Automotive

In Pivotal Moment, Tesla Unveils Its First Mass-Market Sedan

August 4, 2017

After a meteoric rise that made it, at least briefly, the most valuable car company in America, Tesla arrived at a moment of truth last week as it delivered the first of its mass-market sedans to their new owners.

Defying Predictions, Wind Tunnels Find New Customers in Autos, Athletics - Even Fast Food

August 2, 2017

Los Angeles Times

Wind tunnels were supposed to be put out of work by now.

U.K. to Ban Sale of All Diesel and Petrol Vehicles

August 1, 2017

Supply Management

The U.K. will become the latest European country to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel-powered cars from 2040 as part of efforts to tackle air pollution, the government has announced.

MADE Redefines the Fashion Show With Its 'Shop Small' Market

July 31, 2017

Forbes

For decades, New York Fashion Week was a business-to-business, invitation-only event for industry insiders.

More U.S. Cars Are Being Made in Mexico

July 31, 2017

The Wall Street Journal

The "Made in Mexico" label has become more plentiful on American car lots this year, even as automakers pressured by President Donald Trump began the year with promises to create more jobs in the U.S.

Japanese Smart Factory Represents the Future of Manufacturing

July 26, 2017

Industryweek

The top manufacturing facility of Toyota transmissions isn't based in Japan but in Durham, North Carolina. The AW North Carolina (AWNC) plant - a subsidiary of AW, which is based in Anjo City, Japan - churns out more than 600,000 automatic transmissions per year for models such as the Camry, Tundra, Tacoma, Sequoia and, most recently, the Rav4.

Border Tax and Nafta Exit Could Harm U.S. Motor Vehicle Industry, Study Finds

July 26, 2017

Boston Consulting Group

Two proposed policy changes - imposing a border adjustment tax (BAT) and withdrawing from the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) - would likely fail to achieve their goal of reversing the trend of offshoring manufacturing to low-cost countries and could potentially harm the U.S. motor vehicle industry, according to a new study by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG).

Global Trade Rebounds Despite Trump's Protectionist Threats

July 14, 2017

Bloomberg

Donald Trump's election as U.S president sparked warnings of damaging trade wars and an end to globalization as we know it. So far, those predictions haven't played out.

What's Going to Happen to Nafta?

July 14, 2017

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

The Northern American Free Trade Agreement is 25 years old, but whether it lives to see another year is an open question.

Volvo Plans to Go Electric, to Abandon Conventional Car Engine by 2019

July 10, 2017

The Wall Street Jorunal

For Volvo the internal combustion engine has run its course.

Automotive

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