Here in Australia we are in election mode and the two main parties are going at it hammer and tongs about the usual topics: health, education, taxes etc. This week the opposition Labor Party announced a new policy with regards to climate change and environmental issues: they will mandate that 50% of all new cars sold by 2030 must be electric powered. The current Government … [Read more...]
New Charges Laid in UAW Scandal
Back in May of last year we wrote an update story about a scandal that had enveloped the United Auto Workers (UAW) Union in Detroit with relation to a scheme to misappropriate funds from FIAT Chrysler (FCA) and the Government. It was focused on a training centre and several union officials and FCA finance employees were caught flashing the cash. Millions of dollars were spread … [Read more...]
Tesla’s Sales Changes
Here at Motoring Weekly, we have been following the rollercoaster ride that is Tesla and Elon Musk. They seem to be doing OK and then Musk opens his mouth and the stock slides and then they recover only for another announcement to drop the stock price again. Early in March they announced that they were going to close all retail outlets and concentrate on online sales because … [Read more...]
Peugeot To Lead New US Attack
The PSA Group has announced its intention to re-enter the US market - again. It last announced plans to analyse whether the US market was good for their brands three years ago. Now the company has said that it is committed to do it - in five years time! The PSA Group holds the rights to the Citroen, DS, Peugeot, Vauxhall and Opel marques and all of them in some form have … [Read more...]
Jack Griffith
The name Andrew Jackson “Jack" Griffith may not mean much to many people, however to sports car enthusiasts and classic car nuts, he was another genius although his name was initially made by copying someone else's idea! He was born in 1926 on Long Island in New York State and enlisted in the US Airforce in 1943 at the age of 17, being posted to Wisconsin. He met his wife … [Read more...]