Automotive News

The UAW's strike against the Detroit 3 has made an already precarious financial situation for many suppliers even more fraught — and the automakers might be in part to blame, industry experts said.

A technician who fatally struck a pedestrian while taking a service customer's vehicle for a test drive after an oil change failed to get his conviction for "careless driving involving unintentional death" overturned by a Pennsylvania court.

David Mortlock, service director at Sheppard Motors in Eugene, Ore., talked about reasons behind the technician shortage on the "Beyond the Wrench with Jay Goninen" podcast.

The costs to repair collision damage to electric vehicles and how long those fixes take is more than repairing damage to non-EVs, according to a report from CCC Intelligent Solutions Inc.

UAW President Shawn Fain plans to send workers from more plants onto picket lines Friday unless "serious progress" in contract talks is achieved.

Days after Lithia Motors Inc. said it had agreed to a deal to acquire Pendragon's dealership and fleet businesses, Pendragon's board of directors rejected a joint offer from a Penske Automotive Group subsidiary and Hedin Mobility Group.