The next Detroit auto show is now scheduled for June 2021, organizers told sponsors Saturday. The TCF Center, where the show was set to take place in June, is being converted by FEMA into a field hospital as coronavirus cases in Michigan rise.
President Trump’s Friday fracas over ventilators caught GM completely off guard, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg. By the evening, he dredged up an old grudge, taking another shot at GM for closing its Lordstown plant in Ohio.
The settlement would resolve claims by owners who said they suffered economic losses from buying vehicles they thought were defect-free, only to see the ignition switch problem hurt GM’s brand, reputation and resale values.
Suppliers are scrambling to evaluate what tooling, worker retraining and quality control assurance they need to start producing medical items quickly.
With factories furloughed and showrooms shuttered, automakers are having to rethink go-to-market strategies for several key models.