The recall, part of part of a larger investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration into Tesla’s automated driving systems, is the most serious action taken yet against the electric vehicle maker.
The Wall Street Journal first reported Friday that General Motors Co. and Korea-based LG Energy Solution failed to come to an agreement on building a fourth plant through their Ultium Cells joint venture.
The extra weight that EVs typically carry stems from the outsize mass of their batteries. To achieve 300 or more miles of range per charge from an EV, batteries have to weigh thousands of pounds.
The company’s results have been solid this year in terms of profit and revenue, but electric vehicle models from other automakers are starting to chip away at Tesla’s dominance of the U.S. EV market.
The reform candidates campaigned on taking a more confrontational stance in bargaining with Detroit’s three automakers. The adversarial stance is likely to raise costs for General Motors, Ford and Stellantis, which almost certainly would be passed on to consumers.
GM is sticking by a pledge made by Mary Barra to sell more EVs in the U.S. than market leader Tesla by the middle of the decade.
The company said it will add two press lines at its Marion Metal Center and invest in upgraded equipment to equip new and future electric vehicle models, including the Chevrolet Silverado EV, GMC Hummer EV, Hummer EV SUV, and Cadillac Lyriq.
The latest announcement came Thursday from General Motors, a Chevrolet Equinox small SUV with a starting price somewhere around $30,000 and a range-per-charge of 250 miles.
The move by the California is likely to reshape the U.S. auto market, which gets 10% of its sales from the nation’s most populous state.
Cummins said it plans to accelerate the growth of Meritor’s core axle and brake businesses around the world.
The chip shortage has limited the supply of new vehicles on dealer lots in the U.S. to about 1 million, when in normal years it’s about 4 million at any given time.
Any new regulations the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration might impose would fill what critics say is an urgent need to address the growing use of driver-assistance systems on U.S. roads.
Stellantis officials said the clean energy requirement was a critical part of the agreement to locate the operation in Indiana.
Automaker Stellantis said it will give an update on the future of its Kokomo operations at an Indiana community college on Tuesday afternoon.
Cars on U.S. roads are as old as they’ve ever been, potentially complicating efforts to expand the use of new safety and emissions-reduction technologies.
Mercedes-Benz said the vehicles in question have a problem that could cause the brakes to fail.
Efforts in North America will focus on the collaboration with General Motors Co., under which Honda Motor Co. is jointly developing two midsize to large EV models, set for sale in 2024.
When the government reported that consumer inflation rocketed 6.8% in the 12 months that ended in November—the sharpest jump in nearly 40 years—the biggest factor, apart from energy, was used vehicles.
General Motors raised its outlook Wednesday and said it expects to return to a normal production rate by the end of next year.
Eleven governors complained that the more generous tax credit for cars made in union plants would punish companies and workers in their states.
