The recall affects several pickup trucks, sport utility vehicles, crossovers and passenger car models from the 2006 to 2009
model years. GM conducted a similar recall in 2008 but came across new reports of fires in vehicles that had been fixed.
The parent company of lithium-ion battery maker EnerDel has landed a $65 million investment from its largest shareholder.
Toyota began manufacturing the Highlander SUVs in November 2000 and has been making between 1,000 to 9,000 gasoline vehicles
a month. In April, it produced about 1,900 units.
Battery company will offer expertise to help Wanxiang build Chinese factory, fill backlogs. Indiana employment could reach 3,000, but there’s no target date for achieving that milestone.
Event will bring together a delegation of Chinese automakers and Indiana manufacturers to explore business opportunities relating
to hybrid and electric vehicles.
A Franklin manufacturing facility is planning a $9.4 million expansion project that would more than double employment over
the next two years.
The proposed sites include the Indianapolis Stamping plant on the west side and the former GM Delco Plant 5 in Kokomo.
Investment in transmission and casting plants, however, hinges on city’s ability to offer tax abatement.
Japanese automaker has boosted employment by 200 since August to meet demand for its Outback and Legacy models.
UAW official says General Motors and prospective buyer are working on a “real aggressive” schedule to have the acquisition
completed by the end of June.
General Motors plans to invest $111 million and add 245 new jobs at a plant in Bedford as part of a larger effort to make
its fleet more fuel-efficient.
Investors who had challenged the bankruptcy sale, including the Indiana State Police Pension Trust, had argued that Treasury
Secretary Timothy Geithner violated the Constitution by using TARP money to finance the sale, and had their arguments overruled
in the appeals court.
The specialized vehicle can read license plates, sniff for weapons of mass destruction and see people and animals in
the dark.
The five-year tax break could help bring a new research-and-development program for electric vehicles to Kokomo, creating
118 jobs and saving 72.
The locally based battery maker serves as collateral on the financing lined up by its New York-based parent, Ener1.
Company executives told those at Monday’s information sessions that many jobs will require an associate’s degree in engineering
and computer literacy to operate assembly-line machines.
Bill Simpson’s Impact Racing LLC reached an agreement Thursday with an industry-certification group that will allow the company
to continue selling race car safety gear made this year and last.
BMW has won a contract from Indiana-based Carbon Motors Corp. worth more than $1.35 billion to supply engines for U.S. police
cars.
Executives of Novae Corp. announced plans for the company’s expansion in North Manchester, where it expects to employ perhaps
85 people by 2013.
An attorney for a union representing some 2,100 people who worked at two Visteon plants in Indiana argued Tuesday that many
are facing hardship, and that the order should be stayed pending an appeal to a federal district court judge.
