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A shuttered Illinois Jeep assembly plant will be at the center of a power struggle between the United Auto Workers union and Detroit's automakers as the manufacturers double down on cutting costs to fund an accelerated transition to electric vehicles. When the Stellantis factory in the northern Illinois town of Belvidere was idled in February, it left union members in shock as they had not expected the shutdown until June. "They wanted to reduce us even more which seemed like an impossible feat," Matt Frantzen, the local union president in Belvidere, said of the decision follo...

Belvidere: Detroit automakers and the United Auto Workers union are preparing for a contentious agenda as they begin negotiations to replace an expiring four-year contract mid-July. The union, led by UAW President Shawn Fain, has emphasised that jobs must not be lost because of the shift to Electric Vehicles, while executives have warned that billions of dollars will be lost on EVs.

Auto industry investment firm AlixPartners says legacy automakers are losing market share in China by not offering the latest ADAS technology.

For much of the last decade, electric-vehicle leader Tesla Inc. has been the disruptive force in the automotive industry. But in the coming years, Chinese automakers are likely to become

In addition to the $80,000 pickup or SUV chock-full of the top tech afforded by the highest trim levels, automakers are finally selling cheaper cars.