Dave Helms
Ford’s Kentucky Truck Plant Gears Up for Expedition
The all-new Ford Expedition, due out this fall, carries forward Ford’s plan to grow its SUV leadership with five new vehicles for...
Honda Makes Splash at Auto Show With Odyssey, Ridgeline
Honda Manufacturing of Alabama earned worldwide attention in January with the unveiling of its completely redesigned 2018 Odyssey minivan, while its Ridgeline pickup...
Engineers, Not Legislators, Will Solve Deadly Texting Problem
Texting while driving contributes to 1.6 million accidents a year, according to the National Safety Council, or nearly 25 percent of all...
BMW’s Spartanburg Operation Again Captures Export Crown
BMW Manufacturing in February said it exported a record 287, 700 BMW X models from its Spartanburg plant in 2016, with about 86...
Talking to Parents a Good First Step in Training Auto Technicians
The first and often most difficult job when it comes to training technicians for automotive manufacturing isn’t the math or science, it’s convincing...
A One-armed Robot Tries to Steal the Show
A one-armed, doe-eyed robot named Sawyer drew crowds of admirers recently in the exhibition hall at the Southern Automotive Conference in Biloxi. The high-performance...
A Busy 2017 Sure to Hold Risks and Rewards
While the prospect of President Donald Trump initially sent Wall Street tumbling on Nov. 8 and put a collective chill on the U.S. automotive...
BMW Grows to 8, 800 Jobs in Spartanburg
BMW Manufacturing Co. in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, will start 2017 with a new chief executive officer and continued work toward a...
Mercedes X-Class Out There, Just Beyond the Horizon
In the South, when you park at a movie theater, restaurant or shopping mall, you’ll sometimes exit your vehicle and be...
Toyota Wins ‘Most American-Made’ Crown Again
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky this summer celebrated its Camry, the best-selling car in America for 14 consecutive years, being crowned again as...