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DETROIT — General Motors‘ top executives on Tuesday backed off from a plan to make salaried employees return to company offices for at least three days a week later this year. The abrupt announcement last week had prompted backlash from workers who felt the change was misguided or being imposed too quickly. GM told workers

A Carvana Co. executive is facing dozens of criminal charges tied to the company’s alleged motor vehicle licensing and records violations in Illinois. In mid-May the Illinois Secretary of State filed several motor vehicle-related charges against Paul Breaux, who is identified on Carvana’s investor relations website as a vice president and the company’s general counsel

DETROIT — Chevrolet is updating the heavy-duty line of its Silverado pickups with a standard 10-speed transmission, a more powerful diesel engine, a plusher interior and new trailering technologies. The 2024 Silverado HD, which debuted Monday and is slated to go on sale in the first half of next year, will offer an off-road ZR2

In the past, a brand that produced powertrains of awesome performance, or rarefied designs of outstanding touch and feel, or luxurious construction that translated to stratospheric pricing, was known as an exotic. Today, the segment is identifying new products, new powertrains and new strategies to meet regulatory and competitive changes around the world while still

TOLEDO, Ohio — General Motors said on Friday it will invest $760 million at its Toledo, Ohio, factory to build drive units for electric trucks, the automaker’s first U.S. powertrain facility repurposed for EV-related production. Th largest U.S. automaker currently builds GM’s six-speed, eight-speed and 10-speed rear-wheel drive and nine-speed front-wheel drive transmissions in a

LEBANON, Tenn. — Tritium, an Australian producer of electric vehicle chargers, is arriving in the U.S. market with a new assembly plant here at a less-than-auspicious moment for the EV charging segment. Two recent industry surveys have thumped charging networks for doing a poor job at pleasing the growing numbers of American EV buyers. One

Lithia Motors Inc., which continues to gobble up dealerships, including acquiring five in Wisconsin in September, also sold one dealership in Northern California and another in Southern California this month, as it sheds some stores in a “network optimization” plan. The Medford, Ore., auto retailer sold Lithia Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep-Ram-Fiat of Eureka on Sept. 14 to Harper

Growing Lithia Motors Inc., which has indicated it is targeting further Midwest expansion, did just that with its recent acquisition of five dealerships from Wilde Automotive Group in Wisconsin. Lithia on Sept. 12 acquired Wilde East Towne Honda in Madison, Wilde Toyota in West Allis and Wilde Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep-Ram, Wilde Subaru and Wilde Honda, all in

If anyone doubts the power of social media, consider the windstorm of legal headaches Hyundai and Kia are now facing over the design of their steering columns. The two Korean brands are named in 15 class-action lawsuits filed by vehicle owners in 14 states who claim cars and crossovers spanning several model years, totaling millions

Three auto retailers added to their dealership portfolios with the purchases of single stores in the first and third quarters, while a former dealership executive general manager and partner bought their first dealership in a second-quarter purchase. Here’s a look at the deals involving import dealerships and stores in Indiana, New Jersey, California and Alabama.