All Of That American Made Stuff Is Even Catching On With The Japanese Automakers. Good morning Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know. Gear Get Ready For Some American Made Japanese Cars. After reports came out Thursday that Toyota and Mazda would team up to build a 1. U. S. assembly plant, the two announced it Friday morning. Reuters reports that in addition to it, Toyota will take a 5 percent stake in Mazda and Mazda, the smaller of the two, will take a. Toyota. Toyota announced in January that its plans to spend 1. U. S. over the next five years werent in response to President Donald Trumps pressure to relocate back to America, CNBC reported at the time. Its just that pure, sweet American Dream. American made, friends, thats what makes auto manufacturers great again. Totally. From Reuters The plant, something of a surprise at a time of overcapacity in the U. S. market, will be a boost to U. S. President Donald Trump. The plant will be capable of producing 3. It will start operating in 2. The electric vehicles cooperation, meanwhile, comes as the tightening of global emissions regulations prompts more automakers to develop battery powered cars, as the industry struggles with hefty research costs and intense competition from technology companies over technology like self driving cars. As part of the agreement, Toyota and Mazda will also work together to develop in car information technologies and automated driving functions. Whether it was his pressure or not, Donald is very happy. He probably wont block Toyota or Mazda on Twitter in the near future. Not sad 2nd Gear Heres Hoping That Your Car Doesnt Break Down In Chicago. Nearly 2,0. 00 Chicago area mechanics went on strike Tuesday, with Automotive News reporting that it affects about 1. 04 Best Practices for your Digging System 06 Chain Guides 08 The DuraTooth Advantage 10 19K Digging Systems 12 33K Digging Systems 16 35K Digging Systems. The strike was still going on Thursday. Most of the debate centers around scheduling and work hours, which unionized mechanics arent thrilled about. Rather than offering, you know, a change in work scheduling, Automotive News reports that a committee representing area dealerships proposed a three year contract that promised wage increases of 5 percent annually. That got rejected by the mechanics. Heres whats been going on for the past few days, from Automotive News The union is mainly pushing for a guaranteed 4. Chicago Automobile Trade Association presiden David Sloan said could eliminate the current system, which rewards a dealerships most productive technicians with more hours. Dealerships have draconian pay structures prohibiting our ability to attract young, aspiring mechanics to enter the auto repair profession, according to a statement released by the union. Unattractive pay rates coupled with the inability to progress or achieve a long term profession in the field are drivers of mechanic frustration, said Sam Cicinelli, Local 7. The dealer committee said big repairs could be affected by the strike, but small things like oil changes could go on. A former mechanic himself, Cicinelli spoke to the Chicago Tribune and said theres nobody thats in there to do oil changes or anything of the sort. 3rd Gear It Must Pay To Be Rich And Well Known. Volkswagen executive Oliver Schmidt has a court date Friday morning, and the Detroit Free Press reports that hes expected to plead guilty in the manufacturers giant diesel cheating scandal. But, naturally, this rich and well known executive will be pleading guilty to far lesser charges than we originally thought. Schmidt was originally charged with 1. Dieselgate scandal, but now, the Detroit Free Press reports that hes down to two chargesconspiracy and violating the Clean Air Actand possibly no prison time. Sounds just peachy, Oliver. From the Detroit Free Press The most serious charge, conspiracy, carries a possible sentence of up to five years in prison andor a 2. Schmidt, who worked at Volkswagens research and development center in Auburn Hills, is not accused of creating the software that helped cheat emissions tests, but the government said he took part in the cover up. He was arrested Jan. Miami. In February, The New York Times reported that Schmidts lawyers said he merely did what Volkswagen lawyers told him to do during meetings with regulators. Schmidt sure will have fun dodging all of that prison time in the next few hours. Go forth and help secretively pollute our earth, friend. Gear Investors Sure Do Trust This Dude Who Wants To Dig Huge Tunnels. Teslas stock is soaring just like its Model 3 reservations, because investors have a lot of faith in the guy who wants to dig a giant hole from Washington, D. C. to the middle of New York City when hes not working in the car business. The stock jumped more than 6 percent Thursday to nearly 3. Tesla opened lower on Friday, down 4. ET. But as of Thursday, Reuters reports that Teslas stock was up 6. Wall Streets confidence in Musk. Seriously, yall, this dude wants to build tunnels everywhere as a side gig and will almost certainly move to Mars when the artificial intelligence powered machines take over Earth and kill the human population. Lets be a little less sheep like toward this shepherd. Anyway, heres what Reuters had to say The Palo Alto, California company late on Wednesday reported quarterly results that beat average analyst estimates, and said it received more than 1,8. Model 3 since its launch last week. Tesla had 3 billion in cash on hand at the end of the June quarter, reassuring investors who were worried after Musk warned on Friday that the automaker would face six months of manufacturing hell in ramping up production of the Model 3. Teslas cash burn, expected to top 2 billion this year, has prompted short sellers like Greenlight Capitals David Einhorn to bet against the company. Musk said investors should have zero concern Tesla would fail to reach its production target of 1. Totally. Dont be concerned at all, Wall Street. Gear The Great Ferrari, The Non Conformer, Will Not Go To Formula EFerrari wont make autonomous cars. Boss Sergio Marchionne said youd have to shoot him first. Ferrari also wont make an SUV. But, actually, Ferrari will. Ferrari is a non conformer. You cant make Ferrari sell you a car, and you cant make Ferrari do the things that the other automakers are doing. That includes entering the all electric FIA Formula E Championship. From Motorsport. com Only last week, Mercedes dropped a bombshell when it announced that it would be quitting the DTM at the end of 2. FE the following season. A few days later Porsche announced it own FE move as it pulled the plug on its LMP1 project in WEC. Ferrari has long hinted about getting involved in FE, because of the growing momentum towards electric road cars. However, Marchionne thinks that any bid to join the electric racing series would not be with Ferrari but instead with one of the other brands within the Fiat Chrysler Automobiles FCA group which includes Alfa Romeo, Maserati, Fiat, Dodge and Chrysler. Alright, Ferrari, we get it. Youre cool and you dont do the things other people do. Thanks for the reminder. Reverse Bee Glad You Werent In Tarrytown, New York On This Day In 1. On Aug. 4, 1. 99. New York Times reported that the flatbed on a truck carrying 2. New York highway. The truck was on its way to Florida, but the whole bee accident happened near Tarrytown, New York. The New York Times reported that drivers were backed up for miles while police told them all to keep their windows rolled up. Fun Neutral Has The Chicago Mechanic Strike Affected Anyone You Know Is this big ordeal making the impact mechanics say it is Do you know anyone whos been out of a car repair over the past few days Correction We originally attributed the Chicago Tribune quote above to just a mechanic. The person who said it, Sam Cicinelli, is a former mechanic and the unions business representative.
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