Workers ratify UAW-Ford contract with 56% in favor

Former Focus and Cruze owners' brand loyalty steadily declined over the last three years. In 2019, 23 percent of former Chevy Cruze owners and 31 percent of former Ford Focus owners bought a car from a competitor, Edmunds said in a report Wednesday.

The measures include selling a cabin built for former UAW President Dennis Williams, who reportedly has been implicated in an ongoing federal corruption probe into the union. Other reforms include the creation of an ethics officer; implementation of stringent monetary controls; and the banning of all charitable contributions from UAW joint program centers.

Musk initially defended the $2.9 billion acquisition of the company, saying it was "blindingly obvious" and a "no-brainer." But during a deposition last June, he said, "Hindsight is 20-20."

The automaker has changed the shift’s end date four times since it first announced its planned demise during the summer. After March 2020, FCA "will review the business case for maintaining the third shift on a month to month basis going forward," says Unifor, the union representing workers there.

The Sierra Club said its survey of more than 900 U.S. dealerships found that 74 percent did not stock a single EV, but noted about 40 percent of dealerships in states that have adopted California's zero emission vehicle mandate had EVs for sale.

McLaren will build 399 units of the Elva, which will cost 1.42 million pounds ($1.82 million) in McLaren's UK home market.

The downturn comes as electric vehicle sales in China, the world's largest EV market, fell by nearly a third in September amid sliding government subsidies, the third consecutive monthly decline, according to Jefferies.

The automaker said it will add a 198,000-square-foot plant near its expanding assembly operations in Tennessee to assemble battery packs for its coming BEV line.

Toyota will add an all-wheel-drive version of its Camry midsize sedan for 2020 and an awd Avalon large sedan for the 2021 model year. Both will share the fuel-efficient awd system first used in the redesigned RAV4 compact crossover.

This was the second straight year for Porsche to top the J.D. Power Sales Satisfaction Index rankings and the fourth time since 2015.