Major suppliers were largely able to absorb the financial impact of the UAW strike and avoid the worst-case scenarios many feared in the lead-up to the work stoppage, but challenges persist.
Japan’s carmakers are tackling seven key challenges to reboot their global competitiveness as the country’s auto industry comes under siege from new technologies and new rivals from China and beyond.
Electric vehicles captured 8.8 percent of U.S. light-vehicle registrations in December, S&P Global says. While the segment grew a robust 23 percent for the month, that was slower than the 52 percent pace for full-year 2023.
Carl Jenkins, the senior vice president for autonomous vehicle platforms, is leaving after six years with the company, he said in a post on LinkedIn.
Orange County on Thursday fired lobbying firm GrayRobinson less than a week after the Orlando Sentinel revealed the lobbyist assigned to represent the county’s interests was behind legislation directly conflicting with its top legislative priority.
In an interview Sunday with the newspaper, Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings had indicated that firing the firm was a possibility, labeling as “disturbing” the involvement of lobbyist Chris Carmody in a bill to limit the county’s authority over the Visit Orlando tourism marketing agency.
But Demings moved more quickly than many expected.
“Clearly, Mr. Carmody created a conflict of interest when he advised a State Senator about a matter contrary to the best interest of Orange County Government,” Demings said in a letter Thursday to Dean Cannon, CEO and president of GrayRobinson. “As a result, the County has lost confidence in his ability to objectively represent the County.”
The firing came despite an apology emailed Wednesday night to the mayor from Cannon, a former Republican lawmaker who held the powerful position of Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives from 2010 to 2012.