Toyota has now completed a final expansion of its operation in the United States. It has just ended a $156 million process of improving its…
Toyota Consolidates US Operations
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As Trump’s first 100 Days ended and monthly numbers were reported there was an apparent disconnect in the automotive industry. Consumer and industry confidence are…
One of the Automotive industry’s largest suppliers, Delphi Automotive, plans to spin off operations tied to internal combustion engines and wants to start to focus…
Less Parts, More Problems?
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Before the popularization of interchangeable parts, automotive manufacturing involved more skill and [less!] precision. Standardizing screws and parts allowed unskilled workers to produce large numbers…
With a rapidly increasing population of 1.2 billion people, India is closing in on the Chinese in terms of population and is becoming one of…
China Moves to be a Production Leader
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China has announced that it plans to become a global leader in automobile production within the next ten years. Currently, the country is the…
Auto Markets Throughout the World.
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The largest auto market in the World is Asia with 47,878,892 vehicles produced in 2015. This total increased by 7.8% in 2016 to 51,521,214 vehicles…
In September of 2015, Volkswagen disclosed that they had been intentionally cheating on diesel emissions tests for at least six years by installing secret software in 580,000…
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Tesla: First the Cash, Then the Crash
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Tesla recently (briefly) surpassed both Ford and General Motors in market capitalization. My own prognosis for Tesla’s longer-run prospects aside, once the Model 3 launches…