VW Arteon Aims To Be The Brand's Luxury GT

With a long wheel base and loads of room, can the Arteon be VW's savior?

Mar 17th, 2017

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing has a new podcast brought to you by the editors of Industrial Media. In each episode, we discuss the five biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward.

In a Feb. 16, 2017 file photo, United Auto Workers president Dennis Williams speaks with reporters in Detroit. The United Auto Workers union says it got $1.1 million for a lakefront house in northern Michigan that was being built for the former president who was sentenced to prison in a federal corruption probe. Cabin 4 at a UAW conference center on Black Lake was being built for Williams, who who retired in 2018 and in May was sentenced to 21 months in prison in an embezzlement scandal. The property in rural Cheboygan County was originally listed at $1.3 million. The union said it closed on the sale Friday. Spokesman Brian Rothenberg said he would check to see if the union covered its costs with the sale. Money will go to the union's General Fund, he said. “This sale rights a wrong from the past, and I want each and every one of you to know that we continue to implement ethics reforms throughout the organization,” new President Ray Curry wrote in a note to members Tuesday, July 27, 2021.

UAW Sells Jailed Ex-President's Lake House for $1.1M

The house, replete with a fireplace, wine cooler and a hidden storage room, was "subject to forfeiture,” due to law violations.

In this June 22, 2021, file photo, employees stand near Endurance truck beds during a media tour of the Lordstown Motors complex in Lordstown, Ohio. Lordstown Motors, an Ohio company that has come under scrutiny over the number of orders it claimed it had for the electric trucks that it wants to produce, acknowledged that it has received two subpoenas from federal regulators and that prosecutors in New York have opened an investigation.

Hedge Fund May Invest Up to $400M in Lordstown Motors

The struggling startup hopes to begin producing its electric pickup this fall.

Tesla Hits First Billion-Dollar Quarterly Profit

The financial milestone extends a two-year run of prosperity.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks during a news conference after touring Phillips & Temro in Eden Prairie, Minn. Monday, July 26, 2021. Minnesota became the first Midwestern state to adopt a plan for encouraging the switchover to electric vehicles, as Gov. Walz predicted that someday people will wonder why there was such as fuss.

Minn. Becomes First Midwestern State to Adopt 'Clean Car' Rules

Fourteen other states already have adopted similar standards, which require manufacturers and dealers to supply more electric vehicles.

This April 23, 2018 file photo shows Rana el Kaliouby, CEO of the Boston-based artificial intelligence firm, Affectiva, poses in Boston. El Kaliouby has a new job, deputy CEO of Smart Eye — after the Swedish eye-tracking company bought Affectiva for $73.5 million in June 2021. Carmakers are looking to companies like Smart Eye as they brace for new safety rules and standards around the world that could require dashboard cameras to detect dangerous driver behavior in semi-autonomous vehicles.

Smart Eye Deputy CEO Talks Automotive AI

Carmakers are bracing for new safety rules and standards around the world that could require dashboard cameras to detect dangerous driver behavior.

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TVA Web Series to Promote Electric Vehicles

The first episode features the Nissan Leaf, which is manufactured in Tennessee.

In 2015, Volkswagen admitted to cheating U.S. diesel engine tests.

$399M Settlement Approved with Volkswagen, Former Execs

The compensation is a fraction of what Volkswagen spent as a result of its emissions scandal.

Jessica Pitts sits behind the wheel of a 2019 Lincoln MKC on the lot of Jack Demmer Lincoln in Dearborn, Mich., July 19, 2021.

Used Car Prices Slip from Dizzying Heights

The seemingly endless streak of skyrocketing used-vehicle prices appears to be coming to a close.

Mercedes Sketches Out All-Electric Scenario by Decade's End

The shift to electric vehicles “is picking up speed — especially in the luxury segment," said the brand's CEO.

In this Sunday, June 14, 2020, photograph, a prospective buyer looks over a long row of unsold 2020 CX-5 sports-utility vehicles sedans sits at a Mazda dealership in Littleton, Colo.

Edmunds: Is It Possible to Return the Car You Just Bought?

The law is on the side of the seller.

In this Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020, photo, a sign marks the pick lane for Lyft car share service outside the Pepsi Center in downtown Denver. Ford Motor Co. and a self-driving vehicle company it partly owns will join with the Lyft ride-hailing service to offer autonomous rides on the Lyft network. The service using Ford vehicles and a driving system developed by Argo AI will begin in Miami later this year and start in Austin, Texas, in 2022.

Ford to Deploy Autonomous Vehicles on Lyft Network

The service, using Ford vehicles and a driving system developed by Argo AI, will begin later this year.