SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Canada’s Unifor Picks Ford as Strike Target

Unifor’s negotiations, held every four years, come as Ford employees face expiring product lines in Oakville, ON, while Fiat Chrysler workers have seen shift cuts in Windsor and Brampton, ON, union President Jerry Dias says.

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Land Rover Defender Updated; Genesis Unveils New G70; GM Develops Nearly Wireless Free Battery System

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GM, Nikola Cozy Up in EV, Fuel-Cell Markets

Barra says GM expects to get $4 billion of benefits from the Nikola relationship between the equity value of the startup’s shares, contract manufacturing of the Badger, supply contracts for batteries and fuel cells and EV credits retained over the life of the contract.

2021 Hyundai Elantra Prototype

Hyundai offered up seat time recently in a prototype of the all-new 2021 Hyundai Elantra sedan. Production is set to begin in Ulsan, Korea, and at Hyundai Motor Mfg. Alabama in the fall with shipments to dealers in the fourth quarter.

VW Teases Photo, Video of New Small Ute

Volkswagen describes the new vehicle as a compact SUV, slotting under the Tiguan. Wards Intelligence, however, classifies the Tiguan as a car-based CUV in its sales and inventory tables, so the new product would live in the Small CUV segment.

U.S. Light-Vehicle Sales Rise to 6-Month High in August

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Economic headwinds, as well as lean inventory in key segments, are largely why sales are forecast to run at an annualized rate below August’s results over the final four months of 2020.

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