay off more workers and take other measures such as reduced work hours as the used-car retailer contends with weak sales, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. The company was letting open positions go unfilled and several operations teams were working fewer than 30 hours a week or four-day work weeks,

Elon Musk can’t count on the head of Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund to help his defense at an upcoming trial over claims by investors that the Tesla Inc. CEO defrauded them in 2018. Through their lawyers, Yasir Al-Rumayyan and other officials from the kingdom’s Public Investment Fund argued to the judge overseeing the case

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Vice President Kamala Harris highlighted investments in U.S. auto production and manufacturing in a visit to Michigan for a federal environmental policy talk. Electric vehicle and battery production is critical to “building a clean energy economy,” Harris said.Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm joined Harris in Ann Arbor for the Thursday conversation about climate

An expansion of Tesla Inc.’s plant in Shanghai has been delayed, according to people familiar with the matter, over data concerns that risk putting a roadblock in the way of the U.S. EV maker’s ambition to keep growing in China. The so-called phase-three expansion originally slated to start mid-year would have seen the plant’s capacity

OTTAWA – Canada and Mexico have won their challenge to the U.S. interpretation of content rules for autos under the new North American trade pact, a dispute panel ruled on Wednesday, a decision that favors parts makers north and south of the U.S. border. A year ago Canada and Mexico filed a complaint against the

Tesla Inc. has applied for construction permits to move ahead with more than $700 million in investments on the Austin, Texas, campus of its newest manufacturing plant. The funds are earmarked for a “ground up and complete interior finish out of the EV manufacturing facility,” with construction starting later this month and ending early next

LAS VEGAS — Automotive technology company Harman sees new cabin features such as monitoring a driver’s vital signs or upgrading audio experiences as an essential marketing strategy automakers can use to attract buyers. The tech, part of Harman’s growing automotive product portfolio, aims to enable car brands to create in-vehicle experiences that meet the unique

J.D. Power announced Tuesday its acquisition of ZappyRide, an electric vehicle data company that builds white-label software and tools for automakers, electric utilities and more green technology stakeholders, the company said in a release. The purchase is a part of the analytic giant’s E-Vision initiative, a program focusing on maximizing the company’s EV data, analytics,