Tedros Mengiste will take over sales and dealer-facing duties and will report to Mark Del Rosso, CEO of Genesis Motor America.
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https://www.autonews.com/manufacturing/ford-build-respirators-michigan-near-home-mustang
The steps come as federal prosecutors continue to dangle the possibility of placing the UAW into federal receivership through the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.
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Anna Schneider takes over as head of public affairs and public policy for Volkswagen Group of America on April 3, succeeding longtime executive David Geanacopoulos, who is retiring.
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Jim Hackett told a Detroit radio station he could envision a scenario in which employees would be off without pay one out of every four weeks should the crisis last beyond early May.
https://www.autonews.com/manufacturing/ford-ceo-plans-furloughs-if-crisis-lingers
The steps come as federal prosecutors continue to dangle the possibility of placing the UAW into federal receivership through the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.
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March 31
-- A third Ford UAW worker diagnosed with the novel coronavirus has died, this time from the Dearborn Diversified Manufacturing Plant in Dearborn. -- The Detroit Free Press
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The automaker has pushed back targeted opening dates twice now as the pandemic worsens. It was previously aiming to begin work at Hermosillo Assembly in Mexico on April 6 and a handful of U.S. plants on April 14.
https://www.autonews.com/manufacturing/ford-indefinitely-delays-reopening-na-plants-third-worker-death-reported
The automaker has pushed back targeted opening dates twice now as the pandemic worsens. It was previously aiming to begin work at Hermosillo Assembly in Mexico on April 6 and a handful of U.S. plants on April 14.
https://www.autonews.com/manufacturing/ford-indefinitely-delays-reopening-na-plants
The automaker plans to begin building ventilators at its Rawsonville Components Plant using 500 paid UAW volunteers on three shifts beginning the week of April 20.
https://www.autonews.com/automakers-suppliers/ford-ge-healthcare-build-50000-ventilators-next-100-days
The advisory covers unions whose main office is located in areas highly impacted by the pandemic. The UAW's report was expected to shed light on the union's financial condition amid its ongoing federal corruption scandal and last year's strike at General Motors.
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Sage Marie will become assistant vice president of Acura advertising. Moving into Marie's role at American Honda will be Matt Sloustcher.
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The automaker aims to have 198 dealerships using Transit vans upfitted with repair equipment this year. Many already offering mobile service have helped doctors, nurses and first responders who are fighting the virus outbreak.
https://www.autonews.com/dealers/ford-mobile-units-helping-health-care-workers
Ted Ogawa becomes CEO of Toyota Motor North America this week, succeeding the retiring Jim Lentz. Ogawa wants to improve Lexus' product cadence and build on Lentz's One Toyota team building. But he takes over amid the global chaos of the coronavirus pandemic.
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The former general manager, who died March 17, is credited with turning luxury brand around by focusing on quality and product.
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Most salaried employees' pay will be cut 20 percent starting Wednesday, April 1, for potentially six months, but they will be paid back in a lump sum by March 15, 2021.
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The automaker aims to have 198 dealerships using Transit vans upfitted with repair equipment this year. Many already offering mobile service have helped doctors, nurses and first responders who are fighting the virus outbreak.
https://www.autonews.com/dealers/ford-mobile-units-help-health-care-workers
When one of his employees' siblings tested positive for coronavirus, the chairman of a Michigan Ford dealership acted quickly, shuttering the store for two weeks and switching commissioned workers to a daily pay rate.
https://www.autonews.com/dealers/making-hard-call-close-store
The pair are the first Ford employees known to have died from the virus. One of the victims worked at the automaker's Dearborn Stamping plant while the other was a skilled trades employee at the Ford Data Center in Dearborn, Mich., the UAW said.
https://www.autonews.com/manufacturing/two-ford-workers-die-coronavirus-detroit-area
After President Trump lashed out at the company, as well as Ford, to ramp up output of the devices to help treat COVID-19 patients, GM and partner Ventec said they will be able to build more than 10,000 ventilators a month, depending on government needs, at an Indiana plant. Trump said Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar would determine the number of ventilators GM must produce.
https://www.autonews.com/automakers-suppliers/gm-ordered-produce-ventilators-under-defense-production-act
After President Trump lashed out at the company, as well as Ford, to ramp up output of the devices to help treat COVID-19 patients, GM and partner Ventec said they will be able to build more than 10,000 ventilators a month, depending on government needs, at an Indiana plant. Trump said Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar would determine the number of ventilators GM must produce.
https://www.autonews.com/automakers-suppliers/trump-orders-gm-produce-ventilators-under-defense-production-act
Both Roush and Ford Motor Co. encouraged individuals who have been in Roush's "Building 9" from March 6-20 to self-quarantine for 14 days from the date they were last at the facility.
https://www.autonews.com/automakers-suppliers/days-after-roush-closure-two-employees-test-positive-covid-19
GM will begin shipping FDA-cleared ventilators as soon as next month from an Indiana plant after President Trump earlier Friday urged the company, as well as Ford, to ramp up output of the devices to treat COVID-19 patients.
https://www.autonews.com/automakers-suppliers/gm-begin-shipping-ventilators-next-month
President Trump urged General Motors and Ford to quickly build badly needed ventilators for COVID-19 patients and suggested he could invoke the Defense Production Act.
https://www.autonews.com/automakers-suppliers/trump-demands-gm-ford-build-ventilators-could-order-action
BMW, Ford, Toyota, Nissan and Honda had their credit ratings downgraded by Moody's while GM, VW, Daimler, PSA and Renault were put under review.
https://www.autonews.com/automakers-suppliers/automakers-warned-coming-credit-shock
The Korean automaker said Ho-sung Song's first task will be to steer a shift toward electric and autonomous vehicles through a $25 billion investment blitz. He takes the reins April 1 from Han-woo Park, who will stay on in an advisory role.
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Yoichi Yokozawa, who led the unit in 2011-14, will assume the role once travel restrictions to the U.S. are lifted. Diaz departs after two years at the North American helm.
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Yoichi Yokozawa, who led the unit in 2011-14, will assume the role once travel restrictions to the U.S. are lifted. Diaz departs after two years at the North American helm.
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Ford said it will reopen some key truck factories by mid-April while Honda is extending shutdowns at North American factories an extra five days. Ford's plans raised more concerns at the UAW, which has pressed the Detroit 3 to shutter plants to protect workers and help stem the spread of the coronavirus.
https://www.autonews.com/manufacturing/ford-restart-some-plants-april-honda-extends-shutdowns
In an SEC filing the automaker also said CEO Jim Hackett, COO Jim Farley and CFO Tim Stone will defer 50 percent of their pay, beginning May 1.
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In an SEC filing the automaker also said CEO Jim Hackett, COO Jim Farley and CFO Tim Stone will defer 50 percent of their pay, beginning May 1.
https://www.autonews.com/executives/bill-ford-defer-salary-amid-coronavirus-pandemic
The automaker said it will reopen its Hermosillo Assembly Plant in Mexico with one shift April 6 and resume production at select factories in the U.S. on April 14. The UAW said it's reviewing Ford's plan "with great concern and caution."
https://www.autonews.com/manufacturing/ford-plans-restart-production-some-plants-april
