Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated projects totaling 111 billion rupees ($1.3 billion) in the northern riverside town of Ayodhya, ahead of the opening of a long-anticipated and controversial temple in January. Hundreds braved a winter morning to line up along roads in the city as Modi began a tour in a Toyota sports utility … Read more
To hear the United Auto Workers’ fiery new president, Shawn Fain, tell it, Detroit’s largest automakers enjoyed years of lavish profits thanks to concessions made by its workers through the lean years before and after the 2009 recession. So as the UAW’s contract with the Big Three automakers expired in mid-September, the UAW authorized strikes … Read more
Japan’s carmakers are staging their first motor show in four years to make the case they’ll remain major global forces to be reckoned with in the electric-vehicle age. The rebadged Japan Mobility Show will be counter-programming of sorts to worrisome trends: the host country may well lose its position as the world’s top car exporter … Read more