Coverage: Fiat Chrsyler CEO warns that the future is electric
Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne spoke Monday at the Detroit auto show, and his statements included the belief that automakers have less than a decade to convert to electric vehicles. Tommaso Ebhardt of Bloomberg News had the story: Developing technologies like electrification, self-driving software and ride-sharing will alter consumers’ car-buying decisions within six or seven years, the Fiat […]
Coverage: Toyota/Mazda to build plant in Alabama
Toyota Motor and Mazda Motor announced Wednesday that it will build a plant, which will employ 4,000 workers and crank out up to 300,000 vehicles annually, in Alabama that is scheduled to open in 2021. Phil LeBeau of CNBC had the news: Once that happens, Alabama could become the fourth-biggest state in the U.S. when it […]
Auto reporter/columnist Brown leaving Washington Post
Warren Brown, who has written about the auto industry for The Washington Post since 1982, is ending his Cars column. In his last column, Brown writes, “It is appropriate that I finish this last column for The Washington Post on Christmas Eve. It is an ending and beginning — for me and, looking forward, for the […]
Coverage: VW to make bigger push into electric cars
Volkswagen pledged to speed up its turnaround efforts and accelerate a push into electric cars as cost cuts and an expanding lineup of sport-utility vehicles help boost profits. Christoph Rauwald of Bloomberg News had the story: The namesake VW brand will initially develop five all-electric models, taking on Tesla Inc. with its coming I.D. vehicle range, it said Thursday […]
Essex returning to Free Press to oversee biz coverage
Randy Essex, the former business editor at the Detroit Free Press, is returning to the paper after a stint running a paper in Colorado. Essex has been publisher and editor of the Post Independent in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. His new job will be senior content director at the Free Press, where he will lead business coverage, including […]
How Business Insider is growing its cars vertical using Facebook
Business Insider launched its Cars Insider Facebook page in the summer and it has grown tremendously, reports Sahil Patel of Digiday. Patel reports, “Launched on July 31, the Cars Insider Facebook page, which has 490,000 followers, received 38 million video views in September, according to Tubular Labs. Ashley Lutz, deputy business editor for Business Insider, […]
Consumer Reports seeks writer/editor for auto
A creative content developer conceiving of and executing a range of digital, print, social, interactive, and video content for all Consumer Reports products. With general supervision, the Multimedia Content Creator writes, edits and enhances the work of Auto Test Center team, making sure stories are on-strategy, on-time, accurate, incorporate the contributions of all relevant internal […]
Detroit News hires new auto reporter who’s following dad’s footsteps
Nora Naughton, a business development reporter at The Stamford (Conn.) Advocate, has been hired as an auto reporter for The Detroit News. She will start in late October. Naughton’s father is Bloomberg News auto reporter Keith Naughton, who got his start covering the auto beat for the News in 1988. Naughton also covered City Hall for […]
Detroit Free Press seeks an auto reporter
The Detroit Free Press is looking for a seasoned reporter to join our award-winning autos team – one who can respond to breaking news, write sophisticated enterprise and occasionally do a watchdog piece. As a member of this team, you will be writing about one of the largest, most complex industries in the world at a […]
Nissan to launch new Leaf this week
Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. will launch its redesigned Leaf this week, with all eyes on how the all-electric vehicle’s battery range will stack up against its Tesla Inc. and General Motors Co. competitors. Claudia Assis of MarketWatch.com had the news: The Leaf is the reigning EV champion in sales — Nissan says it sold more than 280,000 Leafs […]
