Tag: October 2016
Stateside: Tennessee
Training the Automotive Workforce of Tomorrow Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam has established automotive manufacturing and the educational requirements necessary to grow the industry as...
Stateside: Georgia
As an executive vice president of a Tier 1 supplier, I used to lead strategic planning sessions where we did our best to...
Emergent Mexico and the Solid (U.S.) South
The U.S. South has developed into a stronghold of automotive manufacturing in the last two decades, but the investment in new assembly plants...
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...
Volkswagen Preps for New Mid-sized SUV
While Volkswagen’s new Chattanooga-made midsize SUV won’t be revealed until this fall, there were still plenty of signs of the activity connected to...
The Man Behind Ergoman
Bernard Berry looks like a super hero. If you were to picture what a super-human crime fighter might look like, Berry’s 6-foot-7, ...
Volvo Creates Land Rush in South Carolina
With daily progress being made toward the completion of Volvo Car USA’s new plant in Berkeley County, South Carolina, attention now turns...
Uber Seeks to Connect with South’s Football Fanatics
SEC football fans heading to stadiums this fall in Tuscaloosa, Knoxville, Oxford and beyond may have the option of dialing up Uber...
A Need for Expansion at Nissan
The first phase of a $160 million expansion at Nissan’s plant in Smyrna, Tennessee, is scheduled to come on line this year...
Life in the Fast Lane
Wendell Strode admits that his knowledge of cars is about as basic as it gets. “If I turn the key and the car starts,...
What's New
First Look: Mazda’s CX-50
Mazda revealed the look of the CX-50 on Monday, touting its off-road ability as a key driver in its design and function.
“Today we are...
Toyota to invest in automotive battery production
Toyota Motor North America announced today that it will invest $3.4 billion in automotive battery production in the U.S. through 2030, including building an...
Regional automakers gather at Southern Automotive Conference
More than 1,000 attendees are expected to walk through the doors of the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex in Alabama for the 14th annual Southern Automotive...
Volkswagen and The Conservation Fund donate acreage
Volkswagen of America and The Conservation Fund have completed a multi-year effort to buy, conserve and transfer approximately 1,500 acres of land to the...
Nissan unveils plan for carbon neutrality, intelligent factory
Nissan unveiled its production line at the Tochigi Plant in Japan featuring the Nissan Intelligent Factory initiative. The initiative is part of Nissan’s overall...