Industry News

Teams have hit pause on Scout Motors’ $2 billion EV plant in South Carolina and American Battery Factory’s $1.2 billion facility in Arizona.

As negotiations continue and the UAW amps up the pressure, political foes court blue-collar votes in back-to-back visits to Detroit.

While the big sums paid to top executives have been a UAW target, so have the stock buybacks which have accounted for far larger amounts of cash than executive compensation since the bankruptcies of GM and Chrysler in 2009.

On the WardsAuto Podcast, we discuss solid-state batteries, falling battery prices and a report on consumer sentiment on battery-electric vehicles.