#auto-industry

#auto-industry

One of the world's largest carmakers has told the UK government it will be unable to keep its commitment to make electric vehicles in Britain without changes to the Brexit deal struck with the EU.Stellantis, the parent company of Vauxhall, Citroen, Peugeot and Fiat, DS, Jeep, Alfa Romeo, Maserati and Abarth, employs more than 5,000 people in the UK, including 1,000 at its electric van factory in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, and 1,200 at its Luton plant.

This June 6 is the 79th anniversary of D-Day.In the following lightly edited and adapted excerpt from his book "News Stories," former Chicago TV news reporter Peter Nolan takes us to the city in 1944 and tells the story of one Chicago restaurant owner's role in World War II and D-Day.John Rossi was the proprietor of the House of Bertini Restaurant on Wells Street, a few blocks north of the Chicago River.

John Underwood in 1981.(Tony Triolo/Getty Images)John Underwood, a star writer during the early days of Sports Illustrated who formed an unlikely bond with the irascible Red Sox slugger Ted Williams that led them to co-write two acclaimed books about baseball, including " The Science of Hitting," died April 12 at his home in Miami.

Rather than offering wages attractive to adults, employers want lawmakers to push teens into dangerous jobs.A young girl wearing a face mask walks on the National Mall near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC on March 8, 2021.ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images Brad Greve has been a Scout leader for more than 20 years.

A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business' Before the Bell newsletter.Not a subscriber?You can sign up right here.You can listen to an audio version of the newsletter by clicking the same link.The US auto industry just posted its worst sales in more than a decade but that's not necessarily a bad sign for the sector.

The government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz blocked the sale of a semiconductor company to a Chinese-owned firm on Wednesday, as Germany seeks to toughen protection of its domestic technology and ease its dependence on China.Robert Habeck, Germany's economy minister, said that the government had also blocked a separate investment in a German company producing critical infrastructure, which he said could not be identified because of secrecy agreements.

The last decade or so has seen the creeping techification of the auto industry.Executives will tell you the trend is being driven by consumers, starry-eyed at their smartphones and tablets, although the 2018 backup camera law is the main reason there's a display in every new car.But automakers have been trying to adopt more than just shiny gadgets and iterating software releases.

Following Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter, the company has made drastic changes over the last several weeks.Nearly half of Twitter's workforce was laid off as the company completely restructured its revenue model.Musk's intentions included speeding up Twitter, unbanning people who may have been wrongly banned, and to severely reduce the number of spam bots on the site.

By Assemblymember Phil Ting-
It's hard to believe that 2022 is almost over.As we get ready to start a new year, I wanted to let you know about a few state laws that I championed taking effect on January 1.At the top of the list are two bills that aim to bring more fairness and equity in the way some of our traffic violations are handled.

In this file photo taken on Jan. 19, 2021, the Stellantis sign is seen outside the Chrysler Technology Center, in Auburn Hills, Mich.About 1,350 people are employed at the Belvidere Assembly plant in Illinois, which produces the Jeep Cherokee.(Carlos Osorio/The Associated Press) An auto plant in northern Illinois is expected to close early next year with hundreds of workers being laid off due to the challenge of rising costs related to the electric vehicle market and other factors.

Nine months into Russian President Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine, the damage done to the world's 11th-largest economy is extensive.Leading Russian banks have been cut out of the global financial system, some $300 billion of central bank reserves are frozen, and hundreds of foreign companies have departed.

Twitter's new owner Elon Musk at the 2022 Met Gala in New York City in May.Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/ Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter has not exactly taken off like a rocket.After trying desperately to get out of the $44 billion purchase, he faced a court battle for reneging.

US auto safety regulators have opened an investigation into Tesla's Model Y SUV after getting two complaints that the steering wheels can come off while being driven.The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) says the investigation covers an estimated 120,000 vehicles from the 2023 model year.

Toyota Motor Corp. Land Cruiser Prado (L) and FJ Cruiser sport utility vehicle (SUV) bound for shipment at a port in Yokohama, Japan, on Thursday, Oct. 28, 2022.Toyota Motor is scheduled to release earnings figures on November 1. (Bloomberg)The largest car company on the globe is doubling down in China.

Toyota Motor Corp. Land Cruiser Prado (L) and FJ Cruiser sport utility vehicle (SUV) bound for shipment at a port in Yokohama, Japan, on Thursday, Oct. 28, 2022.Toyota Motor is scheduled to release earnings figures on November 1. (Bloomberg)The largest car company on the globe is doubling down in China.