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FCA's fast-moving plan to turn a brownfield into a vehicle assembly plant is a reminder that mothballed plants can enable an automaker to chop months or years off the timetable to add capacity and seize on a market opportunity.
North Carolina put together a colossal $1.6 billion incentives package to woo the Mazda-Toyota auto plant. The project went to Alabama instead, but North Carolina believes it's now prime for the next project.
The slowdown comes as suppliers play a key role in developing technologies automakers want in fields such as autonomous driving, electrification and cybersecurity.
Automakers are usually all about what's new -- new product, new technology, new brand image. But they're also pragmatic businesses willing to milk profits out of vehicles overdue for a refresh.
Navya, the French maker of autonomous shuttle buses, has opened an assembly plant in Michigan and plans to add a robotaxi to its lineup.
Columnist Dave Guilford, who is also the managing editor at Automotive News Canada, reflects on the rapidly-changing automotive industry as he announces his retirement after 19 years.
Columnist Dave Guilford reflects on the rapidly-changing automotive industry as he annnounces his retirement after 19 years.
It's easy to become enamoured of the accident-free future with autonomous cars, but before that time arrives, we had better realize that we're playing with human lives as we develop driverless technology.
It's easy to become enamoured of the accident-free future with autonomous cars, but before that time arrives, we had better realize that we're playing with human lives as we develop driverless technology.
