Vince Bond Jr. Acura, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Mazda, Mitsubishi Vince Bond Jr. covers Fiat Chrysler and marketing for Automotive News. [email protected] 313-446-1653 See All Staff Page Recent Stories Detroit 3 push back on UAW strike messaging as deadline looms The Detroit three defend their positions with fact checks on UAW President Shawn Fain's statements. Dodge EVs will be designed with performance in mind The Charger and Challenger are going out of production as gasoline vehicles soon, but they'll be back in 2024 as the brand's first EVs. Stellantis finally reveals its upcoming EV lineup Ram's electric pickup is due out in late 2024, and Alfa Romeo and Chrysler plan to drop all internal combustion engines in the years ahead. UAW strike limits damage to Detroit 3 — for now The strike's impact could increase quickly if the UAW follows through on its plan to escalate the strike and ramp up pressure on the automakers at the bargaining table. Jeep Gladiator gets new grille, bigger touchscreen for 2024 The pickup gets many of the same updates that already were made this year to the Wrangler, including UConnect 5 with a 12.3-inch screen. Stellantis offers 14.5% raises to UAW The proposal compares to initial offers of 15 per cent by Ford Motor Co. and 16% by General Motors, though Stellantis wants to structure the raises in a way that would have a larger effect on workers' future earnings. Ram's 702-hp 1500 TRX being discontinued after Final Edition limited run The TRX pickup, which has the same supercharged V-8 engine from Dodge's Hellcat muscle cars, was introduced in 2020. Looking back on Chrysler 300's run as a pop culture staple The assembly plant for the car driven by Snoop Dogg and former President Barack Obama is being retooled to build EVs. Dodge chief Tim Kuniskis says EVs won't mean end of muscle car fun Automakers have little choice but to go electric, says Tim Kuniskis, who argues the technology can lead to plenty of "cool and fun" vehicles. Stellantis, Samsung commit to second U.S. battery plant for EVs The companies, already building a battery plant in Kokomo, Ind., have signed a memorandum of understanding to build another facility slated to go online in early 2027. The plant site is still under review. EV demand has big factory projects churning across North America Automakers have announced big plans to bring EVs to market. Now they have to get them into factory production. Stellantis worker's idea leads to hazard alerts in 1.8M vehicles Stellantis has updated 1.8 million vehicles with a feature that warns drivers of approaching firetrucks, ambulances and road hazards. Stellantis designers use concepts as brand ‘manifestos’ Design chief Ralph Gilles said concepts help establish the company's direction as it enters the era of electric vehicles. Ram readies for EV shift, but costs are ‘elephant in the room' Stellantis executives at the New York International Auto Show talked about the need to fund the shift to EVs by boosting profitability, cutting costs and confronting sliding sales of today's combustion lineup. Ram targets 800-kilometre range on electric 1500 REV pickup Ram said the truck, due out in late 2024, will offer 654 hp, a 0-to-100 km/h time of 4.4 seconds and the ability to tow 6,350 kilograms Load More
Vince Bond Jr. Acura, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Mazda, Mitsubishi Vince Bond Jr. covers Fiat Chrysler and marketing for Automotive News. [email protected] 313-446-1653 See All Staff Page