DETROIT—Tesla Motors Inc. is asking its Michigan-based suppliers to pressure the state’s governor to veto a bill that would bar the California automaker from direct sales to customers in the state. Tesla will procure $170 million in parts and services from suppliers in the state in 2014.
OSHAWA, ON—Another 11 General Motors facilities worldwide, including the automaker’s assembly plant in Ingersoll, ON, have achieved landfill-free status. All totaled, GM runs 122 landfill-free manufacturing and non-manufacturing facilities around the world.
LONDON—Jaguar Land Rover is thinking about setting up a factory in the United States, a first for a British carmaker. The luxury carmaker is reportedly talking to several southern states, including South Carolina, about building a plant in the United States.
DELTA TOWNSHIP, MI—General Motors Co. plans to add nearly 210,000 square feet to its Lansing Delta Township assembly plant as part of a $37 million expansion project.
EVANSVILLE, IN—Systems integrator Evana Automation has shipped a custom assembly and test system to a leading Tier 1 automotive supplier. The machine will assemble and test ABS brake control modules.
DEARBORN, MI—Ford Motor Co. will add 850 new factory jobs at its factories here to support the upcoming launch of its all-new aluminum-intensive F-150 pickup truck.
WASHINGTON—Japanese automotive supplier Toyoda Gosei has pleaded guilty to price-fixing and has agreed to pay $26 million in fines. An investigation conducted by the U.S. Department of Justice found out that the company fixed the price of automotive hoses, air bags and steering wheels that were sold to Subaru and Toyota Motors.
HAMMOND, IN—UAW-represented employees at Lear Corp.’s seat assembly plant here have ratified a new contract ending a wage structure that pays new-hires less than their veteran colleagues.
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