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DETROIT — The United Auto Workers-endorsed Michigan candidates for governor and U.S. Senate, Jocelyn Benson and Abdul El-Sayed, emphasized the economic challenges of families in an appeal to the Detroit-based union’s delegates Thursday at the UAW's constitutional convention.

Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is term-limited, and Sen. Gary ...Read more

DETROIT — United Auto Workers delegates on Thursday voted in a narrow decision to amend their constitution prohibiting investment in Israel Bonds, a mark of a sea change in the union's politics, according to experts.

The passage is expected to result in the divestment of at least $400,000 in Israel Bonds, according to the passed resolution ...Read more

Detroit is making moves toward reclaiming its once-prolific role supporting the U.S. military as President Donald Trump calls for more weapons and more factories to build them.

Multiple wars and Trump's dream of a manufacturing renaissance are fueling demand for the U.S. defense industry and contractors. Known as the Arsenal of Democracy for ...Read more

Rivian said it's laying off hundreds of employees, or less than 2% of its workforce, as part of restructuring efforts aimed at making the company profitable for the first time.

The layoffs come one week after the Irvine, California-based electric vehicle maker began deliveries of its highly anticipated R2 SUV.

The company is hoping that the R2...Read more

Ford Motor Co. recently marked a major milestone toward its next-generation electric vehicle platform with the start of production in Michigan of its first full prismatic cells: from slurry to coating and formation, all the way through aging and final inspection.

The launch in Marshall, Michigan, puts the automaker on track to be the first to ...Read more

DETROIT — United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain on Tuesday called artificial intelligence and humanoid robots a "profound threat" that imperil more than just jobs.

"We need to be clear about this: We are in a fight for humanity," the labor leader told UAW members gathered at the union's quadrennial constitutional convention at Huntington ...Read more

General Motors Co. is teaming up with Lockheed Martin as the top U.S. defense manufacturer works to triple or quadruple production in the next several years.

No specific projects or contracts have been finalized yet, officials from subsidiary GM Defense and Lockheed told reporters before announcing the formal partnership Tuesday at The ...Read more

A watershed moment has arrived -- for Volkswagen. This year will be the last year you'll be able to buy any VW with a manual transmission. This includes the Jetta, which (for the next six months) you can still get with a manual six-speed, in the Jetta GLI. Next year, it and every other model VW sells -- including the high-performance Golf...Read more

SAN LUIS OBISPO, California — Audi is a canary in the coal mine.

The German luxury maker this week introduced the three-row Q7, the latest in a gas-fed, 2026 SUV assault on the U.S. market with three powerful new models including the entry-level Q3 subcompact SUV and a palatial, three-row flagship Q9, its first entry in the full-size segment....Read more

DETROIT — The United Auto Workers' 39th quadrennial constitutional convention kicked off Monday, though business proceedings were completely closed to members of media — unlike four years ago.

The convention is a pivotal time for the Detroit-based union. Delegates from each union local debate and vote whether to make amendments to the ...Read more

The United Auto Workers strike at Dauch Corp.'s Three Rivers plant is officially over after the local union chapter ratified a new contract with the key General Motors Co. truck axle supplier.

About 80% of UAW Local 2093 members voted to approve the new four-year deal that will increase top pay for union-represented workers to $30 an hour by ...Read more

Major global automotive supplier Magna International's CEO says the Canadian-headquartered company wants to build its relationship with China's intensely competitive automakers.

After speaking to the Automotive Press Association and the Society of Automotive Analysts last week at the company's Troy, Michigan, site, CEO Swamy Kotagiri sat down ...Read more

Nearly 1,000 United Auto Workers members arrive in downtown Detroit next week to chart the future of one the nation’s largest and most influential unions and nominate candidates for leadership elections later this year — including challengers to President Shawn Fain.

Beyond the leadership nominations, several big policy debates are brewing ...Read more

Proclaimed in early advertisements as “The Big Honda,” Accord joined the Civic and eventually became America’s best-selling car. A Honda leader once described it as “the rice in our meal.”

Fifty years on, crossovers surpass sedans for dominance in American driveways, but a fresh new hybrid by 2030 may elevate this sedan’s standing....Read more

PARK CITY, Utah — The view of snow-dusted, 11,750-foot Mt. Timpanogos from the trails of Wasatch National Park in the Wasatch Mountains is breathtaking. It’s a trail for hardcore, compact off-roaders — Jeep Wranglers, Ford Broncos, Chevy Colorado ZR2s. If you’re into electric vehicles, few dare venture there.

Say hello to the rugged, ...Read more

MEMPHIS, Michigan — Tesla wowed the automotive word in January with news it was abandoning its Model S/X models and putting the pedal to the metal on robots. Robot rideshare cars. Humanoid robots. Humanoid robots driving robot cars. Bots bots bots.

Happily, there are still manual driver’s toys out there to cope with the dystopian robot ...Read more

The 2026 Genesis G90 sedan rolls into a world that has collectively lost its mind, swapping full-size luxury sedans for SUVs that are basically suburban treehouses on wheels. These things are tall, cavernous and about as ubiquitous as Starbucks. And yet here comes the G90, sporting four doors, a trunk and enough leather to upholster a small ...Read more

The United Auto Workers union on Wednesday said it had struck a tentative contract agreement with Dauch Corp. to end a 10-day strike at the axle supplier's Three Rivers plant that had threatened to disrupt General Motors Co. truck production.

Nearly 1,000 workers at the plant in southwest Michigan walked out at the start of last week, demanding...Read more

Thousands of Chrysler Pacifica plug-in hybrid minivans are being recalled because of a battery that can catch fire even when the minivan is turned off.

The recall affects 17,277 Pacificas made between Aug. 5, 2020 and May 2, 2022. Until a repair is finalized, and "out of an abundance of caution," Chrysler owner Stellantis NV warns owners to ...Read more

One injury and 72 fires have been linked to a recall of more than 1 million of Jeep's best-selling Wrangler and Gladiator models, according to the automaker and national safety officials.

Owners of Wrangler and Gladiators from model years 2021 through 2025 should park their vehicles outside and away from buildings in case of fires, federal ...Read more