A Tiny B-Sized Vehicle Will Be Built In Michigan
This is one of the toughest most competitive segments in the world, and one that is dominated by offshore brands that have government protectionist policies, and high fuel and car registration taxes to...
View ArticleToyota Restarts Work on Mississippi Plant
Toyota is resuming construction of its Blue Springs, Mississippi plant that was put on hold in late in 2008 as the reckless practices of Wall Street caused the collapse of the global economy. The...
View ArticleToyota Begins Auris Hybrid Production in UK
The Toyota Plant in Burnaston, Derbyshire, is now making the new Auris hybrid, the first full-hybrid vehicle to be built in Europe. Sales of 30,000 are targeted for the first year, with customer...
View ArticleToyota Resumes Hiring at Stalled Assembly Plant
Governor Haley Barbour of Mississippi and officials from Toyota Motor Manufacturing Mississippi, Inc. (TMMMS) announced today that the company is resuming hiring at its Blue Springs plant where the...
View ArticleAuto Industry to Add Nearly 200,000 U.S. Jobs
The auto industry is once again looking like a key driver of the U.S. economy, car sales rapidly reviving -- and a new study predicting automakers and suppliers will add nearly 200,000 new jobs by...
View ArticleHas Volkswagen Reinvented the Automobile?
Has Volkswagen reinvented the automobile? With the launch of new models such as the Gen-7 Golf, the maker is adopting a wildly flexible new design and production strategy that could slash costs by 30%...
View ArticleGM Investing $1.3 Billion at Five U.S. Plants
The good news for U.S. manufacturing continued today with the announcement that General Motors plans to invest nearly $1.3 billion in five U.S. plants creating or saving 1,000 jobs. The announcement...
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